Stark warning from Angling Trust.
Following complaints from anglers angered by the re-emergence of a website offering rod licence renewals which charges an additional £11 for ‘processing services’ the Angling Trust is warning anglers not to pay a penny more than they need and is encouraging everyone to use the completely free service provided by the Environment Agency and the Post Office. Buried away in the small print at www. rodlicence.
RAF man is interim Welsh Manager. The Welsh Federation of Coarse Anglers has selected Wing Commander Andy Johnstone OBE to be their interim Senior Team Manager for the forthcoming international season. Andy has been a member of the Welsh squad for 10 years and competed in 9 European Championships and 4 World Championships. A member of the Royal Air Force team, he has managed the RAF to numerous medals including NFA Division One National Silver; 5 Golds, 2 Silvers and a Bronze, during the 8 years the RAF competed in the European Military Championships; and numerous NATO Championship medals.
Big cash and bait prizes on offer at Easter Festival. Top bait firm, Bag Em Matchbaits have once again agreed to sponsor the Easter Festival at Staffordshire's Heronbrook Fishery. Bag'em are giving away £600 worth of bait prizes for 1st to 12th place overall and daily winner prizes to, as well as great money prizes from Heronbrook Fishery. With places limited to 60 anglers to ensure good fishing, the event is expected to sell out, and anglers are advised to get in quick if they want to take part!For more information, check out: http://www.
Bait giant Sonubaits has just launched a brand-new and improved website.
The bait brand is at the very forefront of modern bait design, and delivers innovative ranges with the help of a world class team of match, carp and specimen anglers. The new site contains all the latest news, tips and blogs as well as all of Sonubaits' exciting products.
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The box office has opened and the countdown begun for this year’s CLA Game Fair – the world’s largest countryside event – at Ragley Hall in Warwickshire from Friday, 19 July to Sunday, 21 July. The CLA Game Fair’s organisers are predicting a huge turnout for this year’s event which celebrates the countryside and showcases the importance of field sports and country activities to the rural economy. Director Andrew Crawford said: “The CLA Game Fair is the jewel in the crown of the outdoor show calendar and is recognised nationally and internationally as the biggest countryside event of its kind, promoting all aspects of a living and working countryside. “Having missed a year, we are expecting a surge of interest and a ‘bounce-back’ effect with 1,000-plus exhibitors and a very large number of visitors.
Top matchman Gary Miller has just signed an individual deal with Maver.
Gary, one of the original Essex County team members, has competed at the very top level for a long time and is well known as the man at the front when it comes to big team events.
Currently a member of the talented Maver Image squad under Steve Clark’s management, Gary has consistently impressed many in the sport at top level and is regarded within the match fishing fraternity to be a very talented angler indeed.
Gary has been fishing since age 5 and began competing as a junior with Kings Arms & Cheshunt aged 10.
The Biggest event in Ireland is BACK!
The Lakelands & Inland Waterways World Pairs Angling Championship is to take place the 9th to 13th September 2013. Kevin Locke Match Organiser stated 'I am delighted that Lakelands & Inland Waterways have agreed to sponsor the World Pairs in 2013'.
The event, which was won by Irish duo Phillip Jackson and Cathal Hughes, was a massive success in its first year with anglers keen to see it back on the calendar for 2013!
The match saw the first place pairing walk away with a stunning £30,000 cheque, one of the richest prizes in angling, along with generous tackle prizes from Daiwa.
Details have not been finalized yet and are due for release on the 8th of April.
Just 69p for 71 pages of news, features, blogs and more! After running virtually unchanged for years, Drennan Team England has announced a squad change for this years European Championship. We reveal the two new lucky anglers inside, and gauge their reaction to the news! A school of massive cod has moved in off the coast of Norway, with several 20kg beasts being landed, and two over the massive 30kg barrier! More details inside. Also from the sea fishing world, we have the story of the tiny codling - that won one lucky sea angler over £10,000 in prizes! There have been several high profile signings in the carp fishing world this week - notably the move by Belgian ace Dennis Helling to English tackle giant Taska, we have all the gossip inside! In videos, we have spring tips from Pole Fishing's Matt Godfrey, a trailer for the critically acclaimed new Bait Tech DVD, and a sneak peek at a clever new baiting tool from Avid Carp. For all this and more, check out this week's issue of Angling News Week - for just 69p an issue you would be a fool not to! Click here to get your copy now!.
Guest blogger, Dale Calvert, recollects a recent practice session at his local Wrightington Fisheries.
A lovely clear but frosty, cold morning up here in the North West. A much desired session in cold water for skimmers has been on the cards for a few weeks so I decided to pack the van up full of my gear and head off the Wrightington to give the canals a work out.
Upon arriving I can see ice has formed on some of pegs.
Just one week left for Garbolino Club Angler Of the Year Entries!Due to popular demand, an extension has been placed on the Garbolino Club Angler Of The Year, meaning anglers now have another seven days to get their entry forms in!Once again Garbolino has pledged its unanimous support for the biggest event in the Match Fishing club calendar – the prestigious Club Angler of the Year!This is every club angler’s opportunity to step up to the plate and prove themselves as the country’s number-one club angler, as others have done in previous years. There’s over £10,000 worth of top tackle prizes and some lucrative cash prizes to be won too! (All cash prizes subject to entry. ) As ever there’s a unique glass trophy for the winner, who will also receive an invitation to fish the 2014 Drennan Knockout Cup competition, giving them the chance to lift that huge title too!The qualifiers will run in the same format as previous years, with three regional fish-offs. The first will be at Tunnel Barn Farm on Friday, April 19th, the second at Woodland Lakes Thirsk on Friday, May 3rd and the third at Colemans Cottage on Friday, May 17th.
