Water temperature can have a big affect on both fish and fishing, so as an angler it pays to understand, at least to an extent, how changes in water temperature effect fish feeding habits and ultimately fish health. This knowledge can be the difference between a great day’s sport and a poor one and can…
We had a very interesting trip up to Staffordshire recently to chat to Environment Agency Fisheries Officers Darin Alberry and Mick Buxton. They were keen to tell us about the Barbel and Chub study the the EA are running on both The Upper Trent and The Dove in an attempt to understand fish stocks better…
June is the perfect time to get out and catch some beautiful tench, so here are our Top Ten Tips for tench fishing from our National Regions Manager, John Cheyne. Find the right venue. It might seem like an obvious one, but you can’t catch tench if they aren’t there! If you are relatively new…
There have been plenty of British movies featuring the sports and pastimes that our great nation loves, Whether it’s football in Bend It Like Beckham and The Damned United, Tennis in Wimbledon with Kirsten Dunst, or Motor Racing in the James Hunt Biopic Rush there have been some great films, and now at last, it’s…
“What does my fishing licence money get spent on ?” is an often asked question. If you want to know the answer, then the EA Annual Fisheries Report is the place to go. The reports for financial year 2017/18 have just been released and they include a national overview report as well as separate reports…
It’s true, pop music and fishing doesn’t generally go hand in hand, despite the fact that some amazing musicians like Feargal Sharkey and Roger Daltrey are passionate anglers. However, over the years there have been some brilliant fishing tunes and some really terrible ones. At the end of the day, the nice thing about…
The current Environment Agency Coarse Fish Close Season Consultation has been hitting the news recently, as anglers get the chance to have their say about it’s future. However the time is short as the consultation is due to close on March 11th The Coarse Fish Close Season on rivers and certain stillwaters and canals…
