From dead bodies to bizarre erotica, there’s no accounting for half the freakish things that turn up in Britain’s rivers, lakes and canals. Dom Garnett fishes out ten of the most random accidental catches from UK anglers.
How your club can benefit from the Fisheries Improvement Programme (FIP) All over the country, organisations like local Rivers Trusts and The Wild Trout Trust are working with the Environment Agency to restore our rivers and stillwaters to a more natural state and improve the fish stocks and fishing. Angling Clubs can get involved too,…
When it comes to stopping the spread of Invasive Non Native Species, anglers can make a huge difference, says Angling Trust Invasive Non Native Species Manager Emily Smith. The phrase ‘’an ounce of prevention or pound of cure’’ is often used to talk about invasive species, where stopping their initial introduction is seen as being…
About a year ago I wrote a couple of blogs, one about the changes to the rod licence and one about how the Environment Agency (EA) spend the rod licence money. Well the EA have just published their annual Fisheries Reports for 2016/17. Which is basically a document which tells you what they have been spending…
With the government making announcements about tackling the amount of plastics in our seas and rivers, the banning of micro-beads in cosmetics and new rules around the use of carrier bags and food packaging in the offing, litter and plastic litter in particular is very much in the news at the moment. As anglers we…
Rivers and lakes suffer quite a lot due to things that humans do. Humans pollute them, dump rubbish in them, straighten them, deepen them, concrete the banks, drive boats up and down them and generally abuse them. So it’s no wonder that sometimes, they struggle to support the healthy fish populations that we as anglers…
Angling Trust Fishery Management Advisor update – Jake Davoile and Richard Bamforth We are pleased that the renewal of our contract allows us to continue our work as Fishery Management Advisors with the Angling Trust for another two years, with our roles directly funded by rod licence money from the Environment Agency. We are available…
