With months of exciting fishing ahead, there’s no better time of year to be a fly angler than the spring! To welcome in the new season, we caught up with host of passionate game anglers, from Charles Jardine to Jack Perks, Ceri Thomas and Pete Tyjas. Where will you make the first cast of 2020…
Could 2020 be a breakthrough year for getting more female anglers on the bank? While it remains a major challenge and opportunity for the sport, the signs are encouraging. Dom Garnett caught up with Helen Nicholson-Herpe, to hear about her success in getting more women and girls on board at Crowborough & District Anglers Association,…
Escaping to Somerset for a lure angling session, the Angling Trust Freshwater Team had an eventful recent trip to the Taunton to Bridgwater Canal, as Dom Garnett reports. Even for those who work in and around angling, it can be tricky to squeeze in some pleasure fishing. So when teammates John Cheyne and Alex Clegg…
As water use grows and our aquatic habitats need greater care than ever, anglers and the general public are being invited to give their views and ideas in a nationwide Environment Agency consultation. Here’s what you need to know. As anglers, we know only too well how important rivers and lakes are. But the freshwater…
From steady decline to a thriving, innovative club with hundreds of young anglers, Hull and District Anglers’ Association is a success story with the local community at its heart. Dom Garnett spoke to Youth Development Officer Derek Pye to discover how they achieved their remarkable change of fortunes. Right across the angling world these days,…
From dead Nazis to severed fingers, there have been some truly bizarre and amazing things found inside the stomachs of fish! John Cheyne reveals some of the stranger finds, from the hilarious to the macabre… While anglers will testify how fussy some fish can be, there are plenty of species that will eat virtually anything…
Books are a perfect Christmas gift. For match anglers and those fascinated by Angling history, a very special book has recently been published by The Medlar Press. The National Angling Championships by John Essex Book review by Alex Clegg As a work, be in no doubt that “The National Angling Championships” by John Essex represents one…
