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Angling Trades Association push to Keep Britain Fishing
THE UK's main angling trades body hopes to stop the decline in angling, and has started a new working group called Keep Britain Fishing.The Angling Trades Association wants to get more kids fishing.The...
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Jamie Cook is new angling leader – find out more here
THE Angling Trust and Fish Legal have a highly successful angler and experienced business leader installed now as their next chief executive. Jamie Cook, seen with a tench, is an all round angler with...
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Giant catfish landed on tiny 6 ft rod
TONY OWEN got an unexpected reward in the shape of this 93 lb catfish, which he managed to tame on a 6 ft carp stalking rod.Tony Owen with his giant catfish from Horton Boat Pool, run by RK...
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Fishing Closed Season backlash divides anglers
THE final decision of the Environment Agency to retain the current Closed Season has split the angling community in a similar way to Brexit.The fishing Closed Season remains as it was in England and...
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National Fishing Month sees thousands of people get hooked
NATIONAL FISHING MONTH has just ended after a highly active six weeks to promote angling. National Fishing Month and Let's Fish1 (pictured) has been helping people of all ages to experience the joys of...
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Best barbel river shows its potential on other reaches
THE River Trent has shown glimpses of its true potential on areas well upstream from the intensively fished lower hotspots.Widely rated as the current best barbel river in the country, three latest...
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River fishing venue still awaits justice 18 months on
ANGLERS are up in arms as there has been no action yet against the polluter linked to one of Britain’s worst-ever fish kills… despite being named and shamed nine months ago. River Witham fishing...
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Carp fishing coach rescues drowning woman
ANGLER’S MAIL columnist Michael Salisbury and a pal have helped save a woman from drowning in his favourite park lake.Carp fishing coach Michael Salisbury displays his 25 lb 9 oz carp from Leazes...
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Poundland fishing bait range launched
THE UK's leading budget chainstore has revealed how it is gunning for a major slice of the UK angling market.Hooker pellets are amongst the Poundland fishing baits.Poundland fishing bait is in selected...
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Tackle shop boss finally nabs wily big barbel
JAMES WHILLIER struggled to catch a big barbel on the Hampshire Avon's most famous venue on four visits... but finally nabbed it on his fifth trip at an estimated 13 lb.Fifth time lucky - James and his...
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Ide shocker as angler lands giant specimen on local river
DEAN CRUTCHLEY’S first visit of the season to his local river produced this surprise 7 lb 2 oz giant.This huge River Dearne ide scaled 7 lb 2 oz.Ide are often mistaken for chub, or big roach, and Dean...
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Bob Church tributes flood in as his funeral takes place
TRIBUTES have been paid to one of angling's true greats.Bob Church (right), pictured with Angler's Mail columnist Steve Collett.The funeral for all-rounder Bob Church was held this week (Monday,...
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Is this the rarest carp in Britain?
THIS rare blue carp was caught from a day ticket complex on the angler’s first ever visit.Bandan displays his blue carpBlue carp are also called black or snail carp, with the Latin name Mylopharyngodon...
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Polluters off the hook after fishing venue destroyed
ANGLERS are furious at the decision by Natural Resources Wales not to prosecute the polluters that destroyed a prime five-mile stretch of river.Some of the 18,000 fish that died in the River Teifi...
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King Kenny hits new carp heights
CARP maestro Simon Kenny is really getting to grips with a tricky southern big carp venue - as this giant proves.The huge common carp topped Simon Kenny's latest catches at Wellington Country...
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Watch out for ‘very rude and nasty’ carp rustlers, says fishery owner
A VETERAN day ticket lake owner who was assaulted by a group of fish rustlers have warned other venues and anglers to be aware of the men they faced. Maybrands fishery owner Nick Devlin has spoken up...
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How poaching by Eastern European anglers is being tackled
THE Angling Trust has explained its progress so far with a project called Building Bridges, created to help address the issue of Eastern European anglers taking fish from fisheries.Building Bridges...
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EastEnders star lands one of UK’s biggest carp
ONE of the most popular stars of BBC TV's EastEnders thinks his new PB mirror carp of 59 lb 12 oz might be hard to beat in the UK. Scott Maslen admires his giant mirror carp before returning it to the...
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England pair make British carp history
ENGLAND carp pair Wayne Mansford and Ryan Need created history when they won one of angling's most prestigious titles.Wayne and Ryan lifted the British Carp Angling Championships trophy after a...
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Aggressive river fishing rogues try to hide in bushes
THREE brazen anglers were caught after fishing TWO different rivers in the Close Season – and then tried escaping in bushes.They're watching - an Environment Agency bailiff caught rogues hiding in...
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