Sporting Events

“Without change there can be no nostalgia”, according to George Barron in his latest book, A Fine Line. With over 50 years ’ experience of fly fishing for wild brown trout he paints a bleak future for this unique species. Barron firmly believes this generation or perhaps the next will be the last to fish for wild brown trout in …

An assessment and monitoring project entitled Currane Stamp has commenced in the Lough Currane catchment in Waterville, Co Kerry to identify factors contributing to the decline of sea trout populations. Research staff will use traditional techniques to examine aspects of sea trout ecology while habitat surveys will map important spawning and nursery areas. Electrofishing will also be conducted to assess …

Do we have to drink so much at matches? I notice that a new law on the minimum price for alcohol has been introduced by the WAG and just wondered does this apply to the largest pub in Wales. This has been called various names over the years viz Arms Park, National Stadium, Millennium Stadium, Principality Stadium, where large crowds …

Anglers have expressed shock at finding a popular lake emptied of water and fish. A number of fishermen turned up at Cellars Clough in Marsden on Sunday morning after being told the lake had been drained. Two anglers suspected that the lake had been drained in order for the fish to be stolen, although it is not known if this …

An angling club which has helped to keep youngsters off the streets by getting them hooked on the sport is set to expand its free fishing sessions to the wider community thanks to a grant from Comic relief lotto funds. Connah’s Quay and District Angling Club introduced fishing free of charge to around 200 kids, aged from four up to …

The mystery disappearance of fish from a popular Colne Valley lake has been solved. Anglers had feared that Cellars Clough at Marsden had been drained by thieves who had then taken all the carp and pike. But it can now be revealed that the fish have been bought by York-based Carpvale Fisheries whose staff spent two days draining the lake …

More than 80 lifebuoys have been chucked into a Birmingham lake, risking lives and endangering wildlife, according to the RSPCA Queslett Nature Reserve in Great Barr is an oasis of water and hills offering breathtaking views of the city. But, despite volunteers tirelessly working to keep the lake litter free, it continues to be a magnet for rubbish. RSPCA Animal …

New byelaws for wales New byelaws which will help protect increasingly vulnerable and threatened stocks of salmon and sea trout in rivers in Wales are in place for the 2020 season. The byelaws will remain for 10 years and mean all salmon caught by rod and net fisheries must be released alive with minimum injury and delay. Measures to help …

All fish stocks in UK waters will be fished at sustainable levels after Brexit, the Government has said as it publishes new legislation on fisheries. The Fisheries Bill being introduced into Parliament creates the powers for the UK to operate as an independent coastal state and manage its fish stocks. It contains a legal guarantee the UK will quit the …

New research has revealed salmon smolts leaving the east coast of Ireland travel northwards to leave the Irish Sea, rather than south to join their counterparts on the western coast. This new evidence was established after researchers tagged smolts with coded transmitting acoustic tags in the Castletown and Boyne rivers in Co Louth during the spring of 2019. Three of …