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Like all sportsmen, anglers are always striving to be the best. Whether it’s upon the huge open circuits of the match fishing world or just on the local club scene, there’s no hiding it, we all dream to be the top rod on the day. It’s simply a feeling that brings a great deal of satisfaction to everyone in our …

Image caption Currently 21 salmon rivers in Wales are considered “at risk” or “probably at risk” Anglers have said they are being unfairly penalised by proposed rules designed to reverse the decline of salmon and sea trout in Welsh rivers. Wales’ environmental watchdog has begun a consultation on how to increase stocks, including plans for new bylaws such as making …

Wales has finished second in an home nations fishing competition. Llyn Brenig played host to the Autumn Home Nations International Fly Fishing Competition on Friday. The best fly anglers from across the UK descended on the 920 acre reservoir in the heart of the Denbigh Moors to pit their wits against rainbow and brown trout, with the heaviest bag of …

A trio of fishing enthusiasts are causing a splash with their bait range. David Bailey, Ian Stones and Mark Potter from Bolton are the brains behind Stinky Stuff, a new range of bait enticers. The product is used by anglers across the UK, Europe and the USA and is distributed through their company, Fishing Baits Ltd. Sport fishing has become …

As the weather took a real turn for the worse this weekend, despite the torrential downpours on Friday, match results and pleasure catches saw some cracking weights being recorded. Out at Downholland on the Millhouse fisheries complex, Mescar Lake, a beautiful water that has seen some fantastic action right through the summer, with big carp showing well to all sorts …

From late spring into summer in tackle shops, or when you are wandering along pier sides and rock marks, you will often be asked: “Are the mackies in yet?” These shoals move up into Scottish waters as the temperatures rise and just in time for the school holidays. They are excellent baitfish for pike and saltwater anglers and they’re great …

It has stalked a massive lake in Devon but despite years of trying no fisherman has ever managed to snare it – until now. The leather carp – a variant of the common carp and is unscaled – has lurked the waters of the fishing lakes at Anglers Paradise near Halwill, Devon. Owner Zyg Gregorek said people have been trying …

With the glorious sunshine we are all enjoying and an end to the annual spawning rituals of the main target of the north west tip men, the bream, today it’s clearly noticeable that visitors on Carr Mill Dam are appreciating some fantastic sport which lays here just along the East Lancashire Road. Reports are noted that some good catches of …

PUBLISHED: 07:00 31 July 2018 Nina Morgan James Coffey caught the biggest carp of the weekend. Picture: Russell Hogg RussellHoggPhotoart div{ width: 100%; } /* EDP Specific */ .viewAll { margin-top: 0px!important; /* This is set in the “View All” Element, setting !important here to brute-force it */ } ]]> England Disabled Angling Team head coach John Weeden was presented …

Like in other sports, fishing involves many different skills which can be learnt, with practice, by most people. Whether you take it seriously or maybe just for fun, whatever you are attempting to catch, it’s always nice to catch the most. By attempting to perfect one’s ability to catch fish by using anything within the vast array of tackle and …