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Trout anglers will be able to enjoy some top winter sport, as two of the Midlands’ biggest trout venues – Rutland and Grafham have extended their trout fishing season. The two popular venues, plus Pitsford will remain open until the end of January 2015, with both bank and boat fishing…
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Southern Water Services Limited (Southern Water) has been ordered to pay £500,000 after untreated sewage was discharged into the Swalecliffe Brook in Kent. The big fine, plus costs, was awarded by magistrates at Canterbury Crown Court after an Environment Agency (EA) investigation found that untreated sewage was discharged into the…
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Legal action on behalf Midlands-based Cropston Angling by Fish Legal – the Angling Trusts’ legal arm has resulted in a judicial review against the Environment Agency for its 20-year failure to regulate transfers of polluted water from other waterbodies into Cropston Reservoir by Severn Trent Water. The reservoir’s anglers, led by…
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Hardy has announced that it has brought Peter Cockwill on board to become a brand ambassador for the UK. Peter is one of the best-known faces in the UK having been a feature writer for more than 30 years and a fly shop retailer for 27 years. Well known for…
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The organisers of the recent Burton Game Fishing & Fly Tying Festival wish to pass on their thanks to the sponsors, fly dressers, trade and the general public who attended after the event raised a staggering £2,300 for charity. The money is to be split between three organisations - 'Casting…
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Head over to the Total FlyFisher Facebook page now for your chance to win more than £1,000 worth of fly fishing tackle!
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Over 30 anglers turned out at Wellsfield Trout Fishery for a recent memorial event to remember John “Jock” Esplin, a regular at the Stirlingshire venue, and, as many will remember, the original inventor and tyer of the now famous Ally McCoist lure, which has proved itself to be a fish…
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Nine of the countries major angling and wildlife organizations have urged the Government to‘shift up a gear’ in delivering improvements for fish and fisheries.The Angling Trust & Fish Legal, Angling Trades Association, Atlantic Salmon Trust, Bass Anglers Sportfishing Society, Countryside Alliance, Institute of Fisheries Management, Salmon & Trout Association, The…
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A consistent team performance over two competitive sessions was the key, as Ireland won the recent 5th International Bank Competition held at Chatton Flyfishery in Northumberland. Using the venue’s Dunnydeer and Ross Lakes, teams from the four home nations had to deal with a complete change in fishing conditions, as…
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Some of the world's greatest fly-dressers, casters and angling celebrities will be appearing at the Fifth Annual Irish Fly Fair and Angling Show, which is being held at the Galway Bay Hotel in Salthill, Co. Galway on Saturday, 15th and Sunday, 16th November, 2014.Some of the top game angling celebrities…
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East Yorkshire-based Pickering Fisheries Association has been awarded a £1,000 grant from the Duchy of Lancaster Benevolent Fund to help with urgent work to protect the banks of Pickering Beck from erosion, and to help improve the habitat for native brown trout and other fish.“Receiving the grant from the Duchy…
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