Evening talk from angling's top entertainer. Derek ‘The Don’ Ritchie, who was recently voted the best angling entertainer in the Country, is to hold an evening talk on Thursday, 7th March. The event is set to take place at the Holiday Inn at Basildon in Essex, with the doors opening at 7pm, and running until 11pm. Tickets cost £5 on the door.
Exciting new carp book to hit the shelves!
Finding The Time To Cast is a collection of carp stories written by the ordinary man on the bank, who has to juggle his fishing time with family and work commitments. Chris Currie became increasingly frustrated while reading carp magazines that constantly perpetuate the ‘time equals fish’ theory by reporting on the captures of ‘names’ who are able to fish full-time. He decided that it was time the average-Joe, little-known angler had their stories told, so he set about talking to them and attempted to persuade them to take part in a particular venturethat he had in mind. It took over two years for Chris to find enough of the kind of people who would fit his criteria to write chapters in this book, and he found some truly entertaining characters who not only the concept behind the project, but who were also willing to put pen to paper to tell the angling world of their experiences.
Exciting new premises for popular store. The popular retail store, Stapleley Angling Centre has moved from its previous home at Stapeley Water Gardens to a large, new premises. The new Stapeley centre at Lakemore has a huge shop, good access, family friendly facilities, nearby lakes and easy access from the motorway. The owners explained: "We still stock the same huge variety of brands including Shimano, Nash, Fox, Preston, Pure Fishing, Garbolino, Maver, Sensas, MAP, Wychwood, Navitas, Trakker, Aqua, Pro Logic and many more.
New website launched to celebrate!
The 15th anniversary year of the World Carp Classic is now upon us and organisers have booked the magnificent Lake Bolsena located North West of Rome in Italy to host this special event between the 30th September and 5th October. History will be made as 400 anglers will battle it out for the prestigious title and a share of the £70,015 prize table.
In addition to this, the organisers have announced that they have launched a new website to keep you fully updated on the very latest event news.
Check it out now at www.
Fishing UK App launches on Android!
It has taken many moons to create, but the Fishing UK Team are happy to announce their app launch onto the android platform. The Fishing UK application allows anglers to search thousands of UK venues, save them to their favourites, upload photos, upload tips tricks and reviews. Meet like minded anglers in the forums, read our news and reviews, save money in the members deals section and learn new methods of fishing in the tackle box section. The Fishing UK Team have many more treats in store for 2013 and aim to stay at the top of the charts within the App stores.
'Ultimate Quarry' DVD now free with 'Beauties And Beasts!"As part of an exciting new promotion, anglers who purchase John Claridge’s ‘Beauty and The Beasts’ can receive a free three hour DVD! By entering the code DHPM at www. calmproductions. com, punters receive a copy of the popular Ultimate Quarry DVD, including anglers such as: Martin Locke, Simon Scott, Ben Hamilton, Jerry Hammond, Ian Russell, Ash Bradbury, Terry Hearn and Del SmithThe book itself has already had rave reviews from some of carp fishing’s biggest names. A description on the publishers website explained: “The story of ‘Beauties and the Beasts’ takes us through some classic carp encounters.
New laws effect five aquatic plants.
Five varieties of non-native, aquatic plants are to be banned from being sold in the UK, the government has announced. It is hoped that the ban will help protect vulnerable aquatic habitats – saving the UK economy £1. 7 billion per year.
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Angling's first digital news publication, Angling News Week is on sale now – at a bargain price of just 69p!Every issue contains the latest news and videos from the angling world, blogs from some of the sport’s most popular writers and this week there’s an exclusive video interview with top match angler Joe Carass. In addition, Angling News Week Editor, Tom Scholey has handpicked seven features from the country’s leading match, carp, sea and coarse fishing publications to give you plenty of interesting and informative reading for the week ahead!In this week’s issue, we tell of the bogus Tweeters who have been outraging the country’s star anglers, an exciting new show that is planned for the South West, and the management bust up that has jeopardised the future of one of the country’s biggest fishing shows. There is also the story of the season’s best roach haul, the 22-year-old match angler who can’t stop winning, and the video feature that Alex Bones describes as ‘among his best ever. ’Feature wise, we have Ultimate Barnsley ace Simon Fields revealing his deadly flowing water tactics, Alan Scotthorne on getting the best from bloodworm and joker, and Chris Boyda on banking giant gravel pit carp! We also have lure fishing secrets from the sea fishing world, and an interview with one of anglings best loved characters, Clint Elliott.
Great Northern Fishing show in jeopardy, but Fish O Mania will go ahead.
The Great Northern Fishing Show, which accompanied the famous Fish O Mania event aired live on Sky Sports, looks unlikely to run in 2013 following a bust up between show bosses. The show organiser, and former Cudmore Fisheries boss, Cyril Brewster has left his post, following a row with land owner, Edward Mainwaring. A press release to exhibitors from Cyrils’ wife, Sue Brewster stated: “Due to matters beyond Cyril’s control he will not be running the Great Northern Fishing Show at Cudmore Fisheries this year during Fish O Mania.
Polish Anglers Association offer free rules translation service to angling clubs The Polish Anglers Association in the UK will translate into Polish the rules of any angling club as a free contribution to better integration between Polish and British anglers. The idea came from the Angling Trust's 'Building Bridges' officer Radoslaw Papiewski and his colleague Pawel Nycz. Rado explained: "Through the Building Bridges project we have made great strides in educating Polish anglers in the rules, regulations and customs that govern fishing over here. However, there will always be some anglers who need help understanding not only the EA by-laws about catch and release but also the specific club rules that are in place.