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The third Northern Angling Show has been announced and will take place on Saturday, March 28th and Sunday, March 29th, 2015. This event, which will once again be held at EventCity in Manchester, is the only angling show held in the north and is set to host some of the biggest retailers and angling stars in the business, including TV star Adam Penning and Nash Tackle’s Alan Blair – while Des Taylor, Rob Hughes and angling legend Bob Nudd will also be making an appearance. Tickets for the show go on sale this Friday, October 31st, 2014. All tickets purchased online will be sold at a reduced price and will include early entry to the show, automatic entry into an exclusive prize draw with over £1,500 worth of prizes – plus the option to claim various other goodies, including a free bookazine worth £9.

The grand opening of Angling Direct's new Colchester store will take place this Saturday, June 28th, and will feature angling star Jon Mann. To celebrate the opening of its ninth retail branch, Angling Direct is offering 10 per cent off everything on the day, including price-checked items. There will also be exclusive special offers available, a rig clinic, tank demonstrations and a free prize draw to enter. The new 3,200 sq ft store will be the largest tackle shop in the north of Essex and will cater for many disciplines of fishing, including carp, coarse, match and sea, and will stock all of the leading tackle brands from a range of more than 100 manufacturers.

The box office for early bird tickets to this year’s CLA Game Fair, which is being held at Blenheim Palace in Oxfordshire from Friday, July 18th to Sunday, July 20th, is now open, giving visitors the opportunity to save £3 on tickets by booking in advance rather than paying on the gate. The best-value ticket is a three-day adult pass which costs £67 – just £22. 33 per day. Plus for the first time in the CLA Game Fair’s 55-year history, children accompanied by an adult aged 16 and under go for free!Organisers are predicting a huge turnout for this year’s event, which celebrates the Great British countryside and showcases the importance of fieldsports to the rural economy.

An evening with Kevin Nash – Wednesday 18th MarchTickets are now available through Browns Angling for this one time only event and its set to be a real cracker. With a raffle and prizes on the night all proceeds will be going to a children's charity. So have a great night and do some good while you’re there. With a limited number of tickets available these will be sold on a first come first served basis, so be sure not to miss out! Tickets are priced at £15 per person.

On Saturday, August 9th, 2014 Leamington Angling Association will be hosting a junior masterclass event at Jubilee Pools in Ryton-on-Dunsmore, near Coventry. It will be an easy-going, instructional event aimed at juniors up to 18 to encourage and help all skill levels – whether you’re looking to learn, polish or hone your skills, ranging from basic whip fishing to advanced rig mechanics and ‘big-fish rigs’, the aim is to cover all aspects, including fish and bank safety. There will be experts on hand, from various tackle companies such as Gardner, Mainline Korda and Dynamite Baits to name a few, all to help create a real-time classroom to teach different disciplines around the venue. Hopefully, there will even be the chance to land a few fish, providing the fish gods are smiling.

The long-awaited new website of the famous French carp fishery Les Quis has now gone live. The new comprehensive site covers all aspects of Les Quis, from trip availability to a swim-by-swim guided tour of the whole complex. It also gives you a weekly catch report showing you clearly what has been caught, unlike a lot of the other French fisheries. There are lots of tips and advice as to how to get the most from your stay, with videos to help you with such things as how to mesh your hook baits against the bait-robbing Poisson Chat.