News

A 400-million-year-old rare blood-sucking creature once eaten by Vikings and a relic from the Ice Age top the Environment Agency's 'secret seven' list of England's rarest fish unveiled today.

Just before the start of this year's river season fishing lost one of it's great 'classic' anglers. Frank Guttfield, author, broadcaster, and an old school specimen hunter, who fought and subdued many a big fish in his time, had finally lost his battle with cancer.

It was my great friend, Michael Loveridge, between deep, agonized gasps of remote Norfolk air, who paraphrased 'Bottom's' Edward Hitler - 'That's what I like about you, Mr H.you're totally insane!'

Operation Leviathan - An important part of improving fishery protection.

Don't worry...we're not discussing contraception or the Almighty here - just wondering if the technological disconnect might apply to us anglers too...

The weekend of June 6th and 7th is - in effect - the culmination of a great deal of work that goes on for quite a few months in the lead-up to the actual event; indeed in some ways you have to go back twelve, even twenty four months to get a clear picture.

A multimillion-pound plan to restore the River Teme has been backed by the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF).

Preston Innovations World England Feeder team has been crowned World Champions for the second consecutive year after finishing half a point ahead of nearest rivals France.

Anglers in South Wales and the Bristol Channel are bitterly disappointed that the Secretary of State for Energy & Climate Change has this week given development consent for the massive tidal lagoon hydropower project proposed for Swansea Bay. They are extremely concerned that the untested technology will have a major impact on marine and migratory fish stocks in the Severn Estuary and the Rivers Neath, Tawe and Afan, which are important for salmon, sea trout and sea angling.

A major clean up operation is underway after thousands of litres of fuel leaked into the Grand Union Canal in Northamptonshire.