Tarpon: a dream accomplished.

As a kid with the fishing bug I read an article about an angler in a far off place catching tarpon. I dared to dream and promised myself that one day I would catch one. It became a lifelong ambition that never left me. When I was much older, and having caught the Florida holiday bug, I thought I might just have a chance...

'Catch a Crucian' Photo competition: deadline July 15th

Angling Trust Campaigns Chief Martin Salter met up with Hugh Miles of Passion for Angling fame at Godalming Angling Society's record breaking Johnson's Lake to promote 'Catch a Crucian Month' and to record a short film urging anglers to use the last few days of the month to submit their pictures into the new photo competition.

'The Wader Makers': new release from Simms.

  Simms Fishing Products, the country’s only domestic wader manufacturer, shows the secret of making the best waders in the world. Simms recently released this...

Sportfish: Tackle-Up for Bass

  A big bass on the fly is one of the ultimate challenges for the saltwater fly angler in the UK and, contrary...

Angling Trust Midlands Fisheries Forum (East) July 19th 2016

In association with the Environment Agency at the Holiday Inn, Bostocks Lane, Sandiacre, Nottinghamshire, NG10 5NJ

Great Tenching

Graham Elliott's excellent article 'Camping for Tench' rekindled my south-easterner's urge to get back onto a nice big pit with deep clear water and lots of luxuriant, bright-green weed! Such a water filled my eyes, my soul and my days for 17 years, a water many will know as Johnson's Lakes in New Hythe, Kent.

Flood warnings issued for River Trent tributaries in Nottinghamshire

Flood warnings have been issued by the Environment Agency for tributaries off the River Trent.

Martin Salter: On The Road Again.

It feels like my feet have barely touched the ground since returning from my Australian trip in April. Once I had ploughed through the inevitable backlog of emails and got my diary into some sort of order in was clear that I was going to be on the road a fair bit over the next couple of months.