UK Government taken to court over failure to protect precious rivers and wetlands

Today WWF-UK, the Angling Trust and Fish Legal take the Government to the High Court accusing it of dragging its feet over the protection of England's most precious rivers and wetlands.

Puma!

Summer spates are not unknown on the Wye but they're a certainty during the winter months. The level will rise according to the nature of the banks and the normal width of the river: 6 feet in some places, 14 feet in others.

Identify the Venue Competition

This photograph was taken during a fishing trip with my youth club around 1968. Doubtless much has changed - who knows, perhaps the field is now a shopping centre (sorry! RETAIL PARK) At that time I lived in Essex but our trip was to a venue some way away...

Big Kippers

Any phone call to angling legend, Dave Steuart, is never going to be a short one. Even now he's well into his eighties and even with a rotten cold he can still talk for England. However it's always a good exercise for the ears because he is always as interesting as a barrow load of monkeys and as funny as hell to boot.

Angling Trust calls on European Commission to drop ban on bass angling in 2016

The Angling Trust will tell the European Commission it is wrongly targeting sea anglers following the publication this week of the Commission's proposals on bass fishing in 2016 "to halt the dramatic decline in this important stock".

The Latest News from The Angling Trust and Fish Legal

Six retired police officers join Angling Trust's fight against fisheries crime Six former police officers have been appointed to help fight fisheries crime. It...

The Unvarnished Truth – Part 1… another episode in the Donald & Damien Saga

Damien wasn't often lost for words, but this was one situation that left him speechless. Donald had been pottering around in the garage for some time, and Damien's curiosity had finally got the better of him, but the sight that met his eyes had literally stopped him in his tracks.

The Angling Trust British Pike Final 2015

The Angling Trust British Pike Final on Saturday November 7th was once again held on the 20ft River and Glassmore Bank sections of Whittlesey AA's waters near Peterborough, Cambs.