Calling all Fishermen & Women - Emerald Pool Fishery in Somerset will be hosting a Charity Fishing Match on Saturday 14th October in memory of Luke Organ to raise money for SADS charity. Everyone welcome - just £20 per person... Read more
Fishing Information: Fishing Events Advice and Articles
The Fishing articles below provide information and contact details for Angling Associations, Charities and Angling bodies
Not all are specific to Game, Coarse or Sea Fishing. All the clubs and associations cover our South West region - an area which includes Cornwall, Devon, Dorset, Somerset, Wiltshire, South Gloucestershire and a small part of Hampshire. We are keen to promote Angling events within our region. If you have an event or article you would like considered for publication on our website please email [email protected] along with your contact details.
The margin between success and relative failure in fishing can be very small and this is particularly so in the case of the type of angling that I enjoy most – fly-fishing for trout on rivers. Indeed, there is an old saying that ten per cent of the fishermen catch ninety... Read more
Mike Weaver | December 8 2008 | Game Fishing Articles: Fishing Tips and Advice
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Tony Clare is RNLI Sea Safety Manager, North Division
As one of the fastest growing family sports in the UK, Boat Angling presents a fun way for the family to get afloat while enjoying fishing from the boat off our Coastal Waters. Although the boat itself is the vehicle to get to the fishing grounds where the hobby takes place, the sea has a history of being un-predictable... Read more
Tony Clare | December 10 2008 | Sea Fishing Articles: Tips and Advice
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It’s official - Recreational Sea Angling is a part of the marine fisheries sector!
In Get Hooked 2005, I covered some of the recommendations to Government from the Prime Minister's Strategy Unit outlined in a report called 'Net Benefits'. The Government have now responded to the recommendations with their publication of Securing the Benefits [visit:... Read more
Malcolm Gilbert | December 10 2008 | Sea Fishing Articles: Tips and Advice
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By The Editor
There are many bitter sweet experiences in the life of an angler.
We must all know that feeling of getting a good fish to the net only for it to shed the hook at the last moment.
Even worse perhaps is striking into some... Read more
Graham Sleeman | December 9 2008 | Coarse and Carp Fishing Articles
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The European Eel (Anguilla anguilla) is an incredibly important, but often under-valued fish species in the Atlantic Area. It is essential to the economic viability of many small-scale coastal fishing communities in Europe as well forming part of the traditional... Read more
Toby Russell | December 9 2008 | Coarse and Carp Fishing Articles
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Picture: The correct keepnet - essential for every angler! Alex Murray at Viaduct Fisheries
It seems hard to believe that it is only three years ago that the Angling... Read more
Bruno Broughton | December 9 2008 | Coarse and Carp Fishing Articles
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Brian Marshall is the Chairman - Wessex Salmon and Rivers Trust 
The southern, lowland chalk streams of Wessex have a rich bio-diversity that has, for millennia, supported thriving populations of fish, flora, birds and... Read more
Brian Marshall | December 8 2008 | Game Fishing Articles: Fishing Tips and Advice
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I began fishing when I was six years old after months of persuading my Dad, an angler of over forty years, to take me out with him and I'll never forget my first catch!
It was on my first ever what I call 'proper' day out fishing, as previous to that dad... Read more
Lucy Bowden | December 8 2008 | Game Fishing Articles: Fishing Tips and Advice
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The specially designed Wheelyboat provides disabled people with hassle-free and independent access to inland waters large and small all over the UK.
Whether it's for the scenery or wildlife, sport or recreation, reservoirs, lakes, ponds and... Read more
Andy Beadsley | December 8 2008 | Game Fishing Articles: Fishing Tips and Advice
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Essential advice for anglers
The diverse South West shore line has a wealth of opportunities to be enjoyed by the angler. Sadly the coastline has also been the location for several angling related tragedies over recent years. The sea can give great pleasure... Read more
Wayne Thomas | December 10 2008 | Sea Fishing Articles: Tips and Advice
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