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Tweed meeting to canvass views on salmon measures

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Trout and Salmon, 29 July 2010 16:09

Tweed fishery proprietors, their letting agents, anglers and members of connected businesses, such as tackle shops, are being invited to discuss the future of catch-and-release on the river. The meeting is at Cross Keys Hotel, Kelso, on Monday, August 16 at 7 pm. It follows a resolution that sent shock waves through Scottish salmon fishing – the last time the River ...

 

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Tweed meeting to canvass views on salmon measures

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Trout and Salmon,
29 July 2010 16:09

Tweed fishery proprietors, their letting agents, anglers and members of connected businesses, such as tackle shops, are being invited to discuss the future of catch-and-release on the river. The meeting is at Cross Keys Hotel, Kelso, on Monday, August 16 at 7 pm. It follows a resolution that sent shock waves through Scottish salmon fishing – the last time the River ...

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Anglers demand action as rivers dry up

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Trout and Salmon, 15 July 2010 11:06

Thousands of angling clubs, fishery owners and anglers are witnessing low river flows and water levels, which are threatening vital invertebrate life in rivers and fish stocks. Angling Trust is calling on the Government, the Environment Agency and water companies to address the issue by developing long term sustainable management strategies for water resources. Angling Trust and its legal arm ...

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River Ribble system joins the Celtic sea-trout finge

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Trout and Salmon, 01 July 2010 16:11

The Ribble system is one of the North-west rivers which has been selected to take part in a three-year project monitoring sea-trout. This, the Celtic Sea Trout Project, was launched recently with a meeting between Kyle Young the Environment Agency fisheries technical specialist along with the Ribble Fisheries Consultative Association (RFCA). Sea-trout expert Nigel Milner and one of the organisers ...

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Nith River Board gathers evidence on pollution incident

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Trout and Salmon, 28 June 2010 13:48

A statement has been released by the Nith District Salmon Fishery Board (NDSFB) concerning a mining discharge into the River Nith in Dumfries and Galloway. The incident, which took place earlier this month, has sent shock waves throught the game-fishing community in Nithsdale and further afield. The potential hazard which the mining industry represents in the upper Nith catchment has been ...

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Welsh Assembly report rejects right to paddle

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Trout and Salmon, 25 June 2010 13:56

A National Assembly for Wales inquiry into Access to Inland Water has rejected calls for a “right to paddle”. Instead it has recommended the expansion of voluntary access agreements. In addition the inquiry has recommended a licensing system for those using canoes and other unpowered craft on inland waters and the introduction of a fee for those making a profit out ...

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Wall of Death salmon nets at Lydney Park to be lifted

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Trout and Salmon, 21 June 2010 10:21

The Wye and Usk Foundation has announced the lifting of one of the last mixed-stock salmon netting operations that affect the Wye, Usk and Severn. The Foundation wants to raise £10,000 as soon as possible to fund the buy out of the putcher rank at Lydney Park. Known locally as the “Wall of Death” official catches at the netting station have ...

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Eyebrook adds Wheelyboat No. 3 to its fleet

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Trout and Salmon, 26 May 2010 12:29

A third Wheelyboat has been launched at Eyebrook Reservoir with the placing of a brand new sixteen-foot Coulam Wheelyboat which was given its formal launch on May 18th. Disabled fly-fishers who visit Eyebrook already have in service a MK1 and a MK 2 Wheelyboat, the most used in the UK. The boat was purchased by the fishery, with funding from ...

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Chance to try the River Noe brown trout fishery management course

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Trout and Salmon, 11 May 2010 11:01

The River Noe is the idyllic setting for the Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust’s one day fishery management course in Derbyshire on 9 June 2010.  The day, which will cover a wide range of practical issues relating to the management of trout on a rain fed river, will be led by experts from the Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust’s fisheries ...

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Prime Tweed autumn salmon fishing to be auctioned in June

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Trout and Salmon, 10 May 2010 10:54

Some of Britain’s best autumn salmon angling is catalogued in the 2010 Annual Auction in aid of the Tweed Foundation. 34 lots are on offer including prime fishings on many of the Tweed’s most illustrious beats. Guide prices range from £2500 down to £100. Full details of the auction are available at www.tweedfoundation.org.uk. Alternatively contact Fay Hieatt on 01896 848271 for ...

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Free River Tweed salmon fishing – to those who can afford it!

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Trout and Salmon, 12 April 2010 16:30

There is nothing quite like the line: free Tweed salmon fishing, to engage the interest of readers of Trout and Salmon and other game-fishers. In this case the fishing is on the exclusive Milne Graden beat of the Tweed, near Coldstream, but there is a catch. Would be fishers would have to stay at School House, a 3-bedroom and 3-bathroom property ...

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