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Three barbel river records smashed in one week

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Angling Times, 27 August 2010 11:30

An unprecedented three barbel river records have potentially been shattered in just a week, Angling Times can exclusively reveal. Increased rainfall has reinvigorated the country’s rivers following months of low, clear conditions, with three different water systems throwing up huge specimens to prove that the fish are back on the feed. The first to fall was the Thame, with Oxford ...

 

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Three barbel river records smashed in one week

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Angling Times,
27 August 2010 11:30

An unprecedented three barbel river records have potentially been shattered in just a week, Angling Times can exclusively reveal. Increased rainfall has reinvigorated the country’s rivers following months of low, clear conditions, with three different water systems throwing up huge specimens to prove that the fish are back on the feed. The first to fall was the Thame, with Oxford ...

Frank Barlow Memorial open match to take place on River Trent

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Angling Times, 25 August 2010 16:40

One of Nottingham’s most famous fishing sons will once again be honoured early next month with the Frank Barlow Memorial fishing match in memory of the larger than life former Shakespeare Superteam river king. The fishing match takes place on Wednesday September 1 on the River Trent at Long Higgin, one of Frank’s favourite stretches, the draw taking place at ...

Sea fishing legend Alan Yates calls for saltwater rod licence

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Angling Times, 24 August 2010 12:29

“It’s time that narrow-minded sea anglers woke up and put their hands in their pockets!” This is the impassioned reaction of a former England sea fishing international following news that recent proposals for a sea angling rod licence have been rubbished by the Government. As previously reported in Angling Times, the proposals for the introduction of a licence to fish ...

Stalking rainbow trout offers a real buzz for Keith Arthur

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Keith Arthur, 20 August 2010 16:30

I’ve fished for, and caught, a fair few rainbow trout since first picking up a fly rod, courtesy of Rick, Rachel and Emma at Tackle Up in Bury St Edmunds in 1992. Among them have been some real crackers, too; the best being 18lb 10oz from Lechlade and 17lb 12oz from Syon Park - a fish that currently resides in a ...

Record eel claim has been thrown into doubt

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Angling Times, 20 August 2010 16:00

The angling community has this week been buzzing with rumours of a new British record eel. Reported to weigh in at a monstrous 13lb 9oz, the big fish is thought to have come from a Colne Valley stillwater and, if genuine, would dwarf the current record that has stood for 32 years, by an unprecedented 2lb 7oz. Further speculation points ...

David Bird, ex-president of the NFA, has died

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Gofishing.co.uk, 19 August 2010 16:09

David Bird, ex-president of the National Federation of Anglers (NFA) and Chairman of the Specialist Anglers' Alliance, sadly passed away on Wednesday 18th August. From Mike Heylin, Chairman of the Angling Trust - It is with the greatest regret that we have to inform you that David Bird a good old friend and a tireless Champion for angling and fisheries ...

Keith Arthur - High time for change in the keepnet laws

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Keith Arthur, 13 August 2010 15:30

How rubbish an invention are nets? They seem to be the cause of all the major problems and issues in angling, from emptying the oceans (trawl nets) to losing a match angler, potentially, a few quid and lots in between (keepnets). The match angler in question complains that he didn’t win a competition because the fishery he chose to fish ...

Free 32-page Ultimate Guide to Coarse Fishing

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Gofishing.co.uk, 10 August 2010 09:31

Get your Ultimate Guide to Coarse Fishing - free in this week's Angling Times - packed with the very best tips to help you catch more through the summer. This special supplement details all the most popular summer species in great depth, covering the rigs, tips and the best baits to use to catch them. Plus the stars of the sport ...

Keith Arthur: 44 years of hurt? It all ends in glory for me

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Keith Arthur, 06 August 2010 16:00

I’ve waited all that time to return to the Parlour Pool The last time I stood on the bridge over the Parlour Pool on the Royalty Fishery ¬ possibly the most famous and iconic swim on the most famous and iconic river in Britain ¬ was in 1966, just before England won the World Cup. Forty-four years later, a few ...

EA mistake accidentally abolishes closed season

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Angling Times, 06 August 2010 16:00

Law-abiding anglers have been left incensed this week after it was revealed that poachers convicted of fishing rivers during the closed season have been let off the hook following a shocking legal blunder by the Environment Agency. In a development that’s rocked the sport, it has emerged that last year the Government body accidentally abolished the law that makes angling ...

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