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25/04/2013
Published by Keith Elliott at 25/04/2013
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Reels like a 360 vom Hofe Perfection, a 16/0 Kovalovsky, and a limited-edition set of Bogdan salmon reels are among the highlights at Crossroads Angling Auction […]
19/04/2013
Published by Keith Elliott at 19/04/2013
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The 142-metre supertrawler banned by Australia because of fears over its impact on the country’s pelagic fishery has turned up off Chile. The giant factory-freezer ship […]
10/04/2013
Published by Keith Elliott at 10/04/2013
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A fishing ban on Eastern Europeans has sparked controversy at a UK lake. The owner of Lakeview Camping Park, Eddie Whitehead, has put up signs saying: […]
09/04/2013
Published by Keith Elliott at 09/04/2013
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John Wilson, who played a pivotal role in reviving European angling in the 1980s through his Go Fishing television programmes, is leaving England and moving to […]
08/04/2013
Published by Keith Elliott at 08/04/2013
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A television presenter filming a survival series caught a fish by using her vagina as “bait”. Whether the series of Naked Castaway on the Discovery Channel […]
08/04/2013
Published by Keith Elliott at 08/04/2013
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The acclaimed new series Fishing in the Footsteps of Mr Crabtree is being repeated on satellite television stations from tomorrow (April 9). You can watch it […]
07/04/2013
Published by Keith Elliott at 07/04/2013
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Farlow’s, one of the most historic and enduring names in angling, is to be sold, we can reveal. The company started in 1840. This and many […]
07/04/2013
Published by Keith Elliott at 07/04/2013
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A brace of barbel in a glass case set a world record when it sold for £18,000 (excluding 15% buyers’ commission) at Angling Auctions. The special […]
12/02/2013
Published by Keith Elliott at 12/02/2013
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A man has been fined more than £8000 for killing a great white shark that he hooked off a beach in South Africa. Leon Bekker of […]
12/02/2013
Published by Keith Elliott at 12/02/2013
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A free fishing-specific weather app for Android and iPhone users has just been released. FishMarX is a GPS marking tool you can use on the water […]
10/02/2013
Published by Keith Elliott at 10/02/2013
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Keeping bonefish in “recovery bags” after they have been caught results in significantly improved survival rates, scientiests have found. Allowing captured fish to rest in the […]
10/02/2013
Published by Keith Elliott at 10/02/2013
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All the book reviews published in Classic Angling for the past year are now available on this site free. We aren’t worried about offending publishers, which […]
08/02/2013
Published by Keith Elliott at 08/02/2013
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Pretty impressive: catching a 26lb pike through a hole on the ice from a lake in southern Alberta, Canada. The guy has a job getting it […]
08/02/2013
Published by Keith Elliott at 08/02/2013
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Mongolia is entering the world ice-fishing championships for the first time. The week-long event, which starts next week on Big Eau Pleine Reservoir in Wisconsin, has […]
08/02/2013
Published by Keith Elliott at 08/02/2013
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Moves are afoot to double the minimum size of sharks that can be retained off Maryland waters. Though the new regulations, which come into force in […]

