Money for Fishing – Some Facts
Following on from yesterday's blog Martin Salter now takes a look behind the headlines, and the whingeing, at the recent cash award to angling.
What do you get from Fishing?
It's important yes, but fishing is not just about catching fish.
The Catch-and-Release Obsession
"I have a big problem with the quasi-religious zeal for catch-and-release," says Mark Williams. "Killing fish may not be the 'bad thing' you might suppose," he adds.
Opinion Piece – Either or Neither?
Either, both or neither? Asks Kevin Perkins, referring to the Angling Trust and the Environment Agency.
Otters and Other Stuff…
Mark Barrett is in New Year mode, harking back and looking forward to all kinds of things.
Opinion Piece – Stainless Steel Hooks, Time for a Change
A 10 year old article, perhaps as relevant today as it was then.
Cormorants and Angling – An Open Letter to the RSPB
Rod Sturdy responds to a recent piece by Simon Barnes in the RSPB newsletter.
The Angling Trust – What is it? And What has it Achieved?
Rod Sturdy is back and banging the ATr drum, but before you switch off and decide that angling politics is 'boring' and not for you, why not have a read? As Rod himself says, 'There are too many people still confused about/ignorant of what the ATr is.'
The Rivers' Close Season
'To be or not to be?' Asks Barrie Rickards, who adheres to the old close season because he wants to, but cannot rationalise it because, he says, it cannot be rationalised.
Tribute to Barrie – The Close Season
First published back in 2000, this one of Barrie's is as topical today, ten years on, as it was then!
