Useful Links
Welcome to the Useful Links Section.
Bait Bank
Now with our vending machines located at some of the best North West coarse fisheries, just grab your tackle and go fishing for longer and when ever your mood takes you.
www.baitbank.co.uk
Ray Stonnell Rods
New blanks built, Full strip and rebuilds, Single eyes and tips. Single whipped and colour tip standard, Under whipped extra. No limit to personalise your rod.
www.customrebuiltrods.webeden.co.uk
Fish4Sports Ltd - Fishing directory & online booking hub. FREE to register.
Fishing Website Design – we specialise in building bespoke managed brochure & e-commerce websites with payment portals for day ticket waters, angling club memberships & subscriptions, match fishing, tackle shops, tutors and fishing holidays. We use SEO 'Search Engine Optimisation' which helps your website reach the top pages of search engines like Google & Yahoo. In fact we can produce, manage or re-brand any business sector’s website.
Fishing Advertising – Why not advertise with Fish4Sports Ltd on our website with a link to your own website.
Fishing Merchandise - Branded items, promotional gifts. We have 20 years experience in account management & fulfilment for our clients.
www.fish4sports.com
Carp Trader
Carp Trader - The ultimate site for anything related to carp fishing! Our site is dedicated to all the passionate carp fisherman and woman, young and old around the world. We provide online marketplace helping you to buy and sale any carp related fishing equipments in a easy, simple and secure way. We connect the carp fishing community with small and medium retailers, merchants from carp fishing industry, that we believe they are doing their best to meet customers expectation.
www.carptrader.co.uk
Merlin Unwin Books
We are a dynamic UK company dedicated to publishing high quality countryside, wildlife, fieldsports and fishing books, written by leaders in their fields. Merlin Unwin Books Ltd was established in 1990 and is based in the market town of Ludlow in Shropshire. We offer friendly, personal customer service and because we have our own distribution service (based in Ludlow) we can promise to despatch your books within three days, often sooner.
www.merlinunwin.co.uk
Fieldsports Magazine
Fieldsports is a glossy country pursuits quarterly of unsurpassed quality and originality. With emphasis placed on game shooting and fishing - both in the UK and abroad - each issue delivers a large editorial package of beautifully designed pages of features, news, reviews, products and comment, all accompanied by world-class photography. Fieldsports is the definitive quarterly for the genuine country sports enthusiast.
www.fieldsportsmagazine.com
AGM Discount Fishing Lures and Tackle
Lures and lure fishing tackle at great prices! A great variety of stock for all pike and predator anglers and THE place to stock up on soft plastics and drop shot supplies for perch fishing.
www.agmdiscountfishing.co.uk
carpychris.co.uk
Our aim is to supply all my customers with fishing weights at reasonable prices and to include delivery charges that still represent value for money.
www.carpychris.co.uk
The Fishing Hut
Fishing Hut, based in the UK, provide a large range of angling tools and accessories including bank gear, bags and clothing as well as typical items such as rods, reels and tackles.
www.fishinghut.net
Angling Trades Association
The Angling Trades Association represents angling manufacturers, wholesalers, retailers, publishers and distributors and is the Voice of the British Angling Industry.
www.anglingtradesassociation.com
National Fishing Month
This year, National Fishing Month will begin on the 19th July, and conclude on the 26th August. As in previous years, the idea is to encourage every family member to have a go at fishing from whatever cultural or social background they may be from.
www.nationalfishingmonth.com
Take a Friend Fishing
"Take A Friend Fishing" is a campaign where anglers of the UK are being encouraged to take a person who they feel would benefit from a day's fishing.
www.takeafriendfishing.co.uk
WLM Baits
A quality fishing bait supplier based in Leicester. supplying a wide range of baits from hand rolled boilies to fully prepared particle baits.
www.wlm-baits.co.uk
Looks Fishy
Looks Fishy is a website featuring a growing number of great places to go fishing the UK. If you fancy checking out some new pegs take a look around the site.
looksfishy.co.uk
fishhere.co.uk
Fishing UK is the first iPhone app which gives you access to 1000s of places to fish, all from your phone. When you're next out fishing, use the app to take photos and share them with others or just let people know what the fishing's like.
fishhere.co.uk
monsterfishing.co.uk
UK's specialist importer of American and Norwegian Fishing Gear. At Monster Fishing Sea Tackle we aim to delivery the very best in sea fishing tackle equipment and gear to you. We are "online" for serious sea anglers who are motivated and strive to be the ultimate sea angler!
www.monsterfishing.co.uk
Fisheries.co.uk
Information about fisheries, match diary and results, holidays, shows and associations in England and Wales.
www.fisheries.co.uk
The Canal & River Trust
The Canal & River Trust is the new charity which has just taken over responsibility for the canals and rivers in England & Wales. In an increasingly fast-paced and crowded world, the Canal & River Trust’s historic canals and rivers provide a local haven for people and nature. We’re the new charity entrusted with the care of 2,000 miles of waterways in England and Wales.
www.canalrivertrust.org.uk
and for the fishing pages click HERE
Nice Fish!
Nice Fish! are the exclusive distributor for specialist lure fishing brands, Sunline, Major Craft & Seaspin. Trade & Sales Agent enquiries welcome.
www.nice-fish.co.uk
Environment Agency River Levels pages
Perfect for spate water fishing info. Very popular with barbel and salmon anglers.
www.environment-agency.gov.uk
(link goes to river levels section)
Ponds UK
With over 20 years experience working with Fisheries, Lakes, Ponds and Rivers we offer all the solutions to creating the water of your dreams right through to management and consultancy.
www.pondsuk.com
TW Fisheries
TW Fisheries are consultants offering practical fishery management services. We are passionate about the sport and want to help fishery owners maximise the potential of their fishery through our years of practical experience and our highly motivated team. TW Fisheries are fully insured and work throughout the whole country, no job to big or small so contact us through our website.
www.twfisheries.com
Campaign for the Protection of Welsh Fisheries
The Campaign aims to seek the proper and adequate protection of all Welsh fisheries, be they situated in the seas around our coast, in the rivers and streams that flow into that sea or landlocked lakes and ponds. These fisheries are our inheritance and we are duty bound to see that they are passed on from generation to generation with abundant, healthy and well protected stock.
www.cpwf.co.uk
Essexcarpsyndicates
Carp fishing in Essex
Essex Carp Syndicates consists of three lakes for carp fishing in Essex. All carp lakes are located in the peaceful countryside near to Chelmsford and Colchester. The Rise is a mature lake of 10 acres and the Mill is a twin carp lake site.
www.essexcarpsyndicates.co.uk
Angling Lincs
Everything from a taster day right up to a high level coaching qualification. Come and improve your skills, meet new friends, and learn tips from a fully qualified coaching team. We look forward to meeting you soon.
Rob Perkins - Coach Educator
www.anglinglincs.co.uk
Sovereign Superbaits
The UK's largest dedicated predator fishing website.
www.sovereignsuperbaits.co.uk
The CLA Game Fair
The CLA Game Fair attracts over 140,000 visitors from throughout the UK and Abroad. As the World's Leading Country Sport Event the show hosts the UK's biggest and best shooting and fishing shows as well as the most comprehensive gundog and falconry exhibitions alongside every other aspect of countryside activities and interests such as ferreting, gamekeeping, Estate Management, Forestry and Woodland, hounds and hunting.
www.gamefair.co.uk
The Wessex Branch of the Fly Dressers Guild
Meets almost every Tuesday in the year to develop our understanding of the art and craft of fly dressing. The Guild is the largest organisation in the world to promote the art and craft of fly dressing. All material is provided, you need to turn up with your tools and silks (threads if you prefer) - see website for more details.
www.fdgwessex.co.uk
Specimen Eel Fishing
A blog dedicated to the strange world of eel fishing with the latest news, tips, stories and captures from the UK. Eelfishing.net also promotes the conservation of rapidly declining and critical endangered European eel population.
www.eelfishing.net
Chay Jackson Academy of Angling
A purpose built angling coaching facility in the heart of the Warwickshire countryside. The facilities include classroom, toilets, comfortable swims, cafe, 3 fishing lakes and BBQ area. We specialise in providing top quality professional angling coaching at a price ALL can afford, all tackle and bait is included in the courses. We cater for men and women of all ages and abilities. All our coaches are ADB Level 1 & 2 coaches so you can be sure your loved one is in a safe friendly environment.
www.cjanglingacademy.co.uk
www.Fish-uk.com
Whether your an old hand or you are new to fishing you will find something useful on Fish-uk. Sections include, Beginners to angling, Fish species, tips and baits and more. Read some of the articles or watch videos to help you catch more fish. If you are looking for a fishing venue, tackle shop, instructor or holiday, pages are categorised by country and county. Take a look - whatever your style of fishing.
www.Fish-uk.com
www.breakingthesurface.co.uk
Our website mainly caters for Bolton & Lancashire we have hundreds of exclusives videos and thousands of exclusive photographs.With our forum updated everyday we are the fist stop for all your local info.Also including blogs,music videos,just for laughs and lots more.All totally free and designed for every angler age 8-80
www.breakingthesurface.co.uk
S.T.A.G. Gamefishers
S.T.A.G. Gamefishers is run as a club, not a syndicate. The intention of the club is to provide it's members with good quality trout fishing at affordable prices. You can fish 360 days per year as a full member, or join as a half or quarter member if you are limited to the number of days you can fish.
We have two pools, one is approximately one acre and the other is approximately two acres, not far from Much Wenlock, Shropshire.
www.staggamefishers.net
The National Anguilla Club
The National Anguilla Club was formed for eel angling specialists in 1962. It is longest continuously running specimen groups ever formed. The club was formed to study Anguilla Anguilla the freshwater eel and being fishermen, catching them as well.
The club is actively involved in angling politics with emphasis on the preservation and conservation of eels and eel angling. We have in the past worked with other eel groups and formed the “Eel Conservation Society” which was absorbed into the NAC a few years later as our political wing. We have also been closely involved with many of the Angling Trusts predecessors. Membership is open to all with an interest in Eels.
membership@nationalanguillaclub.co.uk
www.nationalanguillaclub.co.uk
Wight Fishing
Wight Fishing is the Isle Of Wight Fishing Portal. It brings together all forms of rod and line angling including coarse, sea, game and kayak. Our website and forum unite local and holiday anglers with all the latest venue information and local angling news.
info@wightfishing.co.uk
www.wightfishing.co.uk
Yorkshire Dales Flyfishing
A Complete Fly Fishing Service In The Yorkshire Dales - Qualified Fly Fishing Instruction, Guiding & Holidays - Endorsed by the Hardy Greys Academy.
Stuart Minnikin
Tel: 0776 176 2660
www.yorkshire-dales-flyfishing.com
Les Croix
At Les Croix we offer exclusive carp fishing to anglers and guests looking for a real holiday that provides more than just a week in a bivvy, with a 3.6 acre private, secure lake stocked with 150 pristine carp to well over 50lbs ...and fully equipped 1st class accommodation just 30 metres from the lake, featuring heated pool, sun terrace, and UK satellite TV. We have an on-site tackle and bait shop with bait boat hire.
www.lescroix.co.uk
Squids In! Sea Baits
Squids In! Sea Baits are based in Barton on Humber North Lincolnshire, close to the Humber Bridge. We supply top quality fresh and frozen sea fishing bait at rock bottom prices to Lincolnshire and Yorkshire, and all other UK mainland and offshore locations by mail order.
View our range of great sea baits, pike baits, and preserved baits at
www.squidsinseabaits.com
Bass Anglers' Sportfishing Society
The Bass Anglers' Sportfishing Society (BASS) is both a fishing club and an organisation dedicated to the conservation of the European sea bass. The Society believes that its members have the ability to encourage the conservation, research and protection of the European sea bass, as well as, to improve and educate others in the techniques of angling for this premier sporting fish.
www.ukbass.com
HotRox Hand Warmers
HotRox Hand Warmers are a brand new way of keeping your hands (and other parts of your body) warm. These reusable hand warmers are recharged by plugging them into the wall or a computers USB port. HotRox hand warmers are simple, safe and easy to use and are perfect for a cold winter day's shore, boat, chub, pike or grayling fishing.
www.thehotrox.co.uk
Get Hooked
The Get Hooked website gives access to the most complete and up to date information available for over 900 fishing venues - game, coarse and sea throughout South West England along with Environment Agency regional fishing byelaws, Where to stay, Tackle and Tuition information all comprehensively updated on a regular basis.
www.gethooked.co.uk
England Youth Flyfishing Association
The Dedicated to encouraging and developing the sport of competitive flyfishing for young people aged between 12 and 17 on both still waters and rivers.
www.eyfa.co.uk
Angling-News
Clive Branson's Angling-News pages are full of news, views, tips and information. Updated on a regular basis, you can gleam much useful information from the website. Email Clive your views, reports, pictures and other interesting stories.
www.angling-news.co.uk
Errwood Fly Fishing Club (EFFC)
Errwood Reservoir occupies 85 acres in an area of outstanding natural beauty in the Peak National Park between Buxton, Whaley Bridge and Macclesfield. Regular stockings take place throughout the season of well-finned, high quality rainbow trout from carefully sourced, approved suppliers. For the 2010 season it is intended to stock fish between 2 and 15lbs! In addition, Errwood sustains a population of indigenous wild brown trout to 1 1/4lb. Club membership and day tickets are available.
www.effc.co.uk
Tackle Fanatics
Tackle Fanatics are specialists in used carp tackle trading. You can visit tacklefanatics.com or their Surrey store to buy, sell or part-exchange your fishing gear today. Tackle Fanatics have a huge selection of carp reels, carp rods, bait boats, bivvies, bite alarms and rod supports.
www.tacklefanatics.co.uk
blog.tacklefanatics.co.uk
Mainoaks Farm Holiday Cottages
The Tunnel Beat is a secluded 2 mile stretch of single bank fishing on the River Wye in Herefordshire, set within a private estate in the heart of The Wye Valley. Fishing is exclusively for Mainoaks Farm Holiday Cottage guests and this section of the river has not been fished for the last 15 years. Both game and coarse fishing is available including salmon, trout, pike (of over 30lbs!), numerous barbel, dace, roach, eels and perch.
www.mainoaks.co.uk
Farson Digital
Installers of webcams delivering high-resolution live quality images from superb locations. Thinking of installing a webcam? It might cost less than you think and will be a huge asset to your anglers. See website for further information and to check out our cameras.
www.farsondigital.co.uk
CAST-OUT
Salmon and sea trout fishing throughout the North East of England. Regular fishing reports for rivers such as the Tyne, North Tyne, South Tyne, Coquet, Wear, Till and Rede with information on river levels, conditions, weather, tides, coaching, instruction, a picture gallery of latest catches and much more. A website "For the angler by the angler".
www.cast-out.co.uk
GS Fly Fishing
GS Fly Fishing provides professional fly fishing coaching, casting instruction and guided fishing on some of Yorkshire’s finest rivers and still waters. Whether you are a complete novice starting the sport or a more experienced angler looking to improve your technique, GS Fly Fishing can provide tuition to suit your needs.
www.gsflyfishing.co.uk
TeK2 Fly Fishing
TeK2 Fly Fishing provides friendly and professional fly fishing tuition, casting instruction and guiding for wild Brown Trout, Rainbow Trout and Grayling on Yorkshire rivers and still waters. Also, Guided Barbel fishing on the rivers of Yorkshire.
www.tek2flyfishing.co.uk
Intofish.com
The Ultimate Coarse Fishing Log Book
Add, collate and keep your catch records on our fully searchable and unique log book. Share catches, photo’s and chat on the 'intofish' social network site. Find a venue to fish and tackle shops nationwide. Add your thoughts and comments on the ‘intofish’ forum.
www.intofish.com
Nisa Waveney Juniors
We exclusively cater for junior anglers from the ages of 8-18 we have 4 qualified coaches, (2 level 2 and 2 level1), we have tackle to lend if you would just like to try angling.
www.onesuffolk.co.uk/NisaWaveneyJuniors
Aquaculture Equipment Ltd
We specialise in the manufacture and supply of a wide range of fish farming and fisheries equipment. Our main focus is aeration, oxygen monitoring and fish feeders. We are the UK distributors for the Italian aerator manufacturers, Acqua & Co and have supplied many of these units to fisheries, government agencies and fish farms across the UK and France.
We always have aerators ready in the event of an emergency – and can often get machines to you the same day if needed. For our full range of fishery related products, please visit our website.
www.aquacultureequipment.co.uk
That Fly - Fly fishing coaching and Instruction
A collaboration between two friends who share a passion for all things fly fishing. Be it stalking stocked rainbow, outwitting wild browns, waiting patiently for the salmon and sea trout runs, saltwater fly fishing for bass on the English south coast and rugged coastline of North Wales and fishing the Florida flats.
www.thatfly.co.uk
Chub Study Group
A small, friendly long established group of like-minded specialist anglers dedicated to the pursuit and study of Chub. Group members fish the rivers of England, Scotland, Wales and, over recent years the rivers of some Scandinavian countries. Regular weekend fish-ins and a Group members web forum.
www.chubstudygroup.co.uk
Durham City Angling Club
Durham City Angling Club caters for all fresh water anglers, game, coarse, match, pleasure and specimen. The club owns a four water still water complex catering for all aspects of coarse fishing from a canal type match water to a specimen carp/pike water. More details on the website.
www.durhamanglers.co.uk
Angling News
Angling News for daily up-dated angling reports, news, photos and articles from around the world, the biggest global interactive angling site.
www.anglingnews.net
Fish and Fly Ltd
One of the leading global web publishers of angling titles with a portfolio including www.fishandfly.com, www.flyforums.co.uk, www.fishingmagic.com, www.speycast.co.uk, www.salmonatlas.com, www.carpatlas.com and www.wheretofish.co.uk. All the latest fishing news, reviews & discussions - sign up for our Twitter and Facebook feeds to deliver our latest stories to you 24 hours a day.
www.fishandfly.com
The Yorkshire Baits Big Bash
Download all the information you need in the Big Bash April Newsletter by clicking here or visit the websites.
www.thebigbash.co.uk
www.bigbash-forum.com
East Sussex Branch, Salmon and Trout Association
The Salmon & Trout Association have a UK-wide membership of game anglers, fishery owners/managers, affiliated trades and members of the public with an interest in conserving the aquatic environment and its dependent species.
www.east-sussex-sta.org.uk
Anglers Carp Fishing In France Guide
Anglers carp fishing in france guide, provides anglers information on angling in France, whether for carp or just fishing, use our guide.
www.anglersfishingguide.com
ADCXX
ADCXX are promoting angling on the Fossdyke and will be running an angling competition next year, with the prospect of getting a trophy designed to hand out as an annual prize to encourage more people to take up fishing on the Fossdyke.
www.adcxx.org.uk
lakedistrictfishing.net
lakedistrictfishing.net provides detailed and up to date information on every aspect of fishing in Cumbria and the Lake District.
www.lakedistrictfishing.net
reel-on-wheels.org
Our primary aim is to help and encourage disabled and less able anglers to get back into fishing and to encourage as many people as possible to take up fishing as a recreational, outdoor activity.
www.reels-on-wheels.org
Farnham Angling Society
Now over 100 years old, Farnham Angling Society is one of the most sucessful angling societies in England. With a membership approaching 3,000 members and 23 fisheries.
www.farnhamanglingsociety.com
Shimano Fishing Shop
We supply a wide range of premium quality Shimano Fishing Reels online
FishKeep
FishKeep is a UK based fishing network and community. With nationwide fishing venues and reviews, fishing related articles,competitions and club news.
www.fishkeep.net
Talk Angling UK
The busiest fishing and angling chat forum in the UK now has many of the countries top anglers registered on our forum discussing every aspect of fishing tackle, bait and tactics. Talk Angling is ultimately designed with the freshwater match and carp angler in mind.
www.talkangling.co.uk
World Carp Classic
Following the success in 2008 (for its 10th anniversary) & in 2009 we are happy to return once more to Lac de Madine for WCC10. With more new bank space being opened up for the event, it is reasonable to expect that she will once more give forth some of her most prized jewels.
www.worldcarpclassic.com
Carp Dream Fishing
Gary Sheridan's fishing breaks on the river Ebro.
www.carpdreamfishing.com
Bedfordshire Specimen Anglers
Bedfordshire specimen anglers is run by anglers for anglers and is now building in size and reputation. We are passionate about angling so why not visit our forum to get or give advice, chat with fishing fanatics just like you, make new friends, arrange days out and chat about fishing to your hearts content.
www.bedfordshirespecimenanglers.co.uk
www.carp-in-on.com
A friendly carp focussed forum aimed at having fun rather than discussing the latest rod/reel/hook. The knowledge base is huge and help and information is readily available.
www.carp-in-on.com
