The Carp Society’s ‘Festival of Carp’ event this year was a ‘hit’ and ‘hot’! – very hot!

The Angling Trust helped to deliver an amazing Get Fishing day in partnership with the The Carp Society as part of their Festival of Carp 2025 celebration at Horseshoe Lake, Lechlade on Saturday, 12th July.

Licensed Level 2 coach and Angling Development Manager, Dean Asplin, said:

“It was one of the hottest days I have ever coached in but luckily the Horseshoe stock pond carp were still hungry. I lost count of the amount of smiling faces and certificates witnessed today. What was even better is four children returned especially to complete their Gold Get Fishing Awards“.

Congratulations to everyone that took part!

The Carp Society’s ‘Festival of Carp’ event runs each year.

Whether you’re a die-hard angler, a beginner or just love a good day out, there’s something for everyone:

Talks from experts
Live demos by top angling brands
Coaching sessions to help kids catch their first fish (thanks to Angling Trust)
Casting demos and tuition
Vintage tackle displays, including rare ‘Carp Catchers Club’ items
Tackle and book sales
Raffles
A special auction featuring books and other significant items from the late Chris Ball’s collection
Great food, drinks, and plenty more…

Keep checking their web page here for next year’s event, but in the meantime, we’re helping to organise more Get Fishing Events like this in your area too, and in fact all over the country!

Events are added to our website and social media all the time so, please check our Get Fishing events diary for new events near to you.

The Get Fishing campaign is funded by

The Angling Trust’s Get Fishing campaign to get more people fishing more often is funded by the Environment Agency from fishing licence income as part of the National Angling Strategic Services contract with the Angling Trust, and Sport England. Children under 13 do not need a licence, and licences for children aged between 13 and 16 are free but you still need to register and receive a licence before you go fishing. You can get a licence for the full year, for 8 days (ideal for holidays!) or just a day’s fishing.

NOTE: Although young children who are under 13 year old do not need a licence to fish, the person supervising them needs to have the proper fishing licence before they take hold of the fishing rod or help the child fish with it.

Get Fishing is Proudly Supported by

The Angling Trust’s ‘Get Fishing’ campaign is proudly supported by
Shakespeare, Exclusive Tackle Partner and Angling Direct, Exclusive Retail Partner
as we all work towards getting more people fishing, more often.

If there’s something that you cannot find here to help you start fishing or return to angling, please contact your local Regional Angling Development Officer – you can find the nearest one to where you want to go fishing here.