Connecting Fish, Rivers and People. The European Anglers Alliance is proud to support once again the World Fish Migration Day (WFMD) that this year will take place on the 21st of April. More than 100 events around the world have already been registered on the WFMD website and EAA’s members are fully involved in many […]
The man behind the legendary Van Staal reels brand is at China Fish in the last few days of February with a new company and venture. Robert Koelewyn is showing off his Visser range of watches that have been designed with the professional fisherman in mind. The face of the machine-cut aluminium timepiece looks like […]
Angling shop owner Bert Schouten of Handy Fish in Heiloo organised a “Handy Vision Demo Day” on Saturday the 22nd of April 2017 in the shop and alongside the water in a nearby park. Paul Van de Sande of Fly Scene, the distributor for Vision in the Netherlands, was present to talk about and demonstrate […]
A new trailer has dropped for a film from Unicorn Picnic Productions that takes on friendship and fly fishing in Western Montana. From Unicorn Picnic Productions: “Sam Schmidt, Sam Schmidt, Jennifer Thoman and Jorjena Barringer […] met in college twenty years ago working for the Outdoor Program at the University of Montana. This year, they […]
A complete list of all the fisheries related conferences around the world in 2017.
In the largest project of its kind ever attempted in Europe, one of England’s most iconic rivers is set to benefit from a near £20 million improvement which will boost fish stocks and recreational fishing. The major wildlife project, which includes the installation of the UK’s first ever underwater viewing gallery, will reopen the River […]
Fish Legal has helped the Inler Angling Club to start the process of restoring a purely wild trout fishery using compensation money obtained following a 2013 pollution. The club leases the brown trout and sea trout fishing on the River Inler in County Down, which was devastated by a major spill of vegetable waste from […]
Nearly 200 miles of a popular Yellowstone river are closed to the public, as thousands of fish have gone belly up in an “unprecedented” way. Officials in Montana suspect the cause is a human-spread parasitic disease. Fishing, rafting, swimming and other water-based recreational activities were banned for an undetermined amount of time as of Friday […]
In order to maintain fishing as a sport for generations to come, we must take care in handling the fish we release. The lower the mortality rate when fish are caught and released, the more populations will continue to grow, providing both sporting enjoyment and tasty meals well into the future. With this in mind, […]
On Friday May 20th, during the WFMD2016 Kick-off, a new symbol for fish migration was proudly unveiled by Hannibal Bolton from US Fish and Wildlife and Deputy Johannes Kramer from the Netherlands (Provincial Executive of Friesland). This symbol is called the Happy Fish! This symbol unites initiatives by nature organizations and local government bodies […]