IN HIS role as Chairman of Carlow Coarse Angling Club, Gerry Mcstraw has not only revived interest in coarse fishing along the river Barrow locally, nationally and internationally, he has also, ...

The excellent news for local coarse anglers this week is that a once very popular stretch of the River Tyne, which has been unobtainable to coarse fishers for many years, will now see the boys ...

James Wellwood (14) is fast becoming one of Ireland’s top coarse junior anglers. His latest achievement is yet another example of his prowess when it comes to competitive angling. At a recent match in ...

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Perch, roach, carp, rudd, tench, bream … all fish should be called Godot. All the fish in the pond in front of me, in any case. For once again, I find myself sat in the drizzle, somewhere in middle ...

ANGLERS are being reminded the 2024 coarse fishing close season gets underway today (Friday). The Environment Agency explained spring and early summer months provide a period for freshwater fish such ...

Johnny McKinley thinks Northern Ireland is lacking in fishing facilities Cast, catch and release - for 40 years Lurgan Coarse Angling Club has been perfecting the finer points of fishing. This year ...

The River Tyne received one of its biggest ever coarse fish stockings last week when some 10,000 roach were introduced by the Environment Agency. This stocking, in the Tyne Green, Ovingham and Prudhoe ...

Cast, catch and release - for 40 years Lurgan Coarse Angling Club has been perfecting the finer points of fishing. This year they reeled in the big one. In April the County Armagh anglers were crowned ...

THE new river season came in with a bang with explosive action all along the match length at Yarm last Sunday. A total of 76 anglers enjoyed the opening match of the new campaign and as tipped here a ...

FOLLOWING a brilliant start to the river season, last weekend’s 72-peg Drennan Super League match at Yarm and Bowesfield was a quieter affair. Yet incredibly 20 anglers took double figure nets to the ...