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27 th November 2017
Angling Direct & Fishing 4 Schools Open Day - Lenwade Pike Club
For those who may not be aware Fishing 4 Schools is an organisation setup by Charles Jardine in association with The Countryside Alliance. The scheme aims to not only increase the awareness of our sport for young people, but also bring fishing into
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21 st November 2017
Angling Direct Meets - Alan Blair
It’s not every day you get to fish with ‘Mr Urban Banx’ Alan Blair but thanks to a few phone calls and emails our diaries managed to align and give us 24 hours on the bank together (big thank you to Alan).We decided to head to Clearwater
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17 th November 2017
Friday Funny - The Blow Out
I think we can all empathise with the feeling of opening a new piece of tackle and then being desperate to go out and use it. Around the age of 14, I remember being brought my own brolly. This was around the time I started doing the odd night (
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11 th November 2017
AD Sheffield Grand Opening - 2nd December
Saturday - 2nd December - is the grand opening of the Angling Direct Sheffield Superstore!To mark the occasion, we will be joined by a whole host of angling superstars, including Nigel Sharp, Terry Dempsey, Jerry Bridger, Bob Roberts, Nick Speed and
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10 th November 2017
Funny Friday - Fly Guys
This tale is not my proudest moment, but it certainly brings home the truth in the statement “you’ve got to start somewhere”. Now after being a die-hard coarse and match angler I decided to venture into the world of fly fishing at the tender
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08 th November 2017
Meet our 2017 King of the Catch Winners
Our annual King of the Catch competition came to a close in September – and what a year it was! Not only were there more entries than ever before but it also had some of the closest fought voting we had ever seen. We announced our five winners at
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08 th November 2017
Shimano Bootcamp 2017
Founded in 1921 by Shozaburo Shimano, Shimano Inc. is a name that has long been associated with the cycling world, responsible for a whopping 50% of the global bicycle component market. Since the early 1970s, when the company took its first steps
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08 th November 2017
Meet our 2017 King of the Catch Runners-Up
Our 2017 King of the Catch was the hardest fought edition of the competition to date – with more entries than ever before. Unfortunately, there could only be one winner in each category but that didn’t stop our second place anglers from giving
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03 rd November 2017
Friday Funny - Coarse Karma
As a young (almost teenage) lad heading out for one of my first solo sessions at my local commercial fishery, I was full of excitement but also a little nervous of fishing alone.I reached the lake bright and early on a Saturday morning, after cadging
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01 st November 2017
KING OF THE CATCH 2017 - WINNERS!
The waiting is finally over and the results are in. All the votes have been counted and verified, and we’re now able to announce the five winners and five runners up of King of the Catch 2017!Before we do, we’d like to thank everyone who entered
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