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20 th October 2017
Friday Funny... Field of Dreams
This is a tale of great personal embarrassment. Back in the early 2000s, I was fishing a particular venue with a head of big carp. The venue was basically a huge and fertile floodplain, around 70 acres in size. I remember the endless hours spent
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13 th October 2017
Friday Funny... The ‘Dark Side’ of Fishing
This is my definitive list of the things that wind you up, make you want to smash all your fishing gear, and take up golf instead (we’ve all been there):1.) Long periods of inactivity Those maddening hours sitting, waiting, wishing, and praying
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06 th October 2017
Friday Funny... 10 Reasons To Go Fishing
I’ve been infected with the fishing bug for twenty years! There are millions of reasons to get out there on the bank and enjoy fishing but here is my Top Ten:1.) The Take This is that heart-stopping moment where the peace, tranquillity, and
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02 nd October 2017
Free Fishing Family Fun!
Families are being encouraged to give the kids something excitingly different to do this half term by taking them fishing… for free! In recent years the late October weather has been great, and the warm memories of fun fishing will last through the
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29 th September 2017
Friday Funny... 10 Things That Scare You On The Bank!
1.) People Whether is piss heads stumbling into you bivvy at 2am or some crazy fellow angler who feels like your peg is a good place to answer a particularly smelly call of nature in the middle of the night “there’s nout as queer or scary as
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21 st September 2017
National Fishing Month Silver Jubilee – A Gleaming Success?
National Fishing Month (NFM) continues to set the benchmark for fishing participation initiatives following the introduction of nearly 13,000 new people to angling this summer. They took part in a nationwide schedule of 330 special NFM events – a
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23 rd August 2017
Angling Direct’s Biggest Float Yet…
We’re extremely proud to announce that Angling Direct has successfully floated on the London Stock Exchange!On 13th July, we headed to London to mark Angling Direct’s admission to the London Stock Exchange Alternative Investment Market (AIM),
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15 th August 2017
National Fishing Month 2017 - Silver Jubilee Joy!
Since it began on 22nd July, National Fishing Month (NFM) 2017 has proved to be a major attraction at events throughout the country. One of the first took place in Northlands Country Park, Basildon, on a typical British summer’s day (glorious sun
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03 rd August 2017
Mad Keen Angler Hassan Khan Joins Angling Direct As Social Media Manager
It is with great pleasue that Angling Direct introduces experienced fisherman and presenter Hassan Khan as our Social Media Manager.Hassan has been a mad keen angler for 25 years, starting off coarse fishing on the canals, lakes and rivers of
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03 rd August 2017
Catch a Crucian Month 2017 - The Winners!
After some superb photographs and some very tight judging decisions, the winners and runners-up of the second national Catch a Crucian Month Photographic Competition, which was run throughout June and sponsored by Bait Tech and Angling Direct, have
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