Angling Times (UK)

BRITAIN’S MOST TRUSTED VOICE IN FISHING

THERE have been several new competitions added to the match fishing calendar in recent years, catering for a number of different formats and fishing styles. And there’s set to be another addition this year with angling’s first ‘Premier League’. Plans...

HOWTO PICK OUTBIGGER BREAM

IT’S A TIME FOR RESOLUTIONS, AND A TIDY UP!

HAPPY New Year and welcome to the first issue of 2026! I hope you had a good festive period and managed to find time to get out and put any new fishing gifts to good use? And of course, with it being the start of another year, how many of you set...

WHO IN 2025 INFLUENCED US THE MOST?

AS THIS is our final issue of 2025, it’s the ideal opportunity for us to reflect on who we believe have been the most influential people in the sport over the past year. From top anglers and entrepreneurial notables, to inspirational individuals, we...

JOHN WILSON BOOK GET YOUR COPY NOW!

ANGLING Times has created a brilliant book to celebrate the life of John Wilson, our greatest-ever angler. Made with the blessing of John's widow, Jo, the strictly limited-edition, 132-page book is packed with classic stories from Wilson's lifetime in...

A sensational year for Let’s Fish!

Canal & River Trust is the UK’s largest canal charity, caring for 2,000 miles of canals and rivers and keeping them alive for the future. We also offer hundreds of learn-to-fish sessions called ‘Let’s Fish!’ every year, in collaboration with local...

SEASON’S BEST ROACH BANKED AT 4lb 1oz

“IT WORKS ON THE COLDEST OF DAYS!”

FISHING IN A CLASS OF ITS OWN AT LAST!

IF YOU’D told me when I was at school that one day young people could study fishing as part of the national curriculum, I’d have thought you were having me on. At the risk of sounding old, back in my day, only traditional subjects like maths, English...

GET READY TO RUMBLE WITH THE BAD LADS

IF I HAD any doubts about what time of year it is, the large pile of orange and yellow-coloured leaves on my lawn waiting to be cleared up are a dead giveaway! For many anglers, autumn is when they start to think about dusting off their lure fishing...

POLE POWER: HOW TO TACKLE RIVER GIANTS

Think poles are just for commercials? Frankie Gianoncelli proves otherwise!

METHOD FEEDER MAKEOVER FOR AUTUMN!

QUANTITY AS OPPOSED TO QUALITY!

IMAY have got a little ahead of myself, but with the leaves starting to change colour I couldn’t resist having a go for some perch in my local club lake last week. Armed with a float rod, a tub of worms and a pint of maggots, I headed round to a swim...

ANGLING IS A REAL TONIC FOR THE MIND

WE TALK a lot about the benefits of fishing. The peace, the escape, being out in nature, and the buzz of excitement when the float dips or the bite alarm screams into life. But every now and then, something comes along that makes you realise just how...

GAME-CHANGING CARP EDGES

The feeding trigger everyone ignores Step back in time on estate lakes Pimp your baits with garlic

ACTION PLAN FOR AUTUMN SUCCESS

● Go light for barbel and chub ● How to tackle rivers with a waggler ● The modern baits big roach can’t resist

INSTANT EDGES FOR BIGGER ROACH!

• The only two baits you need on stillwaters • The best venues for more bites in autumn • Foolproof feeder rig for river redfins

LIGHT AND EASY WITH MINI-PERCH

I‘M SURE that anyone who has school age kids will, like me, have struggled to find much time for any serious fishing over the last few weeks. I seem to have spent a large chunk of the summer holidays dropping off and picking my son up from my local...

“DON’T PUT YOUR FLOAT ROD AWAY JUST YET”

TREAT YOURSELF TO SOME SIMPLE LATE-SUMMER FUN

LAST CALL FOR SUMMER ACTION!

TEL’S A STORY TELLER OF THE OLD SCHOOL!

LIKE many anglers, I watch a lot of angling content on YouTube in my spare time. And I expect, like many others, I get particularly excited when a new film featuring Terry Hearn is released! He’s not only one of the greatest anglers of this...

MARTIN BOWLER

We meet Lily Alsop, the teenage daughter of skipper Andrew, on a shark fishing trip to the water of the Celtic Deeps

HOW BRIGHT ARE THE FISH WE PURSUE?

I SAW an interesting post the other day, asking whether we credit the fish we catch with too much intelligence. I’ve always found this to be quite an interesting debate. From my perspective, I reckon it’s more a case of sh being masters of their own...

BRITAIN’S MOST TRUSTED VOICE IN FISHING

IT WAS interesting to read Des Taylor’s piece on modern rigs when it landed on my desk. It made me think: ‘Have we now reached the pinnacle of rig efficiency and mechanics?’ I’m sure that, with carp fishing being so ‘trend-led’, someone will always be...

HOW TO TURN EVERY CAST INTO A BITE!

● Master paste in five simple steps ● The correct way to bait for barbel ● Expert summer carp edges

FISH WELFARE COMES FIRST IN THIS HEAT!

HOW HAS the hot weather we’ve experienced over the last few weeks affected your fishing? For my part, I’ve mainly focused on short sessions in the evenings when the temperatures have dropped a little, as well as the odd morning’s floater fishing. I...

HEY TROLLER! LEAVE THOSE KIDS ALONE!

THE PHENOMENON of ‘trolling’ on social media is something that has become commonplace. While by no means accepted, it sadly seems to be expected these days. I’ve always been of the opinion that it says more about the person who is doing the trolling...

FANCY BEING A KAYAK KING THIS YEAR?

OVER the years I’ve tried many different tactics and forms of coarse fishing. But there is still a pretty long list of things I’d like to have a go at. Something that would be quite near the top of that list is kayak fishing. A couple of my mates own...

“THE ‘MOTHER’ OF ALL TENCH!”

TACKLE UP... IT’S THE FINAL COUNTDOWN!

IF YOU’RE a fan of fishing running water, I’m sure you’ll now be counting down the days until the start of the new river season on Monday, June 16. My grand plans for fishing on my local waterway in the winter never really came to fruition as, for the...

BRITAIN’S MOST TRUSTED VOICE IN FISHING SKY-HIGH PRICES ARE A HUGE WORRY

IPOPPED down to the local tackle shop in my lunch hour the other day and, in the short time I was there, several hundred pounds passed over the counter. Obviously it’s great to see an independent tackle shop doing well. But it did make me wonder about...

WETTING A LINE ON TWO NEW WATERS

WE ALL have our favourite venues. That lake or river that’s as familiar to us as slipping on your old comfortable fishing clothes. But, as reassuring as familiarity is, it is always nice to sample somewhere new every now and again. I always enjoy the...

THE GEAR TO BUY IF MONEY WERE NO OBJECT!

UNLOCK YOUR LOCAL CANAL

TOP CATCHES

Readers’ best catches are celebrated in our weekly round-up of mega fish!

MARTIN BOWLER

It’s fun and free, so why not give sea fishing a go on your next holiday?

FINALLY, IT’S TENCH TIME ONCE AGAIN!

IF THERE is one coarse fish that’s synonymous with the arrival of the warmer spring weather, then it has to be the tench. Whenever we poll anglers on what their favourite species are, tench always rank very highly. As such, I always find it slightly...

RACE AGAINST TIME TO SAVE FISH-FILLED CANAL

‘CARPY’ CLOBBER HITS SUPERMARKET SHELVES!

EXCLUSIVE STORY & PICS OF 41lb RIVER PIKE!

IS THE FLOAT DUE TO STAGE A COMEBACK?

AS ANGLERS, we often look forward, trying to master the latest techniques or discover a new rig or bait that will boost our catches and give us an edge. Yet, are we often guilty of trying to fix something that isn’t necessarily broken, and too quick...

Charlie: Let’s Fish to silver at his world championship debut

Canal & River Trust are the UK’s largest canal charity, making life better by water for millions of people. We care for 2,000 miles of canals and rivers running through the countryside and into the hearts of bustling cities. It costs us £194 million...

ENJOY A FINAL FLING ON THE RIVERS!

“I CAN’T BUY A MAGGOT WITHOUT AN HOUR DRIVE!”

MAKE EVERY CAST COUNT!

Tie the rig that caught 290lb of c Martin Bowler’s PB-busting Best baits for back-end ba

THERE’S NEVER BEEN A BETTER TIME TO WIN BIG!

IS THIS HOW TO LURE KIDS INTO FISHING?

OVER the last few months I’ve noticed something quite interesting – there have been a lot more younger anglers in my local tackle shop. Something else I’ve noticed is that they’ve all been gathered around the shelves of lure fishing tackle. On asking...

HOW DO YOU LIKE THE LUCK OF THE DRAW?

EVERY now and then a new concept comes along that breaks from the norm. In this instance I’m referring to the ticketbased competition websites that have seen a huge surge in popularity in recent years. For those of you not familiar with them, you...

RED-HOT LURE & DEADBAIT TACKLE FROM DAIWA

BEWARE THE SILENT KILLER IN THE BIVVY

IHATE to start the issue on a negative note. However, we must address a serious and often overlooked danger in carp angling – the use of gas stoves in enclosed bivvies. Every year, tragic stories emerge of anglers who have lost their lives due to...

Let’s Fish with Peter Henery

Canal & River Trust are the UK’s largest canal charity, committed to making life better by water for millions of people. We care for 2,000 miles of historic canals and rivers running through the stunning countryside and into vibrant cities. It costs...

UK’S BIGGEST EVER LURE-CAUGHT COARSE FISH!

50 ANGLERS WHO MADE A DIFFERENCE

AS THIS is our final issue of 2024, it’s the ideal opportunity for us to reflect on who we believe have been the most influential people in the sport over the past year. From top anglers and entrepreneurial notables, to inspirational individuals, we...

BAG UPWITH ABARGAIN BAITBILL!

Save £££s with Jake Fowles’ Save winning winter tactics

WINTER SURVIVAL GUIDE

If you didn’t know, Canal & River Trust are the UK’s largest canal charity, making life better by water for millions of people. We care for 2,000 miles of historic canals and rivers running through the stunning countryside and into the hearts of...

CALM DOWN, IT’S ONLY ONE MORE CARP!

AS SOON as I saw the news on Facebook that Rob Hales, owner of RH Fisheries, had stocked a 64lb common into one of his lakes, a wry smile crept across my face before I then clicked to read the comments. And, as predictable as an I’m a Celeb contestant...

NOTHING TO LOSE, SO GET OUT THERE!

HOW OFTEN do you take yourself out of your comfort zone when it comes to fishing? Do you regularly try new venues or tactics? I think it’s all too easy to fall into the trap of fishing the same venue and putting your faith in methods that have worked...

CHUCKING IS OUT FOR THE CHANCERS!

I‘VE ALWAYS seen casting as something of an art form. It’s a skill that looks simple, but actually requires a lot of practice in terms of timing and mastering the many variables that need to be considered to be consistently accurate. So I was...

THE GREAT BRITISH BACK-OFF?

NOT all that long ago, I would often read about the famed ‘autumn feed-up’, especially with regards to big carp. It was said that the fish would practically be climbing up your lines as they threw caution to the wind and fed with gusto as they sought...

WIN SONIK ANGL-R BARBEL ROD AND REEL COMBOS

NOT QUITE THE BIGGEST FISH OF ALL!

THE PAST week has definitely been all about perch for me, and I’ve enjoyed two very different approaches. My rst outing was to Peatling Pools in Lutterworth with my colleague, Tony Grigorjevs. Now, despite working together, we very rarely get to...

Let’s Fish: Inspiring More People to Start Fishing

Canal & River Trust, the UK’s largest canal charity, offer hundreds of free learn-to-fish sessions called ‘Let’s Fish!’ each year. This year, we’ve hosted 366 Let’s Fish events so far with 5,040 participants, and we’re expecting to see another 1,000...

PERCH DON’T HAVE TO BE BIG TO BE FUN

THIS past weekend I experienced two very different ends of the angling spectrum – and thoroughly enjoyed them both! I’d taken the day o work on Friday and, with my other obligations out of the way, I thought I’d head to a local gravel pit and make the...

MIXED-BAG MAGIC ON THE POLE!

REVEALED: The bait you MUST use for more bites this autumn

NEW GEAR REVIEWED

We test Drennan’s latest Acolyte waggler rod + the best value-for-money feeder chair

WE ANGLERS TELL THE BEST (TRUE) TALES

AS A SPORT, we’ve been blessed with some great storytellers over the years who have kept audiences entertained with their adventures and campaigns. Bernard Venables, Fred Buller, Richard Walker and Chris Yates will be forever etched into the history...