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IMPORTANT
SITE UPDATE:
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The Joint Statement reads
"An amicable meeting was held between representatives of Abbotts Barton Fishery and the management of Hampshire Wildlife Trust on Friday 1st.September 2000. The Fishery put forward a new proposal for consideration within the context of the future management plan for Winnall Moors Nature Reserve. The Trust agreed to give the proposal serious consideration within the context of the Reserve Management Plan which will be discussed with English Nature, Environment Agency and others. The Trust will make a considered response to Abbotts Barton Fishery in the late autumn. The Abbotts Barton Fishery acknowledged the need for a less intensive approach to better balance the needs of both fishing and wildlife, as well as offering improved access to Trust members. The Wildlife Trust acknowledged that the Fishery has made a serious move to try to meet the needs of the Trust and the Trust would now take time to read the proposal it had just seen in detail"
22.08.00 Don't relax - Abbotts Barton is still under threat - The impression given by a local paper headline was that the Trust had backed down because they had now fixed a meeting with the fishery. However, that meeting has been fixed for a while and is nothing new More...
08.08.00 - The North Norfolk Flydressers will start flydressing again at the Ex Servicemen's Club, Hungate Street , Aylsham, Norfolk at 7-00pm on Friday 15 September. Everyone is welcome from beginner to expert . The club has a selection of equipment that new members can use and there are members prepared to instruct. There is also a bar where those attending can all get together socially. Further information from Vic Purdy at vic.purdy@talk21.com
06.08.00 - David Westwood launches Fly of the Month Club - If you've been following F&F Fly Pattern Archive piece for Fish & Fly you may be interested in finding out about the Fly of the Month Club which David runs with Fishy Pete's
04.07.00 - The National Sea Trout Festival takes place between 9 and 16 July on the rivers Towy, Teifi and Eastern Cleddau, all in south-west Wales. Information is available at www.seatroutfestival.com
03.07.00 - Public consultation on the Warren Committee's report on the present state and future management of freshwater fisheries ends at the end of this month. Everyone concerned about the current state of rivers and stillwaters is encouraged to write to Elliott Morley , the Minister for Fisheries and the Countryside, with a copy to their own MP. You can write to Elliott Morley MP, House of Commons, London SW1A 0AA.
06.06.00 - The Countryside Alliance launched its newest country sports campaign, Gone Fishing, at the Chatsworth Angling Fair on Saturday, 6 May. At the launch Alliance chairman John Jackson emphasised the campaign's aim of bringing unity to the angling world and working with all existing bodies to promote the pastime to the widest possible audience. More...
05.06.00 - Brian Clarke, angling correspondent for The Times, has written an important first novel, The Stream. The book is a fictional but unflinching exploration of what happens at the point of impact when the needs of people and the needs of the natural world collide. The book is published on 1 July and you will be able to read the first online review here at the end of this month.
25.05.00 - Terry Lawton reports on the recent Chastworth Angling Fair:
Big crowds enjoyed a glorious warm and sunny Saturday and a warm Sunday for this year's Chatsworth Angling Fair. Fortunately conditions underfoot for the new site - further downstream from previous years - were good with but one or two wet patches roped off. There was plenty for all fly fishermen to look at, feel, try and even buy.
As in previous years, a number of manufacturers and retailers used the show to sell off ends of ranges and unprofitable lines but this does mean that with careful selection some good bargains are to be had.
There were some interesting new products and ideas including Fishy Pete's Fly of The Month Club and an unusual fly tying vice, the Hilton from Derbyshire Fishing Flies. With the river Derwent flowing past the show site, casting demonstrations can be carried out on moving water - this year's overseas attraction "underhand" casting by Hendrick Mortensen from Denmark - as well as Paul Arden and the Jardine family. Malcolm Greenhalgh and Oliver Edwards conducted river walks looking at trout food and also nymph fishing demonstrations.
An extended report will appear shortly.
30.04.00 - Fish & Fly Launch Web Mail service
lThe service works in exactly the same way as the services offered by Hotmail and Yahoo - allowing you to access your e-mail from anywhere in the world from a web browser.
You can register your e-mail address from a choice of:
- yourname@iflyfish.co.uk
- yourname@myfishandfly.net
- yourname@greenwellsglory.co.uk
- yourname@kitesimperial.co.uk
- yourname@silverinvicta.co.uk
26.04.00 If you are visiting the Angling Fair at Chatwsworth on the weekend on May 6/7 come and say hello. We will be hovering around Stand A-17 where you will find our fly-tying expert David Westwood demonstrating his work and showcasing his new Fly Of The Month Club - full details available at the stand
18.04.00 The Wild Trout Society is holding a Weedcutting Course on Wednesday 21 June 2000 on the banks of the Hampshire Avon, at West Amesbury, at the site of the Society's bank narrowing project. Attendance is free and open to all. The course will cover, with relevant demonstrations:
1. Why weedcut? Objectives.
2. Land drainage, maintaining water levels, reducing levels, silt moving, space for fish, cover for fish, feeding lies for fish.
3. Hierarchy of weed species: is there such thing as good weed and bad weed?
4. When and how to cut, methods etc. Hand cut and mechanical cutting and timing of cuts.
5. Transplanting and/or eradication of weed.
6. Discussion on all the above with workers and freshwater biologists.
The course is designed to last a couple of hours; it will start at 2.30pm and then be repeated throughout the afternoon. The last cycle will start at 7.30pm. More details, and attendance information, from the Society at weedcut@wildtrout.org
30.03.2000 The Anglers' Conservation Association (ACA) won its biggest pollution case at the end of last year, after a six year battle. The river Eden had been very badly damaged in 1993 and the AC won a settlement of £415,000.
The ACA is one of the doughtiest of fighters when it comes to going in to battle on behalf of rivers and fisheries that are damaged by pollution.
Fishermen who want to join the ACA can visit its stand at any of the following shows this summer:
6 and 7 May Chatsworth Angling Fair 3 - 6 July The Royal Show, Stoneleigh 28 - 30 July The Game Fair, Blenheim Palace 20 August Cheshire Game Fair
18.1.2000 News on the continuing work at the Bintry Mill Trout Fishery in Norfolk can be found in this update by Terry Lawton.
17.1.2000 We've just posted a fresh set of dates on our Diary page including this years Flyfish 2000 exhibition in Leicester to be held on March 10th.
10.12.99 Roger Cullum Kenyon of the Grayling Society has this Autumn 1999 update:
"October is the traditional start of the grayling season in this country although in central Europe and Scandianvia they fish from around the beginning of June for the Lady of the Stream. In the south where I fish we have also fished most of the summer for trout and grayling, but I guess we all tend to look forward to the mellow autumn days and grayling! I write this with a howling gale blowing outside, the fire well stoked up and two friends from the north coming down tonight to stay for the weekend! We will attempt to fish tomorrow but I guess it will be more like dapping and not fly fishing!
October is also the month in which the Society holds its annual 'get together' - our Symposium and AGM - and for this year we were based at the Sheffield Moat House over the weekend of 30/31. Brian Clarke our local area secretary and his small band of helpers arranged a splendid weekend for the 80+ members attending this years symposium - the highlight of our year.
Speakers were Chris Firth of the EA, with an interesting talk on the River Don, James Young MD of Reel makers J.W.Young and Sons talking about - you guessed it .... reel making and his familly firm and Greger Jonsson a biologist from Sweden giving a presentation on river restoration in that country. After a buffet lunch the annual draw took place and the winner of this years first prize was Paul Povey. Han Engelen a Dutch member won for the second time the Righyni/Roose Trophy for an immaculately tied and innovative set of 9 flies, based on the patterns set for this years competition. Next year members are asked to submit photographs with a grayling theme to the chosen pix for this popular competition and the honour of holding the magnificent trophy - a bronze of a grayling - for the year.
The formal part of the Society's business - the Annual General Meeting - was held after tea. All standing officers were re-elected and the accounts presented for the year and with that over, our day was completed with the Gala Dinner and tackle auction that follows. On Sunday we fish for Grayling on some of the most exclusive waters in that part of the country - all fishing being generously offered by local clubs and associations. The auction made just over £1000 for the Grayling Research Trust - a charity which the Society supports.
Other news is that for next year we will be attending the Angling Fair at Chatsworth in early May and the Fly Fair in Holland, together with the CLA Game Fair at Blenheim Palace in late July. Other shows may well have a Society presence with our regional people attending and these venues and dates will be published next year."
For further details of the Grayling Society or the Research Trust visit the website at www.graylingsociety.org or contact Roger Cullum Kenyon at PRO@graylingsociety.org