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reel life - Summer 2009

reel life - Summer 2009 edition includes

In this 7th issue of reel life...

  • Where to go fishing
    With the coarse fishing season on rivers opening on June 16th why not try some new venues this season. Check out our 2009/10 'Where to go fishing' guides updated with the latest information on thousands of venues. Download or order your local guide online or use our interactive search facility to find a fishery near you.

  • Prosecutions – the ones that didn’t get away!
    Find out how we've brought to book people who have broken fishing laws. News of rod licence offenders and poaching cases.

  • Your licence your money
    Often wondered how your licence money is invested? Watch a great new programme put together with Onlinefishing.tv that shows how your money is spent to protect and improve fish stocks and boost angling.

  • Alien invaders
    Why non-native fish pose a real threat to our fisheries. Read how topmouth gudgeon are causing havoc and help us by reporting sightings of these non-native fish.

  • Buy your rod licence online
    The new coarse fishing season on rivers starts on June 16th. If you haven’t already got yours then don’t forget your licence.  Anglers (aged 12 years or over) fishing for salmon, trout, freshwater fish or eels in England (except the River Tweed), Wales or the Border Esk and its tributaries in Scotland, must have an Environment Agency rod licence. The new licence season started on April 1st. Buy your new look licence.
  • Read the Fisheries news where you live
    Find out about new off river fish refuges, plans to boost barbel stocks, access improvements to rivers and lakes – just a few of the things happening around the country to improve fisheries.
  • Angling is booming!
    Despite the recession the fishing tackle trade is reporting a good spring and licence sales are soaring.
  • Angling events
    Read news of forthcoming organised angling schemes around the country.