Scottish sea angling wins backing for economic study
Sea angling in Scotland has won Scottish Executive funding worth around £40,000 to undertake the first serious study into its economic impact.
Continue ReadingAnglers warned of increased fishing costs
GAME angling leaders give a warm welcome to the launch of the Scottish government’s strategic plan for the future of freshwater fishing but warn that anglers may have to pay more for their sport in future.
Continue ReadingCasting for Recovery heads north
Casting for Recovery, the charity which uses fly-fishing to help women recovering from breast surgery is coming to Scotland in 2009
Continue ReadingScottish anglers unite for development plan
ANGLING is waking up to a revolution in its corridors of power as work begins on an ambitious five year development plan under a new and unified Scottish development organisation.
Continue ReadingLadies of the Lake
(Full version of an article which first appeared in The Herald Saturday magazine in March 2008) WOMEN have always held a sort of stately presence in the male-dominated world of angling. Well, both the Queen and her dear old Mum were known to enjoy a spot of salmon fishing now and again. Occasionally a TV…
Continue ReadingThe simple rules of tackle market success
How Paul Devlin cornered the fishing tackle market from the heart of Glasgow’s deprived Possil. Full version of the Sunday Herald article (25 November 2007).
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