Audio Angling

Most anglers prefer to leave their hobby related politics to a small number of able volunteers who tirelessly work on our behalf. The least we could do then is support them. But to do this, we first need to understand the issues. Here Leon Roskilly explains, IFCA's, MCZ's, and the Sea Angling 2012 survey.

Recorded in 2014. To most sea anglers, Mullet are looked upon as either un-catchable or hardly worth the massive amount of effort required for precious little return. But with the right approach, that need not always be the case. Leon Roskilly explains.

Recorded in 2014. Part two of a two part interview with Essex Boy Paul Maris. This episode looks at the Essex Boys big fish exploits abroad, and in particular the Marlin World Cup and completing the Billfish royal slam.

Paul Maris, talks here about his big saltwater fish exploits in the UK, including the biggest ever one man one day Common Skate haul which saw him constantly playing big fish for well over 4 hours.

French 2013 world coarse fishing individual gold medal winner Didier Dellanoy offers his thoughts on his win, his behind the scenes preparation including practise here in the UK, and the current England set up during a stay with multiple world champions Alan and Sandra Scotthorne.

While the group Friends of the River Yarrow formed primarily to ensure the entire environment on and around the River Yarrow in Lancashire has been restored, there is no no denying that fish have probably been the main beneficiaries. It has quite literally gone from running sewer to running Salmon, and stands out as an object lesson to others who may want to restore lost fisheries to their former glory.

Eddie Mounce set up Fish Thailand as a business while back packing after graduating from university with a degree in fisheries management.

With 5 world individual titles and numerous team titles, Alan Scotthorne is without equal the greatest coarse angler in the history or international match fishing.

Recorded in 2013. Shark Trust and Shark Conservation Society Chairman Richard Peirce discusses Sharks in UK waters, and looks at the role anglers both can and do play in the science behind the trust's work. Suggestions for better handling and conservation generally by anglers is also discussed.

Dave Trafford was a keen and successful coarse match angler who took a time out from angling, 25 years in fact, before coming back onto the canal match angling scene, by which time so much had changed. Now able to compare and contrast the two era's which were a generation apart, here Dave takes a look at those changes, plus his current match situation.

Without doubt, Dick Clegg has been the most successful national team manager in coarse fishing history, resulting in an OBE and an MBE to add to his many trophies and gold medal wins, all of which, along with other aspects of his life, he discusses in candid detail here

Ally Gowans is arguably the most inventive and skilled angler on the current Salmon fishing scene. Here he discusses this and some of his other patterns, plus the fish weight calculator, conservation, fly fishing history, and of course Salmon fly fishing itself.

Shore Ray expert Roger discusses his tactics and tackle for catching an assortment of big Rays from a variety of Devon rock marks, catches that have included shore records for both the Small Eyed and Spotted Ray.

Two Blue Shark trips producing a fly caught specimen and the biggest ever trailed boat haul squeezed in between catching a monster Porbeagle and a monster Thresher Shark, again both dinghy caught, recalled by Graeme Pullen.

Mark Everard is the countries foremost expert on the subject of Roach angling and all aspects concerning its biology. Mark is also the author of a number of books on the subject, and joins us here to talk over all aspects of his Roach fishing life.

Currently in its 40th year, BASS the Bass Angling Sportfishing Society is an organisation devoted to getting Bass the species firmly re-established in a sustainable way on the UK sea angling scene. Here the organisations secretary Michael Salmon explains.

In the course of just over a year, fishing from a trailed boat, Wayne Comben caught a record plus Porbeagle, a record plus Thresher, and along with Graeme Pullen, boated Blue Shark on the fly, and the largest small boat single session haul of Blue Sharks ever in the UK.

Bolton matchman John Inman assesses the value of these fisheries, and the best techniques to extract the biggest number and greatest variety of fish from them.

Coarse match angling, and in particular club matches on canals seems to have lost it's appeal over recent times. Here canal expert John Inman looks back over his very successful time match fishing canals, and in particular with his key bait, the squat.

Recorded in 2013. Scotlands Mull of Galloway is a world class Pollack Fishery where good numbers of excellent fish come within range of fly fishing techniques from a small boat close in to shore. Here Allan Everington, who has bettered existing IGFA tippet records for the species on a number of occasions, talks through the tackle and the tactics required.