‘Take a Friend Fishing’ expands for 2023

Aimed at attracting new anglers into the sport and encouraging lapsed anglers to pick up their rods and head back to the waterside, ‘Take a Friend Fishing’ and ‘National Fishing Month’ offer more opportunities than ever before for anglers to go fishing with a non-angling friend during their extended 2023 Easter and summer campaigns.

To encourage existing anglers to become involved in the ‘Take a Friend Fishing’ Easter initiative, which runs from Saturday, April 1to Sunday, April 16 inclusive, and National Fishing Month’s ‘Summer Holidays’ campaign  between Saturday, July 29 and Sunday, September 3 inclusive, existing fishing licence holders can register for a free one-day fishing licence from the Environment Agency at www.takeafriendfishing.co.uk to take someone they know fishing.

The one-day licences would normally cost worth £6.50 for a coarse and non-migratory trout licence or £12.60 for a salmon and sea trout licence.

Take a Friend Fishing is an initiative run by the Angling Trades Association in association with the Environment Agency and supported by Angling Trust, the Canal & River Trust and many other angling organisations.

Andrew Race, Chairman of the Angling Trades Association, said: “After the success of Take a Friend Fishing in 2022, I am looking forward to building momentum again in 2023 with an extended programme. Take a Friend Fishing is capable of making such a difference, not only to the long-term development of angling recruitment, but also to people’s lives. Angling is a proven therapy both mentally and physically and it knows no boundaries in terms of ability, age, sex, or background.”

Find out more at www.takeafriendfishing.co.uk/#faqs.

Written by Peter Cliff
With career in Public Relations and journalism, Peter worked for local, regional and national newspapers before moving into Public Relations. A regular contributor to several major angling publications over the years, he launched Fisheries.co.uk in 1999.