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Too boggy to fish on the Broads? Not anymore!

The Norfolk Broads is one of Britain’s best known, most cherished angling locations. It is also a fragile environment – which means we do a lot of work protecting the fisheries here.

A successful coaching dayRecently, for example, we have helped improve a stretch of the River Yare at Claxton, that used to be too soft and boggy to fish from comfortably. We’ve now installed 20 new hard standing fishing pegs on soft rond upstream of the popular Beauchamp Arms public house. This stretch of the river is an incredibly important match fishery, and the new pegs will mean that more of the bank can now be pegged out, to cater for the increasing demand for competition fishing on the Broad’s.

More space is now also available to enjoy pleasure angling, with day ticket access to the public available through the controlling club, the Great Yarmouth and Norfolk County Angling Association.

In 2008, we held a successful coaching day on this tidal stretch, with top local match angler and tackle manufacturer, Nick Larkin, providing expert advice on feeder and pole fishing to the anglers who attended from far and wide. We are planning more of these coaching days at Broads venues in the coming months – watch this space for more details.