Wild Carp Trust meets at Cowslip Pool
2 October 2020 Trustees of the Wild Carp Trust met this weekend to investigate the potential of Cowslip Pool as our first conservation water. There was even some fishing for the pool’s legacy brown trout. Scott Winstanley was the successful angler, catching a 5lb brown trout – one of a handful of fish that remain […]
Wild Carp Trust launches YouTube channel
20 September 2020 The Wild Carp Trust has launched a YouTube channel to share its films and video blogs. Stu Harris, Wild Carp Trust Film-making Trustee, said: “We were so proud in what we’d achieved in producing our introductory video for Fishing TV, that it seemed right to share it on YouTube for everyone to […]
Wild Carp Trust website is live
15 September 2020 The Wild Carp Trust is proud to publish its new website: wildcarptrust.org The website seeks to be the main source of information about wild, feral and heritage strains of carp. It supports the Trust’s promotional aims and will be the principal means of communication to supporters and interested parties – ultimately seeking […]
Wild Carp Trust creates a film for Fishing TV
10 September 2020 The Wild Carp Trust has recorded a film about wild carp for Fishing TV. Shown during the Wild Trout Trust’s ‘Virtual Get-Together’, the 10-minute film introduces the Wild Carp Trust and highlights the conservation plight of the original wild carp and the need to protect our oldest strains of feral carp, too. […]
Dr Bruno Broughton becomes Vice-President of the Wild Carp Trust
6 August 2020 Leading fishery management consultant Dr Bruno Broughton has become a Vice-President of the Wild Carp Trust. Along with Alan Lewis, the Trust’s other vice-president, Dr Broughton will ensure sound counsel on fishery management, conservation and breeding programme activity.
Wild Carp Trust unveils new logo
5 August 2020 The Wild Carp Trust is proud to unveil its new logo. Designed by Wild Carp Trust trustees Fennel Hudson and Andy Roberts, with professional input from creative agency Hedgerow Creative, the logo features a wild carp with the ‘ideal’ proportions. Fennel explains, “Many years ago, when famous carp angler Mike Winter learned […]
Alan Lewis BEM becomes Vice-President of the Wild Carp Trust
5 August 2020 lan Lewis, who was awarded the British Empire Medal (BEM) for conservation and services to angling, is the first Honorary Vice-President of the Wild Carp Trust. Alan was Chairman of Rhayader & Elan Valley Angling Association for nearly 40 years, doing so much to conserve one of the UK’s oldest strains of […]
Wild Carp Trust launches Instagram page
5 August 2020 To support its promotional objectives to raise public interest in wild and feral carp, the Wild Carp Trust has launched an Instagram page. The page will feature photos of wild and feral carp, seeking to inspire anglers and conservationists alike. Andy Roberts, Wild Carp Trust Marketing Trustee, said: “Social media is so […]
Wild Carp Trust featured in Angling Times
30 June 2020 Picking up on the recent feature in Classic Angling magazine, Angling Times (the UK’s leading angling newspaper) has featured the Wild Carp Trust and its aims.
New book captures the appeal of wild carp
16 June 2020 the new book by Wild Carp Trust chair of trustees Fennel Hudson, captures his 20-year quest to find the UK’s ultimate wild carp water. It also lays the ground for the formation of the Wild Carp Trust, which is discussed at the end of the book. Described as “Writing of the highest […]
