WELCOME TO THE SALFORD FRIENDLY ANGLERS SOCIETY The Salford Friendly Anglers Society was instituted on the 2nd of April 1817, and is by some considerable margin the worlds oldest angling society. We would like to invite you to join us via our free membership option, to join what has become the River Irwell and its tributaries largest environmental lobbying group. Our four primary objectives are: 1. To raise the profile, and public awareness of the River Irwell and its tributaries as a leisure facility. 2. To ensure that our local authorities, United Utilities and the Environment … read more.......
An Evenings Fishing – 29th August 2018
All club members are invited to have an evenings fishing next Wednesday evening the 29th August 2018 on the River Irwell at Peel Park in Salford 5pm start - just set up and get fishing - probably … read more....
Next Meeting
No meeting in October - our next meeting will be 21st November.... venue to be confirmed soon … read more
Fishing In Urban Manchester – Its Awesome
Our fishing club is free to join - with the aim of inspiring people to take up angling, and to take an interest in the rejuvenation of our local waterways. No need to blether on with lots of words … read more.....
Our History
As a result of the passing of the Friendly Societies Act in 1817 a group of like minded anglers in Salford, Lancashire decided to institute a Friendly Society for the benefit of local anglers. Salford Friendly Anglers was instituted on 2nd April 1817. As well as offering fishing on the … .......continue reading
Fishing Season and Closed Season North West England
Here is the definitive guide to when you can and can't fish in the North West England (please click
The Mersey Fisheries – Have We Ever Had It So Good ?
Click on the image above to see it full size The left hand image shows the state of our local fisheries in 1970 and the left hand show the same for 1994 Using our local knowledge.. if we were to update the image for 2018 this map would just show solid lines,,, as all our local rivers now contain breeding populations of fish This is an incredible improvement... Today 16th June 2018 is the first day of the 2018 river fishing season for coarse anglers - if you get the opportunity to get … ....read more
Friday Fishing
Attention angling people – Salford Friendly Anglers are going to be holding a fishing session every Friday in September and October between 10am and 12am at Broughton Park Lake in Salford.. Everyone welcome to attend – a great time to bring non-fishers and people who want to learn how to fish. Hot drinks, bait and […]
A Great Response
As always – we have received a tremendous response from our members after a recent call for help regarding needing people to help out manage our waters.. A great example is this bit of work clearing the vegetation on the path around Waterdale in Philips Park by Ste and Dave. I’ve had a walk around […]
Club Update August 2018
We’ve had a great summer 2018 with all our waters fishing well. There have been the usual issues to deal with – litter, low water levels on Drinkwater Park Lake, and on the River Irwell caused by the long hot summer – but this hot weather has resulted in fantastic amounts of fish fry in […]
We Need Your Help
We don’t ask for much from our members – other than for you to respect our waters, our fish, and other users of the waterside. However – this is a call to arms from the committee to you our members. We are having a real struggle to maintain our waters this summer – as new […]
Family Fishing – Does It Get Better Than This ?
One of our members David James Bendle decided to do a short write up about the reasons why he takes his daughter (now aged 4) fishing with him, and how fishing is a great ying to the yang of life. Davids blog is also a great read – take a look here No more words […]
Irwell Grayling
Great to see that local angler Jamie Needham has caught a Grayling from the River Irwell in the Bury area. We have always known that they are in there …. and in the River Roch too …. its just that they are as rare as hens teeth Catching an Irwell Barbel is a special achievement […]
World Fishing Day 2018 Salford Quays Lure Competition Result
We had a great time today on Salford Quays. For those who haven’t fished Manchesters inner city venues before – have a click of these two links to see what you are missing Urban Monsters and Matthew Wright When Are You Coming Fishing In Our Trout Heaven? The weather was fantastic, plenty of people came […]
Salford Quays Lure Competition 23rd June 2018
To celebrate World Fishing Day 23rd June 2018, Salford Friendly Anglers Society (the Worlds oldest fishing club formed in April 1817) are holding a lure fishing competition at one of the worlds best urban fishing venues – SALFORD QUAYS The competition is open to all comers Meet at Salford Quays Beefeater Pub ( M50 3SQ […]
The 1903 Challenge Fishing Match
In 1903 – Broughton Angling Club issued a challenge to Salford Friendly Anglers Soc to fish an inter club match at a local venue – where the losers have to purchase tea for the winners. 115 years later – we have thrown down the gauntlet to Broughton Angling Club to re-run this match on Sunday […]
De-Silting Kingfisher Lake
Please be aware that Kingfisher Lake will be closed to all access (fishing, walking, mooching, having a look) from 25th January until 2nd February – to allow contractors to de-silt the top end of the lake (see area marked in red on map below) Kingfisher Lake probably has the highest fish density of any of […]