The Angling Times is the UK's largest and most read angling newspaper,with also printing subsidiaries of Angling Times Advanced and Improve Your Coarse Fishing.The paper has been providing a valuable source of information and advice to over 5 million anglers in the UK alone for many decades now and with its recent addition of the Angling Times forums on the internet it has brought fishermen together like never before as there is no recognised governing body and as nearly 10% of the UK's population fishes at one time or the other during the year,whether it be coarse,game or sea,with even these being broken down into sub-catagories like pleasure,match,specimen,boat beach or fly to name just a few.

 Fishing in the UK is one of the most diverse,participated in and yet the most unorganised sports in the country with the centre of most peoples advice and discussions coming from internet forums, such as the Angling Times,with nationally known names to the sport like Steve Cole,Keith Arthur,John Wilson and Bob Nudd to name but a few.Having proved themselves to be amongst the best in the world then regularly write articles and give tips in the paper also put themselves up on the internet forums for any amount of questioning and brain-picking from the absolute beginner through to lifetime anglers.