Please check inside for the current news bulletin and updates from the ACA that cover topics from the Rivers Derwent, Tees and Ribble in particular.

Also don't forget to check out the ACA's fundraising auction and treat yourself while helping safeguard our environment.

Casting for Recovery UK & Ireland, the unique outdoor-based programme specifically designed for women who have, or have had, breast cancer, was delighted to be the beneficiary of funds well in excess of £15,000 thanks to London-based recruitment company Prima Principia’s recent annual charity fishing day at Dever Springs in Hampshire.

The Tyne Rivers Trust has announced the appointment of one the UK’s most prominent scientific authorities on river behaviour in a newly-created position of Trust Director. Malcolm Newson, currently Professor of Physical Geography at the University of Newcastle Upon Tyne is to join The Trust in August.

This years IGFA annual world record achievement awards will also be further highlighted by lifetime achievement awards for Captain Jay Wright Jr. and friend of Fish & Fly, Jean-Francois Helias.

This year's WTT on-line auction with 234 lots is more packed with alluring opportunities than ever before, all generously donated by the Trust's many supporters.

Fishing lots include a total of 244 days fishing and five full season tickets on a stunningly wide range of waters. Some of the choicest lots offer not only a rod on exclusive beats but include guidance and occasionally tuition by some of the biggest names in fishing. In dedicated lots, top instructors also volunteer tuition for everyone from beginners to veterans wanting to hone their skills.

Casting for Recovery UK & Ireland, the unique outdoor-based programme specifically designed for women who have, or have had, breast cancer, has announced that its first retreat for Northern Ireland will be held at Brookhall Trout Fishery in Co Antrim from 19th - 21st September 2008, and is inviting patients to apply for a place.

With more and more European fly anglers traveling overseas and discovering the magic of fishing for Bonefish, Permit and Tarpon in particular, we thought it well worth sharing with you all the important work of "Bonefish & Tarpon Unlimited" based in the USA.

Their aim is simple - "to ensure healthy populations of bonefish, permit and tarpon for the future."

Combining therapy and support for breast cancer patients with the gentle art of fly fishing, Casting for Recovery which originated in the USA in 1996, has now arrived in the UK & Ireland thanks to the England Ladies Flyfishing Association.