1.5m angling licences sold in UK last year

A RECORD 1.5 million angling licences were sold in 2009, the UK Environment Agency revealed yesterday.

The centuries-old sport had seen a resurgence over the past decade, with almost half a million more licences to fish sold in 2009 than in 2000. The EA puts the rise in popularity of angling down to cleaner rivers and the economic downturn.