Feargal Sharkey: Fish are facing a summer of death in UK’s poisoned rivers

close Cancel email WhatsApp link share Share bookmark Save For the best part of 200 years, anglers have made the pilgrimage to the idyllic banks of Amwell Magna Fishery on the River Lea in search of the wild brown trout which navigate its clear waters. In recent weeks, however, members of the fly-fishing club – the oldest of its kind in the UK – have set down their rods as thousands of anglers and conservationists battle to help a fish population struggling for survival in rivers across the country after weeks of drought. Feargal Sharkey, the singer and environmentalist who…