About Coarse Fishing

Coarse fishing is an expanding form of fishing in Australia. Coarse fishing has a variety of forms; including Pleasure Fishing, Specimen Fishing and Match Fishing. Coarse fishing techniques are applicable to many fishing scenarios around Australia. Please browse to find more information on all forms coarse fishing and its various techniques.

About A.F.C.A.A

The AFCAA was formed in 1986 to represent all coarse anglers residing in Australia. The AFCAA is the Australian representative body to the international body for competition fishing CIPS. Please browse to find out more information on the Federation.

About Our Events

The AFCAA coordinates teams of Australian anglers to participate at various world championships match fishing events. The federation also coordinates a number of major national match fishing events around Australia attended by the top match anglers from around the country. Please browse to find more information on these events. The Trans-Tasman 2025 has just been announced for Christchurch NZ. For more details please click below :

Trans-Tasman 2025

About our Venues

Australia has a wide range of freshwater fishing venues providing some fantastic coarse angling. A number of the key venues across Australia are described here please browse.

About our Members

The federation represents a number of coarse angling clubs, coarse angling groups and individual coarse anglers around Australia. The links and information on these clubs and groups can be found here.

About Links

The federation has a number of great contacts both with Australia and around the world. Please feel free to explore these links.