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Well said Chris, particularly about the Clubs. They are the backbone of angling. Your bit about beach fishing has almost inspired me to return to the sea side this winter...it's been a while now and most of my more recent sea fishing has been summer fly fishing for mackerel! But those cold, wet...

Some of us never forget. In fact I hear that a group have got together to buy the guy a pint for every time he reports you to the EA next year:rolleyes::D

Of course Will, you found yourself a victim of a bit of unofficial close season baliffing this year if memory serves...... Interestingly I had a club card (won't say which club, but most will have a good guess) checked twice during the coarse close season on the Severn, they didn't bother asking...

The EA has Water Management plans for many river catchments, I don't know about this particular river, the Teme's one is here for instance. These CAM's (Catchment Abstraction Management Strategy), where agreed in 2005 and run until next year, at least in the Midlands region. I would assume you...

Generally, those rivers polluted by industry back in the day have recovered, because there is no industry; whilst those rivers polluted by agriculture have declined as agriculture has grown more and more intensive. In the Midlands I noted the EA laying claim to improvements in the Stour in one...

There you are. that's what happens after allowing Tea Bags, the education system is sent into decline. 30 years of Thatcher and Blair, you can't get a decent cup of tea, it rains all summer (except where it's needed for the rivers) and no one studies Latin any more. Next, they will be serving...

I can't see where I have suggested that Eastern Europeans fishing unlicensed or taking fish without permission is not a problem. As I have said they are certainly over represented in the number of prosecution for such offences compared to people with "English" sounding names. I have just...

Actually Ian, I and many other do not eat Cod. Not because of the way they are killed, but because of conservation reasons. I also do not eat farmed Salmon and many other species of fish that are threatened by over fishing, or in the case of farmed salmon, cause direct damage to the environment...

Are you suggesting that in some way EE's or whoever are not prosecuted when caught illegally fishing because of multi culturalism? This would rather go against the evidence of the prosecutions for illegal fishing shown on the EA site, where people with names that could be seen as Eastern...

Surley "ego conveniunt" ?

The only Welsh I know is ARAF, which I understand means "No Speed Limit"

de gustibus non est disputandum

The horror, the horror............

You brew the tea in the pot. Add the milk to the mug. The milk in first or after the tea is an important question. I was told that it is a class thing. Putting the milk in first and pouring the tea over results in a cooler cup of tea. Working class folks had short tea breaks so needed to put...

If I see you on the bank Keith I can rescue you from the dreaded Tea bag (I believe the decline of the British Empire stems entirely from these things). I usually have a choice of blends as well. :)

I'm not slagging any one off, just asking a question. And I think many of my posts are constructive, including my contributions to the now locked threads that suggested a coarse of action to take to help deal with poachers rather than making threats on their lives. Angling is a blood sport...

So it's only sport if its catch and release?

I tend to travel light, by getting rid of all that fishing stuff and just taking the essentials

You mean like the Angling Trust? Actually angling, through organisations such as the AT, the STA, Rivers Trusts etc. is rather over represented in the corridors of power given the small numbers who actually join and take part in these organisations. Whilst canoeists certainly can't agree amongst...