Will Chapman wrote:
> Mike Stevens wrote:
>> And anglers are policed
>> by the clubs to whom the fishing rights are leased (at least in the
>> case of the more efficient clubs).
>
> How does one tell whther an angler is a member of a club? And you
> saying that clubs monitor non-member fishermen?
>
>> But BW's income from fishing comes from the
>> rents paid by the fishing clubs, so chasing up individual
>> unauthorised anglers would add nothing to BW's income.
>>
>
> It would if it persuaded non-club fishermen to buy licenses. I know a
> lot of people that fish and very few of them are members of clubs (and
> probably a significant number aren't licenced).
As I understand it, if an angler fishes on water that's leased to a club,
his day-ticket payment goes to the club, bot to BW. Of course, he also
needs a rod licence, but that's a national set-up and the money goes to EA.
Mike Stevens
nb Felis Catus III - currently at Hertford
web-site www.mike-stevens.co.uk
No man is an island. So is Man.
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