Remember: rod licences expire on March 31, 2007

The reminder comes as nearly 500 cases of fishing without a valid rod licence were brought in front of the courts by the Environment Agency in February 2007, resulting in more than £62,000 in fines and costs.

"Fishing for salmon, trout, freshwater fish and eels in England and Wales requires a licence from the Environment Agency. Failure to have a licence is an offence. Those caught fishing illegally face tough penalties, including fines of up to £2,500 and a ban from fishing. This time around the courts fined the illegal anglers a total of £31,592 and charged them an additional £30,946 in costs," confirmed Environment Agency Head of Fisheries Dafydd Evans.

"The protection of vulnerable fish stocks and increasing fishing participation are among the Environment Agency’s key environmental objectives. The money raised through rod licence sales; some £19m, is invested directly in fisheries work that benefits all anglers."

New rod licences can be purchased from 15,000 Post Offices and other outlets which sell them; a direct debit can be set up, and for a small additional charge they can be purchased over the phone (0870 1662662) or from web site - www.environment-agency.gov.uk/rodlicence any time, day or night.

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READER REQUEST
Hi Clive can you please tell me if there is any clubs for disadvantaged children in the bridgend area that would like some surplus rods I have hanging around they are not modern rods but in good condition thanks Alan
email; abanks@talktalk.net
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BUG IN THE SYSTEM
Due to angling-news email box which has been hi-jacked by some foriegn scource ( hacker)  I have been unable to answer
readers questions and quiries lately. However I am now useing a web based email  @  angling_click here  Sorry about the inconvenience. I hope to continue with out to much trouble for the near future..
Regards Clive Branson
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BANDITS???
Morning, Just wanted to make a query with regards to Gold Valley in Surrey. Is this the only place that rips off parents ?? my son liked to fish here but doesn’t drive, its too far to walk and now this place wants £5 just for me to sit there and bring money to the Raison clan.. There are no concessions for young aspiring fishermen, so now its costing me £20 for two rods just to get cold and wet. Bandits and thieves, not a place to go.  Best Regards, Martin Smith, Martin.Smith@servicetec.com

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WINTER BREAK

My wife and I returned from Spain just a week ago.We were there on a factfinding mission and were visiting a little fished area of the river Ebro. It was 17 November, the weather was still warm enough to walk around in Tshirts and sunbathe on the beach. We sat by the river having a beer when we noticed a couple of herons and a couple of cormorants on the far bank. An eagle flew by too. Common carp were in the shallows just a few feet away and
catfish were there in abundance splashing around every now and then andmaking their presence very clear. The area is surrounded by mountains and access to the river was easy. No bamboo jungles to wade through to get to the water here! I for one will certainly be fishing here next time I go.What I couldn't understand is why so few people fish this area when all around there are companies specialising in the upstream stretches near the dams. There is certainly good sport to be had where we were. Just thought I'd let people know that there is good fishing in the less known less commercialised areas of the Ebro. John. www.ebro-fishing.com
(ED..I'm booking my flight to-morrow) 

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Hi Clive,
Great web site!
My name is Andy Rymer - a long-time match angler. I saw your article in Match Fishing and decided to check out your site. I run a web site on behalf of The Willows Carp & Coarse fishery in York (www.willowsfishery.co.uk) and would be delighted to reciprocate links with your site. Many thanks and good luck with the site,   

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Want to ask me a question re; coarse fishing tips Clive Branson. I will try and answer them. Simply email your question and I will put the answer up on MY ANGLING TIPS PAGE 

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FAIR 2006

From July 28-30 all roads lead to Broadlands, in Hampshire, site of this year's CLA Game Fair, the world's
 biggest countryside event.The fishing area at the Game Fair is in its own right Britiain's biggest angling
exhibition, offering visitors a wealth of diverse features, exhibits and demonstrations.
On the FishingWales stand in Fisherman's Village we greatly look forward to meeting you.
Do come along and have a chat.The Game Fair officially opens at 9.30am-6pm
(open until 7.30pm on Friday) However the gates open for early arrivals:
6.30 am Friday and 7am Saturday and Sunday so you can get in early and enjoy some
breakfast while studying the programme.
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CAN ANY ONE HELP THIS LADY
From: Sue Jones To: clive@angling-news.co.uk Sent: Friday, December 02, 2005 8:17 AM A friend of mine collects old objects and we are using some in a Christmas quiz. One item she tells me is a maggot holder. It is like a small varnished wooden bottle with a bung in one end and holes of a suitable size for maggots to wriggle through. She has another similar one made of horn. I used to do coarse fishing and have never come across one of these. I know that you throw maggots into the river to attract fish to the general area of the hook but do not think these items were used for that purpose. They have no obvious means of being attached to a line and the horn one would be too heavy and the wooden one not last very long being constantly submerged in a river.I would be fascinated to know what their specific use was and would be very grateful if you can shed any light on this mystery Many thanks Regards Sue
Reply from reader
Hello Clive.
I have used similar objects in the past. I made mine from old plastic bottles. It may sound strange in todays world, but objects simialr to these were used a long time ago for slow release of maggots into a swim! they were simply tied to a peice of string and suspended from a pole or overhanging branch. They were not very effective unless quite large, because they emptied fairly quickly. An old method of pre-baiting maybe, but it did mean a constant slow trickle of maggots falling into the water to attract fish into a particulr swim prior to the days of groundbaits. Usually a few days
of this treatment worked but the containers needed regular re-fills. Kind regards. John.
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CAN YOU HELP

hi clive, i,ve just found your site exploring sites about the river dee.i,m trying to find the areas of the river which you can fish with just a rod licence(coarse) . as a young lad i used to fish at chester(bandstand) and on the meadows,and after a long lay off (30+ years) have only just returned to fishing.knowing that all things have changed i wanted to re visit the river again and wish to know the free areas to fish.