"You pay for the upkeep, like road tax"

Don't tell them that as some bright spark will try and tarmac them.(;-)

It is a bit of rip off and having had dealings with them over the pathetic
way they had managed to stop letting disabled anglers pay less I can see it
is now run by politicians grabbing every penny they can rather than people
concerned for the environment.

When I left fishing to pursue my career I left a group of people who were
really doing a good job for our rivers but now I see none of that at all, it
is a pity but at least the rank and file of anglers are a really good bunch
still from what I can see.

The only reason I pay it is because I want to get the pleasure and
tranquillity from my sport and I have lost the sense that I am actually
paying to help the waterways I fish. Sad! that really.

--
Gandalf


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Consider cost Vs everyday items like, pkt of fags, Fuel, Pint of beer,
Game of pool....

Fishing permit costs less than half a dozen packets of fags.
Less than half what it costs to fill up the car...

SS
It's a damn cheek charging so much! The rivers are ours, we are Englich
citizens and they are English rivers so why in the name of god should we
pay nearly £25 quid to fish them.

You pay for the upkeep, like road tax
but I agree with you