In article , riverman
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"Jeff Miller" wrote in message
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i take it from your note that it isn't permitted to simply buy a fishing
license and then go exploring for a stream where one can fish as desired
without a guide or payment for the privilege?


Well, sure you can. Just don't get caught.

I was astounded last summer in Devon and Cornwall to discover that all the
water that had fish (except the sal****er) was privately owned and/or
managed by clubs. Sometimes you needed a different license to stand on the
far bank (I assume that it also meant you could only wade halfway across).
In addition, it was often difficult to locate the proper person for
obtaining a license, and often they weren't available to nonmembers anyway.
I came away with a much more full understanding of the causes of the
Revolutionary War, and a deeper appreciation of the result.

Sorry we didn't meet then, riverman.

the thing is that there are an awful lot of people crammed into one
tiny island - I think it's about a third of the population of the US.

Some clubs, such as the Salisbury and District, which controls some of
the finest spring creek ('chalk stream') waters, cost only $150 a year.
If it was free-for-all, I don't think there would be any fish left in
England.

And I can tell you that even after our successful (Irish) revolutionary
war, the situation in the republic, in rivers at least, is the same.
Only four million people, there - half the population 150 years ago,
too.

Lazarus

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