dave - as a partisan and advocate for top posting, let me simply say if
ever there was an argument in favor of top posting, your response to
mike and allen in the thread below is the best evidence i can find. of
course, i like tp'ing because it's contrarian *and* it bothers
fortenberry G.

jeff

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With regard to the "thousands" of people I have taught to cast. This

sounds

ridiculous of course, but is a fact. Where I live, people are

obliged

to

take a number of tests before they can go fishing. For a long time I
instructed large numbers of people wishing to do this. Often up to

a

hundred or more at a time, and several times a year. Normally, most

could

cast well enough to pass the test after two Saturday mornings

instruction,

and a couple of days practicing on their own.

TL
MC

Mike,

A bit off topic for the subject but I was intrigued by the idea of
required instruction prior to taking up fishing. Driving, sure (in
fact, most in the US ought to go back for a refresher! ) Hunting,

makes

good sense as you're dealing with potentially lethal mistakes, but
fishing? Is it conservation that they want to teach or is it a safety
issue? I fish with Frank Reid regularly so no one is more aware of the
dangers of fishing than me (and I've pulled some pretty stupid stuff
myself I just don't share it!) but I can't think of any classroom or
on-the-water course that would have saved me.

Happy Easter

Allen
Catonsville, MD

Hi Allen,
Mike and I had a little bit of recollection a few years ago as I recall
about fishing in Germany. As you were in the military, as me, certain
"rules", at the time were made much easier for US military personnel.
Certainly the standard Germany bureaucratic things happen, but as I

recall,

I had to only show a US license, from any state, spend a long time

waiting

in an office, a military ID, then get a license. . .with a small fee.
Of course, most areas after that were pay as you go, and stocked trout,

but

kinda neat, if flyfishing was allowed. ( generally couldn't catch and
release) Residents have to go through a much more regulated process to

get

a license. . .uhhh . . .with money. BestWishes,
DaveMohnsen
Denver



It is not actually all that expensive to get a licence. Most clubs charge
about thirty dollars for the complete course. Registered and examined
instructors give their time free. ( Although some try to make money
flogging gear, or "sponsoring" tackle shops!).

The licence itself is also cheap enough, although this varies from State

to

State. In some places it must be renewed ( for a fee) yearly, in others

at

three year intervals, and in still others it is for life. German fishery

law

is governed federally, but national law overrides it.

As a foreigner, you can get a licence relatively easily, but you will

still

have problems finding somewhere to fish, as most clubs, ( who have the

best

water) will not allow anybody to fish who has not passed the test, even if
they have a licence! Catch 22.

You can fish put and takes, and private water for a fee, as long as you

have

a licence.

For more info, have a look here;

http://www.cybertrout.com/germany.htm

http://www.users.odn.de/~odn03061/

TL
MC



Hi Mike,
Thanks for the links.
DaveMohnsen