New Season - New License

Hi All
Just bought my licence and it has the words "Duty Paid" upon it.
Licence my ass
Its a tax.
No more, no less.
Keith M
"Andy Lawson" wrote in message
...
Just in case there's anyone out there as forgetful as me a new license is
required in England & Wales as of today!

http://www.environment-agency.gov.uk...sion=1&lang=_e

I've been so busy in work plus chasing membership fee's from forgetful
members in my fishing club and repairing styles etc on the river beat, I
completely forgot to buy a new license myself!!

I purchased online about 30 mins ago. Sheesh!



--
Andy Lawson

On Sat, 2 Apr 2005 20:01:06 +0100, A strange species called "Keith.M"
wrote:

Hi All
Just bought my licence and it has the words "Duty Paid" upon it.
Licence my ass
Its a tax.
No more, no less.
Keith M

As with everything these days especially under Labour government

Look at Ken Livingstone! Communist, Racist, Terror Supporter, Labour
Party Member and Lord Mayor of London!

Has the bright idea to put the congestion tax up to £8 (a 60%
increase) because "he believes it will reduce congestion". He doesn't
believe that at all. He knows it wont, it will just generate more
money for his office and penalise decent people. I guess it serves
the London people right though for electing and then re-electing a
commie.

John

In message
John wrote:

On Sat, 2 Apr 2005 20:01:06 +0100, A strange species called "Keith.M"
wrote:

Hi All
Just bought my licence and it has the words "Duty Paid" upon it.
Licence my ass
Its a tax.
No more, no less.
Keith M

As with everything these days especially under Labour government

Look at Ken Livingstone! Communist, Racist, Terror Supporter, Labour
Party Member and Lord Mayor of London!

ohhhh, please..... this is a fishing newsgroup, not a loony political rant
soapbox....



I guess it serves the London people right though for electing and
then re-electing a commie.

**** 'em....

Please keep your political ramblings for those newsgroups where it
is welcomed. Not here.

To get back to the topic....

To fish for freshwater fish anywhere in England or Wales you need a rod
licence from the EA. Available at Post Offices or online.

The basic licence allows you to fish for coarse fish with up to 2 rods,
but only one rod for trout and char. You may not fish for salmon or
sea trout on this licence, even if you do not intend to keep them. If
you catch such a fish accidentally, you are required to return it to the
water in as fine a state as possible.


If you wish to fish for sea trout or salmon, you need to pay more for a
'migratory' licence - which also covers the above.

Salmon and sea trout *are* indigenous to the UK - but are migratory.
Rainbow trout (and other variants, excluding browns) are not.

Once you have your EA licence (think of it as a gun licence) - you still
need permission of the owner to fish any water, be it lake or river.
This usually means buying a licence to fish - afaik, there is no 'free'
fishing to be had in England/Wales.

As for open / closed seasons: if the fishery is a private pond, stocked
with rainbow trout, you can fish it all year round, subject to the
conditions laid down by the owner. However, any waters holding brown trout
have a closed season which usually stretches from the end of September to
mid-March - although exact dates may vary depending upon the location.

The open season for sea trout and salmon may be different, again depending
upon the location - but any salmon caught before June 16 MUST be returned.

As for the cost of these licences..hmm.... well, nobody likes paying out -
but given the dosh that people spend on their interests these days, I
personally don't think that it's too bad for a year's sport. (heads for
cover...)


hth,

Dave



--

.... Street Fighter II. Four disk game of ultimate boredom.

In article , John
writes
On Sat, 2 Apr 2005 20:01:06 +0100, A strange species called "Keith.M"
wrote:

Hi All
Just bought my licence and it has the words "Duty Paid" upon it.
Licence my ass
Its a tax.
No more, no less.
Keith M

As with everything these days especially under Labour government

Look at Ken Livingstone! Communist, Racist, Terror Supporter, Labour
Party Member and Lord Mayor of London!

Has the bright idea to put the congestion tax up to £8 (a 60%
increase) because "he believes it will reduce congestion". He doesn't
believe that at all. He knows it wont, it will just generate more
money for his office and penalise decent people. I guess it serves
the London people right though for electing and then re-electing a
commie.

John


We are prepare to answer fishing questions to help newcomers to the
sport, so **** off with your politics
--
Bill Grey
http://www.billboy.co.uk

On Mon, 4 Apr 2005, W. D. Grey, gave forth these words of wisdom:
Look at Ken Livingstone! Communist, Racist, Terror Supporter, Labour
Party Member and Lord Mayor of London!

We are prepare to answer fishing questions to help newcomers to the
sport, so **** off with your politics
Well said Bill, and anyway, what's wrong with being a game fisherman AND
a commie? :-)
(There I go again opening my big mouth!)
:-):-):-):-):-):-):-)
Cheers,
Alec
--
Alec and Valerie Powell Watlington Oxon. UK

Web Pages:
http://www.prole.demon.co.uk/

In article , Alec Powell
writes
On Mon, 4 Apr 2005, W. D. Grey, gave forth these words of wisdom:
Look at Ken Livingstone! Communist, Racist, Terror Supporter, Labour
Party Member and Lord Mayor of London!

We are prepare to answer fishing questions to help newcomers to the
sport, so **** off with your politics
Well said Bill, and anyway, what's wrong with being a game fisherman
AND a commie? :-)
(There I go again opening my big mouth!)
:-):-):-):-):-):-):-)
Cheers,
Alec

From each according to his ability and to each according to his needs
eh?

I never got any of Dave's single trout last year !

To vindicate Dave, I didn't accept the offer :-)
--
Bill Grey
http://www.billboy.co.uk

Hi All
Seems like I stirred up a bit of life here.
This is not a political rant - it is something which adversly affects most
of us and therefor is as important to us as the types of hook, lines, rods
etc. etc. which are the subjects of most of the postings in this NG

I'm in my 60s and have had a licence each year since I started fishing at
the age of 9 and I still have them all.and to date never have I been asked
to produce it for inspection.
I am also a member of a private syndicate with our own fly waters including
a chalk stream with both native and stocked browns.
My point about the licence was to point out that we are taxed on our sport,
and in paying the tax we are allowed to fish.
We and I suspect most private fisheries both coarse and trout get no help
whatsoever from the EA when our once clean waters having become polluted
with agricultural nitrate fertilise on the run off and ground water become
clogged with all sorts of prol;ific and pesistant weed growth.
We have to pay for counter measures ans remedial work our-selves.

I also shoot and of course I have and have to have a gun licence which is
understandably difficult to obtain.
There is no way that your correspondent can liken a fishing licence and
hence fishing rods to a gun licence and hence guns - the gun licence is an
absolute necessity.

There are over a million anglers in this country.

Collectively we therefor have power - its just that the various leaders of
the national angling bodies do not flex their (our) muscle.

Tight lines and depleted wallets

Keith M






"W. D. Grey" wrote in message
...
In article , Alec Powell
writes
On Mon, 4 Apr 2005, W. D. Grey, gave forth these words of wisdom:
Look at Ken Livingstone! Communist, Racist, Terror Supporter, Labour
Party Member and Lord Mayor of London!

We are prepare to answer fishing questions to help newcomers to the
sport, so **** off with your politics
Well said Bill, and anyway, what's wrong with being a game fisherman AND a
commie? :-)
(There I go again opening my big mouth!)
:-):-):-):-):-):-):-)
Cheers,
Alec

From each according to his ability and to each according to his needs eh?

I never got any of Dave's single trout last year !

To vindicate Dave, I didn't accept the offer :-)
--
Bill Grey
http://www.billboy.co.uk

Look on the bright side.

By buying online you didn't pay any duty on the petrol you would have used
driving to a Post Office now that you can't buy a Licence in a tackle shop.

Mark

"Keith.M" wrote in message
...
Hi All
Seems like I stirred up a bit of life here.
This is not a political rant - it is something which adversly affects most
of us and therefor is as important to us as the types of hook, lines, rods
etc. etc. which are the subjects of most of the postings in this NG

I'm in my 60s and have had a licence each year since I started fishing at
the age of 9 and I still have them all.and to date never have I been
asked to produce it for inspection.
I am also a member of a private syndicate with our own fly waters
including a chalk stream with both native and stocked browns.
My point about the licence was to point out that we are taxed on our
sport, and in paying the tax we are allowed to fish.
We and I suspect most private fisheries both coarse and trout get no help
whatsoever from the EA when our once clean waters having become polluted
with agricultural nitrate fertilise on the run off and ground water become
clogged with all sorts of prol;ific and pesistant weed growth.
We have to pay for counter measures ans remedial work our-selves.

I also shoot and of course I have and have to have a gun licence which is
understandably difficult to obtain.
There is no way that your correspondent can liken a fishing licence and
hence fishing rods to a gun licence and hence guns - the gun licence is an
absolute necessity.

There are over a million anglers in this country.

Collectively we therefor have power - its just that the various leaders of
the national angling bodies do not flex their (our) muscle.

Tight lines and depleted wallets

Keith M






"W. D. Grey" wrote in message
...
In article , Alec Powell
writes
On Mon, 4 Apr 2005, W. D. Grey, gave forth these words of wisdom:
Look at Ken Livingstone! Communist, Racist, Terror Supporter, Labour
Party Member and Lord Mayor of London!

We are prepare to answer fishing questions to help newcomers to the
sport, so **** off with your politics
Well said Bill, and anyway, what's wrong with being a game fisherman AND
a commie? :-)
(There I go again opening my big mouth!)
:-):-):-):-):-):-):-)
Cheers,
Alec

From each according to his ability and to each according to his needs eh?

I never got any of Dave's single trout last year !

To vindicate Dave, I didn't accept the offer :-)
--
Bill Grey
http://www.billboy.co.uk

In article , Keith.M
writes
Hi All
Seems like I stirred up a bit of life here.
This is not a political rant - it is something which adversly affects most
of us and therefor is as important to us as the types of hook, lines, rods
etc. etc. which are the subjects of most of the postings in this NG

I'm in my 60s and have had a licence each year since I started fishing at
the age of 9 and I still have them all.and to date never have I been asked
to produce it for inspection.
I am also a member of a private syndicate with our own fly waters including
a chalk stream with both native and stocked browns.
My point about the licence was to point out that we are taxed on our sport,
and in paying the tax we are allowed to fish.
We and I suspect most private fisheries both coarse and trout get no help
whatsoever from the EA when our once clean waters having become polluted
with agricultural nitrate fertilise on the run off and ground water become
clogged with all sorts of prol;ific and pesistant weed growth.
We have to pay for counter measures ans remedial work our-selves.

I also shoot and of course I have and have to have a gun licence which is
understandably difficult to obtain.
There is no way that your correspondent can liken a fishing licence and
hence fishing rods to a gun licence and hence guns - the gun licence is an
absolute necessity.

There are over a million anglers in this country.

Collectively we therefor have power - its just that the various leaders of
the national angling bodies do not flex their (our) muscle.

Tight lines and depleted wallets

Keith M



Your second line says "This is not a political rant -"

If not, what is it?.....Don't answer, We don't want another tirade.
--
Bill Grey
http://www.billboy.co.uk