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"Allen Epps" schrieb im Newsbeitrag
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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

Basically it is a combination of a number of things. Conservation, safety,
legal aspects, and of course it has political grounds. "Greens" and other
similar groups are very powerful here, and this tends to make things like
angling and hunting extremely restrictive. Germany is also basically very
bureacratic per se.

These tests, including 36 hours mandatory classroom instruction, six hours
casting instruction ( extra if you want to flyfish, the basic tests are only
for spincasting), a valid and current first aid certificate, and a current
police report, followed by the practical and theoretical tests, are a legal
requirement before one may obtain a licence. It would take far too long to
go into all the background here. If you do a search on google, some time
ago ( couple of years maybe?) there was considerable discussion on here
about it.

Before anybody gets their knickers in a terrible twist, as I live here, I am
subject to the laws here, as is everybody else. Whether I am principally for
or against them, either generally or specifically, is quite another matter.

TL
MC

Mike,
Wow, hard to believe that things can go that wrong with something as
important to my "life liberty and pursuit of happiness" as basic as
fishing. I've heard similar horror stories about the Green's in
Australia from a liasion officer. Thanks for the info.

Allen

"Allen Epps" schrieb im Newsbeitrag
et...
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Mike,
Wow, hard to believe that things can go that wrong with something as
important to my "life liberty and pursuit of happiness" as basic as
fishing. I've heard similar horror stories about the Green's in
Australia from a liasion officer. Thanks for the info.

Allen

Indeed! Germany is a free and democratic country consisting of Federal
States, with a constitution, etc etc. But it is not the same constitution
that America has! Neither are the politics very similar at the moment!

You are very lucky indeed to have the advantages you have in America. Even
if you do occasionally end up with a loony for president

TL
MC

From: "Mike Connor"

Even
if you do occasionally end up with a loony for president

It's been that way for some time and is unlikely to change anytime soon,
whether the vote goes D, R, or I. You'd have to be looney just to want the job.


George Adams

"All good fishermen stay young until they die, for fishing is the only dream of
youth that doth not grow stale with age."
---- J.W Muller