Andy Nellist

The Ruffe are thought to have been introduced from England via Pike Anglers using livebait i.e. in with their baits and released live into water. Ruffe have a profound effect on several species when introduced into waters where they are not native and are considered a serious pest the world over to the extent that fish biologists have conferences to discuss the impact they are having. In Scotland/Lake district they are a threat to whitefish and Char populations.

The Ruffe are thought to have been introduced from England via Pike Anglers using livebait i.e. in with their baits and released live into water. Ruffe have a profound effect on several species when introduced into waters where they are not native and are considered a serious pest the world over to the extent that fish biologists have conferences to discuss the impact they are having. In Scotland/Lake district they are a threat to whitefish and Char populations.

Elton, I was looking through these via AnglersNet and saw that you created the pages. Under Roach it reports a fish of 4lb 0oz by B Monk in July 1991. This caught my attention as the fish was reported in the AM of 13th July 1991 which I had been looking through only a week ago whilst clearing stuff out of my loft. Whilst the fish was awarded a weekly prize it turned out to be a hybrid and this fact is reported on pages 2-3.

Elton, I was looking through these via AnglersNet and saw that you created the pages. Under Roach it reports a fish of 4lb 0oz by B Monk in July 1991. This caught my attention as the fish was reported in the AM of 13th July 1991 which I had been looking through only a week ago whilst clearing stuff out of my loft. Whilst the fish was awarded a weekly prize it turned out to be a hybrid and this fact is reported on pages 2-3.

Game fisherman have always fished through the greater part of what was the closed season and are still able to on rivers. The original reason for introducing the close season was supposedly to protect spawning fish. We all know however that it did little to achieve this and indeed led to massive numbers of anglers on the banks just when the Carp/Tench were spawning. After June 16th I have have personally seen Carp/Crucians/Tench/Bream/Roach/Chub spawning. It has often been suggested (and there is probably more than a little truth in this) that the real purpose of the close season was to keep course anglers off the bank for the best part of the game fishing season. The effect of removing the close season in my observation has been to get people to fish more when conditions are good and less when they are poor. The close season is like our drinking laws in this country... a legacy of early twentieth century state paternalism. I chose not to join any angling organisations because all seem in one way or another to require me to compromise my beliefs. For example I don't like fox hunting and keepnets or the general imposition of a close season. That rules out the BS, SAA, ACA, NAA, NFA and CA to name but a few. To unite anglers you need to allow them the freedom within your organisations to express their individual views. If you then need to take a stance it should be by finding the view held by the majority after careful debate of the matter in hand.

Game fisherman have always fished through the greater part of what was the closed season and are still able to on rivers. The original reason for introducing the close season was supposedly to protect spawning fish. We all know however that it did little to achieve this and indeed led to massive numbers of anglers on the banks just when the Carp/Tench were spawning. After June 16th I have have personally seen Carp/Crucians/Tench/Bream/Roach/Chub spawning. It has often been suggested (and there is probably more than a little truth in this) that the real purpose of the close season was to keep course anglers off the bank for the best part of the game fishing season. The effect of removing the close season in my observation has been to get people to fish more when conditions are good and less when they are poor. The close season is like our drinking laws in this country... a legacy of early twentieth century state paternalism. I chose not to join any angling organisations because all seem in one way or another to require me to compromise my beliefs. For example I don't like fox hunting and keepnets or the general imposition of a close season. That rules out the BS, SAA, ACA, NAA, NFA and CA to name but a few. To unite anglers you need to allow them the freedom within your organisations to express their individual views. If you then need to take a stance it should be by finding the view held by the majority after careful debate of the matter in hand.

Oh... and you get get it in little bottles from most chemists for under a quid

Oh... and you get get it in little bottles from most chemists for under a quid

Citronella Oil is the fly repellant used on horses and it does work well and isn't toxic to fish unlike most of the other repellants

Citronella Oil is the fly repellant used on horses and it does work well and isn't toxic to fish unlike most of the other repellants