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Tom Durham

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  1. Once again we face a big hike in the Rod Licence fees with the usual warnings of dire consequenses if we do not comply. How is it that this fee is only applicable in England, our Scottish pals pay nothing. Why does the licence have to run from April to April is it some kind of tax break for the EA. A lot of Fly fishing is done when the weather is warmer there are very few bodies out before April, most of these are off the water after September so why cant the Environment Agency provide a 6 month licence to cater for this. Why when fishing on a private lake in England do you need a rod licence anyway , you are not on land owned by by the Environment Agency or fishing waters which are in the public domain . From my own dealings with the EA most of the licence fees go to pay for their fancy city centre offices and management structures. You are constantly being told what a sterling job they are doing cleaning up the rivers and streams but with the demise of over 80% of the industry in the UK who is now being blamed for this continuing saga re pollution and how long can they use that as a whip. The death of heavy industry and the now burgeoning Health & Safety culture has just about made any form of chemical discharge from any source a hanging offence before it gets anywhere near a water course. It must be noted that the main problem with fish death is down to farmers and the use of man made fertilizers which are washed into the water table and then into the streams which feed the rivers. Perhaps ICI and their co-producers should dip a bit deeper into their pockets to provide the resource to clean up what they have produced and get the EA off the English anglers backs.
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