I would like to say one thing to all members and guests on this forum. As a relatively young angler of some 23 years old, I enjoy all types of fishing. I carp fish and have a p.b. of 25lbs, I fly fish and have a p.b. of 16lb of rainbow trout. I sea fish with a p.b. of 7.5lb Bass, and i enjoy fishing for pike, with all bait types, and have a p.b. of 8lb. I AM TIRED OF ALL THE STIGMA AND IN-FIGHTING AMONG DIFFERENT TYPES OF FISHERMAN!!. Will you all please stop f*****g around arguing about wether or not the EA was right in your opinion and please realise that FISHING IS UNDER THREAT, AS A WHOLE . It doesn't matter what you beleive politically, the anti-fishing lobby is a well funded and highly motivated LARGE group of people, who will never give up their campaign to get all fishing banned. PETA alone have an annal budget of around 8 million for anti-fishing campaigning alone. So can we all cut the crap and realise that if we do not nip this in the bud NOW , while we still can, we will be too late to save the sport for future generations.
Angling AS A WHOLE brings hundreds of millions of pounds into the British economy every year, if we unite as we should, then we can easily put away any threat to our sport. If we become fragmented and argue like i have read people doing on this forum, then we are a finished sport already.