rod licence expiry?

[Phil Adams]

Hi all, my dad wants to start fishing again (a good thing) but if he were to buy a licence now when would it expire?

 

Am I correct in thinking it would expire March 31st 2005? if so, when are the new licences avaliable?

 

Thanks

[Stephen.uk]

Yeah it runs out then.

 

Usually a month before you can renew, thats what it was last year when I did via the EA website

[Alan Stubbs]

If you go to the post office, you can buy a licence and dictate the starting date. So you can buy now for a starting date of 1/4/05. It simply won't be valid until then.

[Phil Adams]

ok so i guess its best for him to either wait (not likely lol) or to just get day/weekly licences till he can get a full one sometime in march.

 

I think...

 

Thanks

[ayjay]

Alan Stubbs:

If you go to the post office, you can buy a licence and dictate the starting date.

Sorry but that's a bit misleading, the licence runs from 1st April until 31st March.

 

EA licence details

 

[ 17. January 2005, 11:08 PM: Message edited by: ajp ]

[ridgeacre]

Our post office doesnt get the new licences till a month before renewal, if they are lucky

[Brian Carragher]

Phil

New licences for the next year 05/6 are not yet available from the Post Office and will be marked with the appropriate year and colour coded to allow for quick identification by EA baliffs. You cant buy this years license and date it for next year as it will be invalid still better value to buy a years permit than to purchase weekly or day ones. This years licence expires on 31.03.05.

Hope this helps

[Jonah13]

Phil, same thing happened to a mate of mine who last week decided he wanted to get back fishing bought his rod licence (14/01/05)on-line @ the EA's website, and then only afterwards discovered he has paid the full £23 for 2.5months worth of fishing and not a calander year's fishing

The current rod licence is valid from 01 April 2004 to 31 March 2005.

So your Dad and my mate will need to buy again (as will we all) for next year which is valid from 01 April 2005 to 31 March 2006

 

hope this is of some use.......

[argyll]

A one day licence will cost £3. If you think you'll only get out a couple of times before the end of march then that might be the way to go. You can even get a one day licence on-line from the EA. If he's going to be out once a week until the end of the season then buy a full licence, it works out at about £2 per trip.

[Dick Dastardly]

Welcome to AN Jonah.Does anyone know exactly how much extra work it would cause if they did run it for 12 months from date of purchase? As I presume this is the reason they dont?