Do you fish at Hampstead Heath?

[Dick Dastardly]

Great to see this is still continuing Joolpools .How have the waters fished this year then? and has the number of anglers increased yet? Once you can use the PM facility please contact me.

 

Give the guy a break eh Si?

[Steve Burke]

What a heartening story! A lot of my early fishing was done in park lakes in south London. So it's great that something proactive is being done at Hampstead Heath.

 

I don't live anywhere near London now but I do run my own waters. I'd strongly recommend you get professional advice from a qualified fishery management consultant. I used Dr. Bruno Broughton, one of the most respected in the country, who charged me just a modest fee but saved me a small fortune. So in effect his advice was free. Bruno sometimes posts on this forum, but can be contacted through his web site at http://www.bruno-broughton.co.uk/

[rarepleasures]

Just to let you know The Hampstead Heath Anglers Societ website is up at http://www.hhasoc.org.

 

The first meeting of the founding committe is this Friday, so anything you would like raised PM me.

[joolpools]

QUOTE An excellent model of "inner city angling", can be found on Clapham Common, where the Clapham Angling Preservation Society, do great work in preserving the angling and encouraging new anglers into the passtime. They will always offer advice, as they were formd as a direct result of anti-angling activity on their own common.

http://www.claphamangling.co.uk/

 

 

Thanks Dunk, will check out the Clapham Society as they may be able to save quite a bit of reinvention of the wheel

Edited January 26, 2008 by joolpools

[joolpools]

I don't live in the area but obvious things to include in any leaflets would be pond locations, how to get a permit, access - including disabled access, native and invasive species to be found there, regulations (taking of fish and crayfish, fishing closed seasons, night fishing restrictions, rules regarding camping, fires etc) a contact point for reporting trouble makers or wildlife in distress, an insurance disclaimer amongst others.

 

Belated thanks, very much for this useful advice.

[joolpools]

Great to see this is still continuing Joolpools .How have the waters fished this year then? and has the number of anglers increased yet? Once you can use the PM facility please contact me.Give the guy a break eh Si?

Don't think I can PM yet as Simon shuffled all my posts back into one but thank you for your encouraging comments, I need them. If you want to get involved then you can PM me as I daringly put my work email on p2 or 3 ish

What a heartening story! A lot of my early fishing was done in park lakes in south London. So it's great that something proactive is being done at Hampstead Heath. I don't live anywhere near London now but I do run my own waters. I'd strongly recommend you get professional advice from a qualified fishery management consultant. I used Dr. Bruno Broughton, one of the most respected in the country, who charged me just a modest fee but saved me a small fortune. So in effect his advice was free. Bruno sometimes posts on this forum, but can be contacted through his web site at http://www.bruno-broughton.co.uk/

Thank you also for your nice comments. Very timely too (well timely that I've finally read this), as Environment Agency have just offered a small grant to get some consultancy advice on fishing improvements so I now need to obtain some quotes.

[Leon Roskilly]

Hampstead Heath bosses have taken the bait and are set to open up more ponds to fishermen.

 

Full story at:

 

http://www.hamhigh.co.uk/content/camden/ha...3A34%3A57%3A550

[Dunk Fairley]

Very interesting to see that David Bellamy is president. While working on the "Clapham Campaign", I prepared a document entitled "Anglers are the eyes and ears of waterside wildlife", the title of which was a quote from David Bellamy. It's nice to see that he still means it, and has re-stated it.

 

I'll ask Elton if he could put the piece up, so that people can download it as required.

[BoozleBear]

Don't think I can PM yet as Simon shuffled all my posts back into one

 

I never!

[rarepleasures]

Very interesting to see that David Bellamy is president. While working on the "Clapham Campaign", I prepared a document entitled "Anglers are the eyes and ears of waterside wildlife", the title of which was a quote from David Bellamy. It's nice to see that he still means it, and has re-stated it.

 

I'll ask Elton if he could put the piece up, so that people can download it as required.

 

 

Its available at http://www.hhasoc.org