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French rivers - category 1 and 2


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As I understand it, in France there is one annual rod licence (carte peche) that covers coarse and game fish (category 1 and 2 rivers). This costs a little more than the UK rod licence, but beyond it most river fishing is free. That's not so extraordinary for coarse fish, but surely for salmon and trout it's amazing!

 

Does it mean

 

- unlike southern chalk streams in UK, they don't stock the rivers with hefty great trout? Surely, if they did, you'd have to pay!

 

- the salmon fishing is no good, even compared to UK. Otherwise they'd be flooded out by salmon anglers from UK and elsewhere!

john clarke

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Never seen any Telly programs on French Game fishing, so it can't be all that good IMO.

 

Never seen any Telly programs on French cooking of French Salmon or Trout!!

 

I may of course be missing something??

 

Enter Rick Stein!! - £25 a pop for his Fish & Chips!!

Edited by Martin56

Fishin' - "Best Fun Ya' can 'ave wi' Ya' Clothes On"!!

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