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This is a dedicated thread for discussing article: Multiple Rod Licencing - Is it Time for a Change?
Max number of hooks rule? (9 in Welsh Byelaws)......And if its about increasing probability of catching then why not bait each line with multiple hooks while you're at it?
I've got used to the 'season start' ritual of getting my licence but with the recent push to attract new anglers perhaps we should move to a "12-month" licence where it's not due for renewal for a year after buying it.Other issues under discussion will include the possibility of abolishing the junior licence in order to encourage more youngsters to take up fishing and introducing a 365 day rolling licence rather than the current 31 March end date.
is it a change that should be supported?
God don’t we get our knickers in a twist over this issue. Keep the two rods licence it’s established and the number of anglers using one rod is so small it’s an irrelevance. Walk round any water that allows with out payment per rod two or more and most will be using two. Oh the match anglers only use one. Not in the main they don’t, only on the dammed matches, most when pleasure fishing will be using two. Usually a sleeper for carp whilst they pole fish
Steve, that's a bit of a sweeping statement too. I don't know (because I haven't seen any data on the subject) but in my experience most use two rods at least on occasion, which would mean a two rod licence.I suggest that the vast majority of anglers fish with a single rod
Since the introduction of the two rod licence there has never been any ground swell for a move back to a single rod licence from these you accuse me of insulting. The outcry has always come from the paying for two licenses for 3 rods.
If they were taking umbridge at it, then we'd see it showing up in surveys, websites and at club level and it just isn't. The only one on here making a noise about it is you. But what could one expect from a guy who said sometime ago he wouldn't buy a licence.
So those who fish with one rod (coarse anglers) are either happy with the way things are, as they do like to flirt out the extra rod their licence allows them, contrary to what you claim or the numbers are so small that they are irrelevant.
Since the introduction of the two rod licence there has never been any ground swell for a move back to a single rod licence from these you accuse me of insulting. The outcry has always come from the paying for two licenses for 3 rods.
If they were taking umbridge at it, then we'd see it showing up in surveys, websites and at club level and it just isn't. The only one on here making a noise about it is you. But what could one expect from a guy who said sometime ago he wouldn't buy a licence.
So those who fish with one rod (coarse anglers) are either happy with the way things are, as they do like to flirt out the extra rod their licence allows them, contrary to what you claim or the numbers are so small that they are irrelevant.
The ones that should be making a noise about it are nonmigratory trout anglers, but they are not because compared to the cost of what it use to be back in the old days, they are getting a good deal, so are keeping quite. But unlike coarse anglers (tight gits) they accept higher costs for their fishing anyway.