Quote Originally Posted by flightliner View Post
Skip, back in the day he did pieces in the ATs if I remember .
£27-50 for a days course fishing !!!
That's a year book on some of the best Trent fishing you could ask for and then some !
"Mick, I reckon the cost of a day trout fishing would come as quite a shock then?
A fortnight rod for the season on the trout beats is just under £1500 but you get the entire beat to yourself and rotate every 2 weeks to a different beat." Quote.
Peter, you're correct, £1500 is a little more than I would ever pay (or afford ) tbh . That said I suppose I'm pretty lucky with the waters I have at my disposal at the prices I pay.
I still do however consider waters like the Avon, Stour etc to be very special places where perhaps high prices help to keep them and maybe some of the waters they feed into in some measure
of preservation .
Years ago I wanted to live down in Hampshire but circumstances wouldn't sadly allow.
On the positive side it's heartening to see rivers like the Trent, Don, Rother, and Dearne come back from the dead and become highly regarded by anglers as worth fishing.
Skip, I used to think how lucky anglers in the south seemed to be but now , with the odd exception I feel that in general we in more northern areas enjoy better fishing and value.