Andy Fielder
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My 14 year old son is 'learning the ropes', and loves his trout fishing. I try to encourage him as much as possible, but, when forking out for a ticket, I always feel a little unhappy about the pricing policies for junior trout anglers.
There doesn't appear to be much in the way of discounted prices for juniors, and I cannot help but notice that there are very few youngsters out on the banks. I know that trout fisheries have to make a buck, but I don't believe that they are actively encouraging the next generation of 'customers' with arguably non-discounted rates.
Maybe a genuine, decent price reduction for juniors is the way to bring more of them into the sport - after all, they are part of the future source of revenue to trout fisheries. Or is trout fishing only to be a realm for the over-30's with a few quid in their pockets?
Any views on this?
There doesn't appear to be much in the way of discounted prices for juniors, and I cannot help but notice that there are very few youngsters out on the banks. I know that trout fisheries have to make a buck, but I don't believe that they are actively encouraging the next generation of 'customers' with arguably non-discounted rates.
Maybe a genuine, decent price reduction for juniors is the way to bring more of them into the sport - after all, they are part of the future source of revenue to trout fisheries. Or is trout fishing only to be a realm for the over-30's with a few quid in their pockets?
Any views on this?