Keith M
Well-known member
When is a water a syndicate water or Just a club water?
I fish a beautiful and remote private Estate Lake which our club has leased for well over 70 years.
The club has a limited membership because in our lease the landowner stipulates that we have no more than a certain number of members and so you are often the only person there.
To cover the cost of the lease; our membership fees are higher than a lot of other small clubs; the club is run by its members for its members and no-one other than the landowner makes any monetary gain.
We have a very long waiting list and sometimes it's like waiting for dead men's shoes to actually get into the club.
To actually get onto the waiting list in the first place you need to be proposed by an existing club member who can vouch for you.
But to us it isn't a Syndicate, is it???; It's just a small club who happens to fish a very beautiful and remote Estate Lake which the members really care about, and wants to keep it well looked after.
So what makes it a Syndicate water or just a Club water?
Isn't the word 'Syndicate' often a bit misleading?
The Estate lake showing the two islands on the left in early spring before the lilies started to erupt.
There's another area of the lake behind me with a very old and picturesc brick bridge running between the two parts of the lake.
Keith
I fish a beautiful and remote private Estate Lake which our club has leased for well over 70 years.
The club has a limited membership because in our lease the landowner stipulates that we have no more than a certain number of members and so you are often the only person there.
To cover the cost of the lease; our membership fees are higher than a lot of other small clubs; the club is run by its members for its members and no-one other than the landowner makes any monetary gain.
We have a very long waiting list and sometimes it's like waiting for dead men's shoes to actually get into the club.
To actually get onto the waiting list in the first place you need to be proposed by an existing club member who can vouch for you.
But to us it isn't a Syndicate, is it???; It's just a small club who happens to fish a very beautiful and remote Estate Lake which the members really care about, and wants to keep it well looked after.
So what makes it a Syndicate water or just a Club water?
Isn't the word 'Syndicate' often a bit misleading?
The Estate lake showing the two islands on the left in early spring before the lilies started to erupt.
There's another area of the lake behind me with a very old and picturesc brick bridge running between the two parts of the lake.
Keith
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