Step too far for me - Its like Big Brother............. I think river web cams are a bit creepy.
I live in a town covered in CCTV, every shop, alley, even our roads have cameras with registration recognition technology. Did you know that face recognition technology is no longer science fiction? Just imagine, marketting companies being able to use the data to monitor YOUR shopping habbits -Yes, no doubt criminals or terrorists would be too scared to get out of bed - well that is the bull that companies and governments like to push through their friends in the popular press - but we all really know this is rubbish. Perhaps cameras in every house? Well, if your not doing any thing wrong, whats the problem with that? No more murders...........
Put them on river? monitor river conditions, could stop poaching, out of season fishing, monitor predation....... Government agencies, like welfare/benefits could monitor the fishing activities of benefits claiments/incapacity claiments lugging heavy gear...... Your Boss could really find out where you decided to spend your day off sick.......
This is the most 'under surveilance' country in the world. Even America wouldn't get away with the day to day intrusions that we as British citizens accept on a daily basis.........
I go fishing to escape the ties of technology, I can always visit the river, ring a friend, use my instincts or adapt to the conditions as I find them. Caught many very special fish when I would have looked at the river conditions alone and perhaps of chosen not to go...... All in privacy!