i forgot to say that they have over ?100 k in the bank.Yes they are doing some work,ie,they are constructing a causeway across a bay on a 25 acre lake that they own,to create a one acre match\pleasure lake.They are being paid several thousand pounds by the company that is dismantling hinkley "A" power station,for the tipping rights,they will be dumping 500 lorry loads of topsoil from the site to construct the bank(the wisdom of using soil from such a site has been questioned by many members,but has been ignored)so the cost of stocking etc,is costing them sod all.
the glaston manor angling club spent upwards of ?40,000 constructing two nice stillwaters with disabled platforms and easy access,yet they didn`t hammer the members with a 25 to 78 percent rise,(their permits cost ?15 and ?30 for disabled and able bodied anglers)
I`ll say it again,I`d be happy with a 25% rise for disabled ticket,but a 78% rise is excessive in my opinion,especially when able bodied anglers (who are able to fish ALL of the waters and aren`t physically restricted to where they can fish) have only had a 25% rise.
The disability discrimination act states that disabled members of any club,association or society of over 25 members,must be treated in the same way as able bodied members,having a price rise of 78% compared to a 25% rise for able bodied members isn`t treating everyone equally,EVEN IF IT IS STILL CHEAP.
Plus the fact that the improvements are geared towards anglers who only use one rod.
The club says that anglers using more than one rod take up more room than anglers using just one rod,despite the fact that there is a rule in the permit,that states that however many rods you use,you must not fish more than one swim,or cast into other swims.In my opinion,members who only use one rod,are a minority in this club,the majority of the club are specimen anglers who use two or more rods, as the fish that they are targetting,are obviously not as common as the roach,skimmer bream etc,that one rod users target.