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NATIONAL FEDERATION OF ANGLERS
MODEL MATCH RULES
Effective from January 1st 2007
THESE RULES ARE RECOMMENDED FOR UNIVERSEAL USE BY MEMBER CLUBS AND ASSOCIATIONS OF THE FEDERATION. THEY ARE THE COPYRIGHT OF THE NATIONAL FEDERATION OF ANGLERS. THEY MAY NOT BE USED, COPIED OR PUBLISHED OTHER THAN BY AFFILIATED ASSOCIATIONS WITHOUT THE PRIOR CONSENT OF THE FEDERATION.
1. The starting and finishing times for the match must be prominently displayed at match headquarters and on all literature relating to the match.
2. The recommended duration for a contest shall be five hours.
3. The match must be a pegged down competition. Pegs, preferably twenty yards apart and not less than fifteen yards, must be staked out and numbered prior to fishing. All pegs used under normal conditions must be of a state to give competitors a practicable and reasonable chance to fish his or her swim.
4. All officials participating in the organisation of the match must wear some kind of insignia, ie an armband, as clear evidence of their authority.
5. Each competitor on drawing his/her number shall proceed to the corresponding number on the bank and this will be considered his/her fishing ground where he/she will fish. The peg must remain in position until the weigh-in is completed.
6. Every competitor must fish from within one metre either side of his/her designated peg. On flowing water, the competitor may fish in the direction of the flow as far as the next peg. On still water, he/she may fish as far as half the distance between his/her peg and the pegs on either side. Where competitors are drawn on opposite banks, the limit of the swim is the line midway between each bank.
The competitor will restrict their activities completely to these boundaries, neither his/her person, his/her tackle, his/her hookbaits or groundbaits may intrude into his/her neighbours swim.
In an extreme situation eg snagged tackle of a snagged fish, an angler must seek permission from his/her neighbour/s before moving from his/her designated peg to try and remedy the situation.
A competitor must not cause annoyance to, or seek to interfere with another competitor or use mobile phones during the course of the competition, and must act in a sporting manner at all times.
7. No competitor may move his/her peg or exchange his/her peg or draw card with another without the organiser?s official consent.
8. No competitor shall buy more than one entry ticket for himself/herself from which it follows that all competitors must be strictly restricted to one draw.
9. Competitors must retain all fish in keepnets which comply with the relevant EA Byelaws. Competitors must take every practicable step to keep their fish alive and, after weighing them, must ensure their careful return to the water. If, for any reason fish are seen to be in distress, a competitor or match official has the right to demand that they be weighed immediately and returned to the water during the course of the match.
10. A competitor shall have in use one rod or pole, one line and one single hook at one time, but may have other rods or poles and tackle assembled for use in position behind him/her, if possible, providing that no such other tackles are baited.
11. Any bait, subject to local rules, can be used except live or dead fish, frogs spinning baits or artificial lures.
12. No competitor shall have live or dead fish in his/her possession before a match. All competitors must submit to a search if requested by a contest official.
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NATIONAL FEDERATION OF ANGLERS
MODEL MATCH RULES
Effective from January 1st 2007
THESE RULES ARE RECOMMENDED FOR UNIVERSEAL USE BY MEMBER CLUBS AND ASSOCIATIONS OF THE FEDERATION. THEY ARE THE COPYRIGHT OF THE NATIONAL FEDERATION OF ANGLERS. THEY MAY NOT BE USED, COPIED OR PUBLISHED OTHER THAN BY AFFILIATED ASSOCIATIONS WITHOUT THE PRIOR CONSENT OF THE FEDERATION.
1. The starting and finishing times for the match must be prominently displayed at match headquarters and on all literature relating to the match.
2. The recommended duration for a contest shall be five hours.
3. The match must be a pegged down competition. Pegs, preferably twenty yards apart and not less than fifteen yards, must be staked out and numbered prior to fishing. All pegs used under normal conditions must be of a state to give competitors a practicable and reasonable chance to fish his or her swim.
4. All officials participating in the organisation of the match must wear some kind of insignia, ie an armband, as clear evidence of their authority.
5. Each competitor on drawing his/her number shall proceed to the corresponding number on the bank and this will be considered his/her fishing ground where he/she will fish. The peg must remain in position until the weigh-in is completed.
6. Every competitor must fish from within one metre either side of his/her designated peg. On flowing water, the competitor may fish in the direction of the flow as far as the next peg. On still water, he/she may fish as far as half the distance between his/her peg and the pegs on either side. Where competitors are drawn on opposite banks, the limit of the swim is the line midway between each bank.
The competitor will restrict their activities completely to these boundaries, neither his/her person, his/her tackle, his/her hookbaits or groundbaits may intrude into his/her neighbours swim.
In an extreme situation eg snagged tackle of a snagged fish, an angler must seek permission from his/her neighbour/s before moving from his/her designated peg to try and remedy the situation.
A competitor must not cause annoyance to, or seek to interfere with another competitor or use mobile phones during the course of the competition, and must act in a sporting manner at all times.
7. No competitor may move his/her peg or exchange his/her peg or draw card with another without the organiser?s official consent.
8. No competitor shall buy more than one entry ticket for himself/herself from which it follows that all competitors must be strictly restricted to one draw.
9. Competitors must retain all fish in keepnets which comply with the relevant EA Byelaws. Competitors must take every practicable step to keep their fish alive and, after weighing them, must ensure their careful return to the water. If, for any reason fish are seen to be in distress, a competitor or match official has the right to demand that they be weighed immediately and returned to the water during the course of the match.
10. A competitor shall have in use one rod or pole, one line and one single hook at one time, but may have other rods or poles and tackle assembled for use in position behind him/her, if possible, providing that no such other tackles are baited.
11. Any bait, subject to local rules, can be used except live or dead fish, frogs spinning baits or artificial lures.
12. No competitor shall have live or dead fish in his/her possession before a match. All competitors must submit to a search if requested by a contest official.
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