The other day the subject of Weils disease was mentioned. I went to one of my local tackle shops this morning and they were pushing the antiseptic hand jell in a big way. I asked why they were and they said have you not heard about one of the local anglers . He had got a dose of it at one of the local fisheries and was was in hospital in a bad way. They said he had got very jaundiced and ill over the last couple of weeks. This the first case that I have ever heard about locally so be AWARE of this disease and how it is picked up and what the symptoms are. Some one in the shop said you can be inoculated against the disease at a cost with your GP I do not know if this is true but it is worth checking out. I used to carry a risk card when I was doing a lot of netting work it is a blood test check to find out if you have the virus. Many GPs are not aware of this disease and the risk to anglers So if you get what are the symptoms get it checked out better safe than sorry. It can have long lasting effects on your long term health Plenty of information about this disease on line just Google WEILS Disease