Its a rip Off for those who only fish one, two, rods, or for those using a pole. Come to think of it, do you need a licence for a pole, being it is called a rod licence, just pulling your leg.
Its so easy to get it right for everyone, but then those that control our licence, don't do easy.
£15 per rod. It would only take a stamp on your licence if you buy it at the post office. If you buy on line, then it is stamped the same before its sent to you. How bloody hard can it be. Half Price for OAP's.
The stamp would say, one rod, two rod, three rod, or four rod.
Free for Juniors is right, as this may bring in more kids to the sport, as there are many i would say don't go fishing due the the parents not earning enough to pay for a licence. It may not be much to some, but to many its to much.
Your licence now runs from 1st April to 31st March, thats 365 days fishing for £45, if using three rods. A ticket to a Prem League game is more than that, unless you watch west ham, they give you £45.
The biggest problem i can see is us anglers, we need to stick together and make sure we get what we want for once. The Angling Trust ARE NOT big enough to give us that, they have a very small number of anglers as members.
I have said many times, if every angler paid an extra £5 per year on the licence, that would go to a governing body that represents ALL Anglers, not minority as the AT is.
We would then have so much more of a say, and far more funding for angling.
Lets not talk about a levy on the licence, your already paying a levy as you have to buy a licence in the first place.
