New Look Rod Licence.....

GrahamM · Feb 19, 2009

Got to be better than the old paper licence.

Ron 'The Hat' Clay (ACA) · Feb 19, 2009

As long as the money is not swallowed up by B******d Brown!

redalert06 · Feb 19, 2009

now that they are so up to date with their technology they should let people buy them for a rolling 12 month period instead of the current system

Fin the Fish · Feb 19, 2009

I have one of the artist's (David Miller) paintings hanging on my living room wall! And yes the new licence really does look alot better, hopefull itll help it sell to all the dodgers out there!

Must agree with Glint though, it would make sense for them to do this although I imagine it would involve spending money on the necessary computers to allow for such a system. Money that would do better going back into fish stocks and habitat maintanence, but it would be nice all the same!

Tee-Cee · Feb 19, 2009

It looks good and is still,in my opinion,fantastic value for money!

I hope everythoughtful and law abidingangler will pay his dues..........its for all our sakes and the good of our beloved sport........

Tee-Cee · Feb 19, 2009

Perhaps FM should have a system of using the rod licence number to log onto this site just to see who buys and who cheats!!!

(.......................must buy one next week!!)

Clive Moore 2 · Feb 19, 2009

how many times have you ever been checked for a licence people????

Peter Jacobs · Feb 19, 2009

"how many times have you ever been checked for a licence people????"

In a word - - - - - > NEVER!

And I've been fishing for over 45 years.

Clive Moore 2 · Feb 19, 2009

WOW!!! no commercials then.

i rarely fish commercials, but have been checked twice at them in 3-4 years, any where else never seen anyone from the EA

Paul C · Feb 19, 2009

I was never checked for 20+ years and then I've been checked twice in the last two years.

Hopefully a good sign of increased enforcement but it could just be coincidence.

Both times were on rivers, once on a club stretch of the Ribble and once on a club stretch of the Dee.

gordon arnold · Feb 19, 2009

all the time i have had a license i have never been checked few years back i decided i would go fishing on a sunday wen i couldnt get a license from my local post office and guess what i gets checked lol i think they should do a foto card license and put it on a system like dvla and u just pay each year to update the system so when u get checked by the enviroment officer he can call through to check its been updated with the paper one i can save my neighbour 20 sum odd each year and let him borrow my license and no one is any of the wiser

ED (The ORIGINAL and REAL one) · Feb 19, 2009

<blockquote class=quoteheader>gordon arnold wrote (see)</blockquote><blockquote class=quote>all the time i have had a license i have never been checked few years back i decided i would go fishing on a sunday wen i couldnt get a license from my local post office and guess what i gets checked lol i think they should do a foto card license and put it on a system like dvla and u just pay each year to update the system so when u get checked by the enviroment officer he can call through to check its been updated with the paper one i can save my neighbour 20 sum odd each year and let him borrow my license and no one is any of the wiser</blockquote>

50,000 members of FM know now ..........!!

Grumpy Git @ · Feb 20, 2009

Been checked four times in the last two seasons, all on the BA. Oh and once more on a club lake close by the river.

Wouldn't mind seeing them even more often /forum/smilies/angel_smiley.gif

njb51 · Feb 20, 2009

How many times have you been checked for a driving license?

Red Army · Feb 20, 2009

<blockquote class=quoteheader>Jonny wrote (see)</blockquote><blockquote class=quote>How many times have you been checked for a driving license?</blockquote>

Actually never in this country but quite a few times when I was younger and lived abroad. As for the rod licence never in the UK but quite a few times on the continent.

gordon arnold · Feb 20, 2009

wen i lived in kent i was stopped about 2 times a week to show my license and insurance

gordon arnold · Feb 20, 2009

i was just saying for example its so easy to let some one else use ur fishing license think it should be more like a foto card least ea can see if it realy urs or not just like the foto card for driving

trev (100M bronze) · Feb 20, 2009

Emmo and Dan got checked a short while ago /forum/smilies/tongue_out_smiley.gif

Tee-Cee · Feb 20, 2009

I wonder why the Agency doesn't go for photos with the rod licence..............after all some big clubs and bodies such as Cemex insist on them!

Does anyone know licences issued figures and numbers of Agency people checking them on the bank by county?

It might have been a good job for retired people years ago but I imagine the present crime figures make this a no-no for many..............

Mark Hewitt · Feb 20, 2009

In the sixteen years I've needed a licence, I been checked seventimes, five of which were in the same season all on different venues. 1996 to 1997.

The following two checks both came in the same year (2000) and again on different venues.

All the venues varied form the obvious commercials to quiet day ticket waters. Two of the checks occurred on veryiscolatedclub waters.Both small river stretches that require a walk through two to three fields from the road, where you may only see another angler ever ten visits.

Moral of the story is - nowhere is exempt from checks at any time, however unlikely. Its not worth the risk.

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