Grumpy Git @
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Following on from the other threads bemoaning and supporting the closed season.
Yesterday I and far too many others went down to the Bristol Avon to get the last day on the river. I say far too many because it was packed to the gunnels. Without the enforced closure it would probably have been like it has been for the last couple of months, half a dozen anglers along a three mile stretch.
Over the next three months ( a whole quarter of the year! ) the banks will be empty. Nobody will notice the effluent that discharges death to the fish we are protecting. None will warn the authorities and good venues will become the worse for lack of a watchful eye.
If, over the next few months, the same half a dozen or so anglers were there, blanking as most were yesterday, would the fish really be any the wiser?
PS. No I didn't blank /forum/smilies/big_smile_smiley.gif
Yesterday I and far too many others went down to the Bristol Avon to get the last day on the river. I say far too many because it was packed to the gunnels. Without the enforced closure it would probably have been like it has been for the last couple of months, half a dozen anglers along a three mile stretch.
Over the next three months ( a whole quarter of the year! ) the banks will be empty. Nobody will notice the effluent that discharges death to the fish we are protecting. None will warn the authorities and good venues will become the worse for lack of a watchful eye.
If, over the next few months, the same half a dozen or so anglers were there, blanking as most were yesterday, would the fish really be any the wiser?
PS. No I didn't blank /forum/smilies/big_smile_smiley.gif
