It is great that more youngsters are coming into fishing...but!....it would apear that more waters are excluding them, recently i wanted to take my nipper for a days crucian fishing at a day ticket water Nr Wolverhampton (Pool hall).....kids were not allowed!!
I can fully understand that clubs/DT waters specify that kids should be with an adult but to exclude them altogether sucks!
Your quite right Paul, its important that we encourage kids into angling, they are after all our future, Any water which has an outright ban on kids should be outlawed, they do angling no favours
i personally coached over 100 younsters during the summer holidays who had never fished before and all the sessions were over subscribed to the ponit of parents asking me to run more sessions, the pleasing thing was that the west ham football coaching only coached 140 during the same period perhaps angling IS making a comeback with the younger generation.
Without doubt another barbel fanatic in the making after an experience like that. I'll bet it beats all the video games and other attractions youngsters go in for.
When I was in my teens I had few interests other than fishing. Other attractions, even girls, could not beat a barbel pulling your string.
