Birmingham Anglers Association

your right Reg they didnt bother me .in fact quite the opposite.. they were a great bunch ,,went well out my way and apologized as they passed ..
what your saying Ollie is correct about the license's iv read all about it in the passed anyone using the water be it a craft of any type (powered or manual ) requires a license... i don't know if they had one or not ,i didn't ask ... not wanting to be the talking point in the pub after ..( What's that grumpy old fisherman moaning about this morning ) after they had been so courteous and polite to me i just left them to it...
now here's a thing .. the young bloke who works with my mate is into Kayaking but he mainly goes in the sea or fast rivers (white water) he said hes been on the Avon and the Teme on the odd occasion,, i ask if he had a license and he said ...
" I have now " he told me hes had one for the last 5 years but for the previous 5 years he wasn't aware he needed one.. it wasn't until someone questioned it that he looked into it a thought oops i better get one...
now if you in some kind of club i would of thought it would be in the club rules .. but if your not , how would you know you require one?
How many of these people on our waters have never been asked to produce one.. Whos bailiffing them..???
like i said these ladies were no problem on the day.. but trust me iv had some nightmares with them in the past.. i had to pack up my stuff at Eckington because of boarders and people swimming in my peg...

BIN