Birmingham Anglers Association

All,

As a member of the Wye Salmon Association I'd thought I share this with you all. Obviously my focus will be on the Wye and Stacklands as a BAA water but if you have any experiences at any other fisheries I would be interested in hearing them. It also gives us a chance as Anglers to show that not all of us are litter louts and care about the rivers. As anglers we have to pay a licence fee for the privilege of fishing on the river, the canoeist and more specifically the canoe hire companies do not!

After numerous issues with trespass, abuse and littering by canoeists along with the seemingly new fad of 'wild water swimming', Wye Salmon Association (WSA) have placed the issue on the agenda of the next Wye Local Fisheries Group meeting for discussion. This meeting is due to take place on 24th November and we are seeking to gather details of issues you might of had recently, or indeed might have between now and the meeting. Dates, details of incident, photos, info on offenders, etc would all be extremely useful in compiling a dossier. The meeting will be attended by representatives of NRW, EA, including their fisheries protection teams plus WUF, WCC & WSA, Ross AC.

Thank you all very much. I will let you know the findings.