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Ok Roger but that's a whole lot of trouble. There is another way of looking at this which I have done on reflection. There were a lot of kids here, on holiday, who were loving their little adventures down this river. They are on the campsite with not much else to do round there. The adults the same - All these people are just enjoying themselves, am I the one that's in their way! I am a small inconvenience to them and they are a big inconvenience to me but that's just the nature of the problem.
This belongs to a club I just joined, turning out to be a bit of a waste of money but that's by the by but they have other waters, I have other waters to fish. So, in some ways do I want to stick an oar in their fun so to speak or should anyone else. Should the club just give this bit of water up, they have plenty, these people don't. Just another way of looking at it.
I get more annoyed by the few that don't seem to understand any etiquette, if they just came through as quickly as the can and create as little splash as they could it would be just a bit better and quite a few said "you must be fed up with us" and did just that as I waved them through. But some , not many were just plainly ignorant and they annoyed me. But then the camp site should make them aware that this belongs to an angling club as well and teach them some etiquette before they set off.
However, I have always thought the two activities will never go well along side each other especially on such a small stream and it is a waste of time trying to change that, better I go elsewhere, bend with the wind and just accept that is the way life is sometimes and maybe the club should do the same, this should be for canoeists or anglers, not both and that's probably the best solution everywhere. It maybe that through several law checks, rights of ways etc and some long drawn out expensive battles with the help of other organizations it could get them banned but, to be honest I am not so sure I would feel chuffed about it.
This belongs to a club I just joined, turning out to be a bit of a waste of money but that's by the by but they have other waters, I have other waters to fish. So, in some ways do I want to stick an oar in their fun so to speak or should anyone else. Should the club just give this bit of water up, they have plenty, these people don't. Just another way of looking at it.
I get more annoyed by the few that don't seem to understand any etiquette, if they just came through as quickly as the can and create as little splash as they could it would be just a bit better and quite a few said "you must be fed up with us" and did just that as I waved them through. But some , not many were just plainly ignorant and they annoyed me. But then the camp site should make them aware that this belongs to an angling club as well and teach them some etiquette before they set off.
However, I have always thought the two activities will never go well along side each other especially on such a small stream and it is a waste of time trying to change that, better I go elsewhere, bend with the wind and just accept that is the way life is sometimes and maybe the club should do the same, this should be for canoeists or anglers, not both and that's probably the best solution everywhere. It maybe that through several law checks, rights of ways etc and some long drawn out expensive battles with the help of other organizations it could get them banned but, to be honest I am not so sure I would feel chuffed about it.
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