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There has been a post on cyclists should have a proficiency test and certificate before they are allowed on the road. Should the same be required before you are allowed to fish? This question came to my mind by the commercial thread but I thought it aught to be a separate subject. I can see some advantages, it may ensure better anglers and would placate the anti brigade a bit or would it just be that after passing the test everyone would just do their own thing good or bad like many car drivers. It could be a written and a practical exercise, say a half hour of fishing demonstration and a half hour of questions. The EA or the AT could organize it, more likely the EA I would have thought. I certainly see it would do some good for sea angling, the amount of novices who turn up where I live that have not a clue, some can't work out how to put a reel on let alone what to do if they hook a fish and most likely not a clue about any sort of fish welfare.
I think initially it would have to be just for new anglers say under 18 years of age or 16 or something, there just would not be the scope to make every angler in the land have one to start with.
I don't know, just thought I would put the thought out there.
I think initially it would have to be just for new anglers say under 18 years of age or 16 or something, there just would not be the scope to make every angler in the land have one to start with.
I don't know, just thought I would put the thought out there.
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