bennygesserit
Well-known member
Did anyone catch this ? Were the AT represented ?
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What on earth was Mark Lloyd on about a winter close season ?
This was a perfect chance for the Angling Trust to get some good PR, shame it wasn't taken.
Well it was taken, of course, that's what ML was doing on TV, bringing the issue to the attention of the greater public. What he has no control over of course is the very selective editing which takes place to compress what was probably an hour of film into a couple of minutes of sound-bite, all of which is totally watered down to make easy watching for the couch potatoes of course... Well done ATr for keeping the issue at the forefront!
Nothing was said about VAAs and the BCU not wanting to negotiate them, thankfully there was brief mention of the BCU promoting illegal paddling buts that's all there was, nothing said about paddlers not wanting to pay, yes I understand that things get edited but the BBC hardly have a good record when it comes to anglers and Mr Lloyd should have been aware of that.
and in fact a few years back actually discounted the famous World Champion Angler for the title of SPOTY Award, despite having received the most votes.
Well I am sorry Geoff but I don't think he did, why should he say that anglers should have 6 months and paddlers have 6 months during winter, I know anglers that don't go near a river until winter, should they put up with illegal paddlers? or was that a Freudian slip showing that those that fish for adipose fins are more influential within the trust?
Nothing was said about VAAs and the BCU not wanting to negotiate them, thankfully there was brief mention of the BCU promoting illegal paddling buts that's all there was, nothing said about paddlers not wanting to pay, yes I understand that things get edited but the BBC hardly have a good record when it comes to anglers and Mr Lloyd should have been aware of that.
Other than anglers and paddlers the only others that are remotely interested in this battle are landowners that could loose money, the average Joe public couldn't give a toss, I believe that in the end a compromise will be reached but a compromise that costs the average angler.
Strange that nothing was mentioned about the previous court case brought by a paddler that was dropped after he took advice