140 FISHING ON Venue: - Buckenham Ferry to Langley Dyke Venue: - St Benet’s to - to Thurne GYNCAA contact: Andy Wilson-Sutter tel: 01502 531776 / 07990 572729 NDAA contact: Tony Gibbons tel: 01603 400973 [email protected] www.riveryare.co.uk [email protected] www.riveryare.co.uk

19 Jun - 25 Sep Every Sat, 7am -5pm Coldharbour - River Thurne Every Sat, 9am -4pm NISA FEEDER SERIES St Benet’s - River Bure SPECIAL EVENTS: All 9am - 4pm Every Sun Club Fixtures Wed 16 Jun TIM NASH MEMORIAL SPECIAL EVENTS: All 9am - 5pm Sun 20 Jun VAN SALES PAIRS Tue 29 Jun NDAA PAIRS St Benet’s Sun 27 Jun PRESTON FEEDER QUALIFIER Wed 30 Jun NDAA PAIRS Coldharbour Thu 22 Jul THREE RIVERS Sun 18 Jul PETE SWANN MEMORIAL River Thurne Martham to Coldharbour Sun 1 Aug TBA - SPECIAL EVENT Tue 20 Jul THREE RIVERS FESTIVAL St Benet’s Sat 7/ Sun 8 Aug KEITH FORD MEMORIAL Wed 21 Jul THREE RIVERS FESTIVAL Coldharbour Sun 15 Aug RIVERFEST Sat 11 Sep KING OF THE BROADS Sun 12 Sep KING OF THE BROADS Tue 28/ Wed 29 Sep BROADS FESTIVAL All venues Sun 26 Sep YARE CHAMPIONSHIP Sat 2 Oct CYRIL WIGG MEMORIAL BROADS OPEN All venues SUMMER LEAGUE: Sun 11 July SUMMER LEAGUE TEAM EVENT All banks R. Thurne and R. Bure Sun 25 July SUMMER LEAGUE TEAM EVENT All banks R. Thurne and R. Bure Sun 8 Aug SUMMER LEAGUE TEAM EVENT All banks R. Thurne and R. Bure Sun 22 Aug SUMMER LEAGUE TEAM EVENT All banks R. Thurne and R. Bure

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Norwich & District A.A. Fishing on the rivers Bure, Thurne and Ant Open membership Juniors free with adult Weekly memberships for visitors Contact Tony: 01603 400973 or: [email protected] 141 Restrictions on angling Navigation through angling reaches • Anglers must obtain an Environment Agency national Fishing is a very popular sport on the Broads, particularly rod licence before starting to fish. More information at weekends, but can be easily disturbed by the passage can be obtained by phoning the Environment Agency on of boats. There is a statutory right of navigation but, to 03708 506 506 or from www.environment-agency. allow anglers to peacefully pursue their sport, particularly gov.uk/homeandleisure/recreation competitions, boat users are asked to avoid, as far as • The Broads have a close season which is a period possible, passing through the following reaches before when fishing is not allowed; the close season lasts from 10.00am on Sundays between 16 June and 31 October 15 March to 15 June (both dates inclusive). (when the fishing and boating seasons coincide): • A special permit is required to cast out on Horsey Mere • River Bure Fleet Dyke (St Benet’s Abbey) to half a mile from 1 November to 28 February. Application forms upstream of Acle Bridge can be obtained from Buxton Property Management (Fishing), Speedwell House, Lingwood NR13 4ET. • River Thurne Martham Ferry to and Tel: 01493 750102. then down to Thurne Mouth reach • If you notice any fish showing signs of distress, any unnatural colouration of the water or are witness to any These reaches (which amount to only 8 miles out of angling related incidents, eg, fishing illegally, please 120 miles of navigable water in the Broads) have been contact the Environment Agency Hotline on 0800 807060. carefully selected both to provide alternative waters for craft and to allow anglers to use the best fishing areas • Trolling from a power-driven vessel or sailing vessel under with land access. When boat users find it necessary to way is illegal on the Broads. use the reaches before 10.00am, they are requested to • Under normal circumstances anglers must give way navigate at Dead Slow speed and to keep well away from to boats wishing to moor on Broads Authority 24-hr banks being used by anglers. moorings. There are, however, some exceptions where fishing from some moorings may not be permitted at all, At all times, and in all other places or only some of the year, so please check local signage. • Where signage states that bank fishing is not allowed, it throughout the Broads, boaters are is expected that neither anglers nor boaters should fish asked to show consideration for anglers. from the bank. Boaters can however fish from their boats when moored in these locations. (Advice in association with Broads Angling Services Group (BASG) www.basgonline.org)