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in association with Anglins Times Complete E n v ir o n m e n t Ag e n c y Guide to Rivers & Stillwaters in the Anglian Region f t - A>v^Wtx/v j & cj~ecJL& i Cot-v.^w aXv£U Oo^c ^ o^ cyxj\ ^u WELCOME Buy a rod Fishing in the Anglian Region licence elcome to the second Anglian not only has variety edition of our Guide and quantity of fish, but also od licence income ♦ You are eligible for a to Fishing in the quality. Specimen fish caught in funds the Environment concessionary licence if you are WAnglian Region, published the region which hold or have R Agency’s Fisheries aged 12 to 16, aged 65 years or under the new Environment held British rod caught records service for coarse and trout over, or receive invalidity Agency banner. The Agency has include Dace, Rudd and Zander, fisheries, and in part for salmon benefit or severe disability inherited all the fisheries duties and numerous specimen pike. and sea trout fisheries. The allowance. You are also eligible and responsibilities from the So, whatever your choice of service includes fisheries if you receive a war pension previous National Rivers fishing; specimen, match, or just monitoring, habitat which includes unemployability Authority, and we remain as a leisurely day out, Anglian improvement, enforcement, supplement. committed as ever to protecting region can meet your needs. fish rescues, and fish rearing the water environment and The annual Agency budget for and stocking. Buying a rod HOW TO GET YOUR ensuring that quality fisheries fisheries in the Region is around licence therefore helps LICENCE and fishing are available to all £2million. all of which is spent maintain and improve the ♦ Rod licences are not difficult anglers. Reaching from the on the management and quality of fisheries available. to obtain. They are available Humber Estuary in the North to protection of fisheries. This Quality costs however, and it is from all of the 17,(XX) Post the Thames Estuary in the money funds a range of activities crucial for the continuing Offices in England and Wales. South, Anglian region is including fishery surveys, habitat delivery of our services that Remember also that there are geographically the largest of the improvement, fish rescues, income from licences is some 2.000 outlets which sell eight Agency regions. restocking, fisheries advice, and maintained. rod licences outside normal Anglian region continues to enforcement. This underlines the Post Office hours, including at maintain its reputation as having importance of money from rod YOUR ROD LICENCE weekends. To find out where some of the finest coarse fishing licences and your continuing HELPS US TO PROTECT your nearest out-of-hours to be found anywhere in the support in holding a valid AND IMPROVE FISHERIES outlet is, telephone your country, as well as some of the licence. - SO PLEASE REMEMBER Environment Agency Regional most famous reservoir trout There are a total of 41 staff TO BUY A LICENCE. ALL Office. There are also a fisheries. The region contains involved in fisheries INCOME RAISED FROM number of other outlets (large around 3,000 miles of river and management across the region, THE SALE OF ROD fisheries etc) which are drain fishing, plus many plus some 90 people involved in LICENCES IS SPENT ON authorised to sell rod licences. hundreds of stillwaters. enforcement. Fisheries THE PROTECTION AND With all of the region’s rivers enforcement staff are a mixture IMPROVEMENT OF LICENCES ARE ALSO classified as lowland fisheries, of full-time, part-time and FISHERIES. AVAILABLE BY POST roach, bream and pike are the honorary bailiffs who between FROM: dominant species in most of our them check thousands of rod Apart from being illegal, Environment Agency Rod rivers, although chub, dace and licences each year. licence dodging means less Licence Administration Centre barbel become important in the This Guide is designed to protection for fisheries and PO Box 432 upper reaches of the major introduce new and existing higher costs for legitimate Richard Fairclough House rivers. Many of the chalk fed anglers to the wide range of anglers. Knutsford Road rivers feeding into Breckland. fishing available in the Anglian Warrington the Great Ouse and some Region and we have tried to ♦ Anglers aged 12 years and Cheshire Lincolnshire and Norfolk rivers, make it as comprehensive as over who fish for salmon, trout, WA4 1HH support natural brown trout possible. However, as angling freshwater fish or eels populations. clubs change and new venues anywhere in England or Wales must hold an Environment ♦ Failure to produce a valid Agency rod licence. Remember Agency rod licence when that you will also need the fishing is a criminal offence, permission to fish, if necessary, and it is the Agency's policy from the owners or tenants of to prosecute offenders. The the fishing rights. maximum fine is £2.500. With increased attention ♦ There are different types of being paid to licence rod licence to suit different evasion, and with more needs (Salmon & Sea Trout, bailiffing effort being made, and Non-Migratory Trout and the chances of getting Coarse Fish), from short-term caught if you fish without a (1 and 8 day) to full annual licence are ever increasing. licences. Every effort has been made to ensure that the information in this guide is accurate at the time of going to press. The Anglian region has a fantastic variety of fish on offer. 2 Your Complete Guide to Fishing in the Anglian Region En v ir o n m e n t Ag e n c y About the Environment Agency The Environment Agency exists to provide quality environmental protection and improvement through the regulation of land, air and water. The Agency was formed in April 1996, taking over the functions of its predecessors the National Rivers Authority, Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Pollution, the Waste Regulation Authorities, and several smaller units from the Department of the Environment. The Agency has statutory responsibilities for: ♦ Pollution Prevention and Control - regulating discharges to air, land and water to minimise the discharge of polluting substances into the environment. in the ♦ Water Resources - following pages Ancholme, Witham monitoring resources and for each Area area: licensing abstraction to balance in the Anglian Nick Bromidge at Manby the water needs of abstractors Region should be seen more Tel: 01507 328102 with those of the environment. ♦ Flood Defence - general properly as an indication of the supervision over all matters wide variety of angling Welland and Nene area: relating to flood defence, opportunities available. Chris Reeds at Spalding including the issuing of flood Tel: 01775 762123 If you would like to know warnings. more about fisheries activities ♦ Conservation - promoting in your local area, please Great Ouse and Middle the conservation and contact your local Fisheries and Level: enhancement of natural beauty, Recreation Officer, who will Roger Handford and Paul flora and fauna and geological be happy to help. The contacts Wilkanowski at Brampton features of special interest. are shown in the panel on the Tel: 01480 414581 ♦ Fisheries - maintaining, right. improving and developing John Adams Tight lines! Broadland, Essex and fisheries in inland waters, Suffolk Rivers: through a wide ranging open up, it is not possible to John A dam s Robin Burrough at programme of fisheries services. include every individual club or Regional Fisheries, Recreation, Ipswich ♦ Navigation and Recreation current venue. Therefore the Conservation and Navigation Tel: 01473 727712 - responsibilities for navigation, lists of clubs/locations given Manager and for the provision and maintenance of recreational facilities on rivers and waters under its control. BYELAWS The Agency regularly reviews byelaws, and if N A T IO N A L byelaws affect open and close you are in any doubt about those which apply in The Environment Agency seasons for fishing, permitted methods and baits, any region, you can obtain a copy free of charge Anglian Region Headquarters is the numbers of rods in use, the number of fish from your local Agency office. Your local based at Peterborough. The taken, the use of keepnets, and many other aspects Enforcement Officer (listed below) will also be address is: of fishing. happy to help if you are in any doubt about Byelaws are designed to protect fish stocks byelaws. Kingfisher House according to local circumstances. The Agency has Goldhay Way inherited byelaws from previous authorities, so it is Northern Area Roger Ferguson 01522 513100 Orton Goldhay important to be aware that there are significant Central Area Alan Wilson 01480 414581 Peterborough PE2 5ZR Tel: 01733 371811 regional and/or local variations. Eastern Area Chris Window 01473 727712 Your Complete Guide to Fishing in the Anglian Region 3 NORTHERN W e lco m e to the Northern Area ou're about to enter that does not stop thousands depends on local geography, are various qualifiers. one of the most fish- of anglers visiting this rich but angling opportunities are So whether it is pleasure or filled areas of the area of mixed fishing. When diverse, and range from upper match angling, river or Y river section chalk stream stillwater (there are literally country! The Anglian region is June 16 arrives, things get packed with lakes, drains, even better as famous rivers trout fishing to the lowland hundreds of venues), you rivers and ponds, and the like the Welland and Witham, drain coarse fishery. name a species and there is a Northern Area is prolific, to renowned for their bream Match fishing is also big water in the Northern area say the least. shoals, and the Nene, famous business on Northern Area where you can catch it.