chuckaduck
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Do you need one ?
fishing licence on tidal thames
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Brayman
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I don't think so.
byron
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NO! A licence is not required however the use of the bank or bankside facility or foreshore might require permission.
whisper
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Is it different on the non-tidal section?
byron
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Is it different on the non-tidal section?
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Yes! One requires a rod licence for regular angling even if you own the bank you are fishing from. I think children aged under 12 are exempt.
Is it different on the non-tidal section?
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Yes! One requires a rod licence for regular angling even if you own the bank you are fishing from. I think children aged under 12 are exempt.
whisper
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Thanks Byron. I imagine that's the same on the Upper Avon then, so I'll have to get a licence - seems a bit mean if you own the river bank, though I suspect a licence won't cost a fortune.
aitchw
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whisper
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Thanks very much - very helpful.
Used to coarse fish regularly as a lad but have forgotten pretty much everything about it now.
Used to coarse fish regularly as a lad but have forgotten pretty much everything about it now.
aitchw
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Yes, me too. Just wish I still had my split cane rods and stuff.
I only dug this link out a little while ago when my lad was thinking about doing some fishing with his Uncle. I only fish off my boat in the sea, not with great success though but it is fun.
I only dug this link out a little while ago when my lad was thinking about doing some fishing with his Uncle. I only fish off my boat in the sea, not with great success though but it is fun.
pheran
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Ah, the nostalia of split cane. Wonderful workmanship and a joy to look at and handle. I still have my Hardy Fairchild fly rod, authenticated by Hardy's as having been supplied to order in 1919 (but not to me I hasten to add!) But as a tool to do a job, they're not a patch on the modern carbon-fibre rod. The difference between vintage cars and the modern ones I suppose. Romance v Practicality.
byron
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Thanks very much - very helpful.
Used to coarse fish regularly as a lad but have forgotten pretty much everything about it now.
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Mein Fuhrers father was a dead keen angler and was even a Bailiff along here in the 1950s. We have all his old stuff including a split cane rod, reel etc. won in a competition organised by the Harrow Observer in 1948, there's even the letter there from the Observer about his win.
Thanks very much - very helpful.
Used to coarse fish regularly as a lad but have forgotten pretty much everything about it now.
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Mein Fuhrers father was a dead keen angler and was even a Bailiff along here in the 1950s. We have all his old stuff including a split cane rod, reel etc. won in a competition organised by the Harrow Observer in 1948, there's even the letter there from the Observer about his win.
chuckaduck
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Having just spoken to the almighty WORDIE an expert fisherman of 30 years here in Isleworth I now have the oracle
the thames is a river until you reach the mouth
as such you need a rod licence from the EA
the thames is a river until you reach the mouth
as such you need a rod licence from the EA
nyx2k
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according to a local inspector i spoke to today the river continues up until the stone marker between leigh on sea and westcliff. there is a large stone needle set into the sea about 20mtrs out that says where the sea starts and river ends
byron
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according to a local inspector i spoke to today the river continues up until the stone marker between leigh on sea and westcliff. there is a large stone needle set into the sea about 20mtrs out that says where the sea starts and river ends
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Technically the River becomes the North Sea at Shoeburyness. For boating insurance purposes you are 'at sea' once you have passed the Barrier.
according to a local inspector i spoke to today the river continues up until the stone marker between leigh on sea and westcliff. there is a large stone needle set into the sea about 20mtrs out that says where the sea starts and river ends
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Technically the River becomes the North Sea at Shoeburyness. For boating insurance purposes you are 'at sea' once you have passed the Barrier.
