"....only by maintaining the environment and habitat can we ensure good fishing for the future"

It is without doubt that the good management and maintenance of our fisheries is essential to the well-being of our fishing club.

The management takes on many aspects but is always centered around the maintenance and development of our fisheries.

Maintenance projects tend to be short term and are required often. They range from grass cutting to swim building and are, as their name suggests, required to 'maintain' the fishery.

Development projects tend to be much longer term, often requiring considerable planning and a lot of design work before any work actually starts on the fishery.

Increasingly in recent years there have been more and more agencies 'involved' with our fisheries. As such before any work is done it is necessary to consider these agencies. In some cases it is simply informing the other users of the waters of the work we intend to do. However, increasingly it involves informing English Nature, The Environment agency, riparian owners, affected local residences, local councils etc. etc.

Whilst it is always out intension to improve the fishery and its immediate environment, it can sometime take a considerable amount of time and effort to gain approval from these agencies. Time and effort in producing plans and reports, and attending meetings as required.

A rolling set of plans are being maintained for all our fisheries. These plans detail the work required for maintenance purposes and where necessary the work to be done for development purposes. Any work done on a fishery should be done in accordance with these plans, similarly, these plans detail the work to be done by our work party volunteers.

Our club has in the order of 30 river fisheries and 40 lakes to manage. Fishery management relies on knowing what needs to be done 'now' and what would be good for the fishery in the long term. If, when visiting a fishery you find something that needs urgent attention, or if you have ideas to help improve our fisheries please let our fishery management officer know. Good information, at the right time, is essential.

As a fishing club, we accept with honor our responsibility towards improving the environment, for it is essential to have a good environment to ensure good fishing, now, and in the future.