Kev Berry wrote: ↑Fri May 03 2019 09:21 -The Angling Trust has been described as the voice of angling, and joining is the way to get your voice heard by politicians, just the same way as the RSPB is for birdwatchers. The RSPB has over a million members and thus absolutely massive financial clout.Mike J wrote: ↑Thu May 02 2019 09:02 -First they came for the split shotDisunity is allowing every field sport to walk blindly into oblivion, its just a matter of who goes first and when.
Probably the finest field sport organisation is the BASC that represents shooting.
Dispite its huge numbers Angling has nothing remotely like it, just count the number of angling bodies alone, is it 3 or 4, or ??
We should (must) consolidate under one single body, something like our old British Field Sports Society.
Use the BASC legal and publicity departments, anglings weight of numbers and the Trout and Salmon's high level contacts, only then we would have a bastion ready for what is coming over the horizon.
United we stand, divided.......
and I did not speak out
because I did not use it
Then they came for the hounds
and I did not speak out
because I did not have any.
Then they came for the fox hunters
and I did not speak out
because I was not a fox hunter.
Then they came for me, an angler
and there was no one left to speak out for me
Do not ask for whom the bells toll-------
whether you like or dislike the hunting and shooting brigade is irrelevant---WE are all classed as blood sports by the Anti's, the Wildlife Trusts, the RSPB, the RSPCA, PETA, etc etc
Mike is spot on united we stand.
But the typical angler will do f**k all to protect his sport if it means putting his hand in his pocket
Those meant to look after our sport are PAID by those govt bodies---they will not bite the hand that feeds them , particularly as being an angler is not part of the criteria to getting a job with the AT.
Despite their supposedly being almost 3 million anglers only some 12000 (yes, 12 thousand) are members of the Angling Trust. Think what angling could achieve if even just 10% of anglers joined the Angling Trust!
Full details are on the Angling Trust web site at www.anglingtrust.net
Some of you may not be happy with the way the Angling Trust is run. Well, why not join and vote for change?
Or are you happy to make excuses? And be the first to moan when angling gets directly attacked and we've not got the infrastructure or resources to fight back?