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1. Matches to be six hours duration unless specified by the
fishery.
2. The match must be a pegged down
competition. Pegs, preferably twenty yards
apart and not less than fifteen yards, must be staked out and
numbered prior to fishing. All pegs used under
normal conditions must be of a state to give competitors a
practicable and reasonable chance to fish his or her swim.
3. Each competitor on drawing his/her number
shall proceed to the corresponding number on the bank and this
will be considered his/her fishing ground where he/she will fish. The peg must remain in position until the weigh-in is
completed.
4. Every competitor must fish from within one
metre either side of his/her designated peg. On
flowing water, the competitor may fish in the direction of the
flow as far as the next peg. On still water,
he/she may fish as far as half the distance between his/her peg
and the pegs on either side. Where competitors
are drawn on opposite banks, the limit of the swim is the line
midway between each bank.
5. The competitor will restrict their
activities completely to these boundaries, neither his/her person,
his/her tackle, his/her hookbaits or groundbaits may intrude into
his/her neighbours swim. In an extreme
situation eg snagged tackle of a snagged fish, an angler must seek
permission from his/her neighbour/s before moving from his/her
designated peg to try and remedy the situation.
6. A competitor shall have in use one rod or
pole, one line and one single hook at one time, but may have other
rods or poles and tackle assembled for use in position behind
him/her, if possible, providing that no such other tackles are
baited.
7. Any bait, subject to fishery rules, can be
used except live or dead fish, frogs, spinning baits or artificial
lures.
8. No competitor shall have live or dead fish
in his/her possession before a match. All
competitors must submit to a search if requested by a club
official.
9. Before the starting signal no competitor
must on any account groundbait or loose feed the swim but will be
allowed to wet a line, plumb the depth and test the float, mix and
wet groundbait, clear his/her ground of weed or obstructions and
position his/her equipment.
10. Competitors may receive assistance to or
from their peg, or both, for themselves or their tackle, or both. (Disabled anglers may request a disabled peg which must be
agreed and drawn before the main draw)
11. Fishery rules must be applied when
groundbaiting and loose feeding.
12. A competitor must strike, play and land
his own fish within the boundaries of their own peg.
13. Unless the fishery rules do not permit
wading, a competitor may wade provided that the water does not
extend above the knees unless he/she can touch the bank with
fingertips, in which case the water can extend above the knees. When platforms are used, the water must not come over the
knees when standing on a river / lake bed.
14. No competitor shall leave his/her peg at
any time during the course of the match other than to answer the
call of nature and then he/she must not leave his/her baited hook
in the water. At the end of the match, a
competitor must remain at his/her peg until his/her catch has been
weighed unless he/she has been detailed for weighing duties. Any competitor so detailed must have a witness to the
weighing of his/her own catch.
15. A competitor must cease fishing at the
finishing signal. Should he/she still be
playing a fish hooked before the signal is given, he/she must
shout ‘fish on’ and will be permitted no more than twenty minutes
after time has been called to land the fish.
16. The angler drawn on peg one is the
designated weigher and is responsible for the collection of the
necessary paper work scales and weigh net before the start of the
match. He can appoint an assistant normally the angler on peg two.
If peg one and two are disabled anglers then the next angler is
the designated weigher.
Any fish suspected of being weighted or any
fish considered suspicious by the weighers must be laid before the
committee members present and the anglers weight be not confirmed
until a ruling has been obtained.
If the committee members recommended the
disqualification of a competitor they will weigh his/her fish in
case the ruling is not upheld.
17. All catches will be weighed to the
accuracy of the scales.
18. Each competitor will be responsible for
ensuring the correct weight of their catch is recorded. In any
dispute the decision of the weighers and the committee will be
final.
19. All fish must be weighed at the
competitors peg. Unless the bankside terrain
renders impossible, no catch shall be carried more than ten yards
to the scales.
20. Competitors are responsible for ensuring
that their pegs are clear of litter and no competitor may have
his/her catch weighed in who has litter lying on the banks of
his/her swim.
21. All the foregoing rules are subject to
the byelaws of the Environment Agency and/or local fishery rules.
22. All members must hold a current
Environment Agency fishing rod licence.
23. Any angler proved to have been in contravention of these
rules will be disqualified. |
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