Earlswood Lakes Angling Initiative
Angler John Brice, the Nutfield Marsh Angling Club Secretary is working with a group of local anglers to right a major wrong at Earlswood Lakes in Surrey. A website http://earlswoodangling.co.uk has been set up to gain support and awareness from anglers, councillors and residents to support a new club initiative at the lakes to promote angling for the wider community. With a Mission Statement that reads “To lobby the council and local committees to hand back the management of fishing rights to a local group of committed and passionate anglers who will actively protect, promote and secure the fishing at Earlswood Lakes for future generations” The Earlswood Lakes Angling Initiative group are looking for your support and you can do just that by signing their online petition set up on the website. With a blog, history, and the groups plans to secure the fishing rights back from the council you can also play an active part by contacting and supporting the mission to bring the lakes back under anglers control for anglers.
Welcome to the Earlswood Angling Initiative!
This website has been setup to raise awareness and gain momentum and support from local anglers, councilors and residents to support a new angling club initiative at Earlswood Lakes that promotes angling for the wider community.
We believe the way in which the fishing at the Lakes are currently managed is detrimental to local angling and our local angling services. Here we aim to outline out case as to why the Council should hand back the rights to a local group of anglers whose primary aim is to promote, protect and secure the fishing rights for future generations.
Why Bother?
The Environment Agencies website says that about 7,000 angling clubs have “died” in South East England in the past twenty years. We are of the opinion that there will be even fewer within the next twenty years unless the mindset changes at a local council level.
The Environment Agencies website says that about 7,000 angling clubs have “died” in South East England in the past twenty years. We are of the opinion that there will be even fewer within the next twenty years unless the mindset changes at a local council level.
Poor council decisions, and poorly run angling clubs and organizations are the root of the problems our local clubs face today. In light of previous bad press for anglers and the decisions that have affected us directly we want to change the view of angling and its impact on nature reserves and public places.
The Wildlife Trust has just announced the closure of 64 fisheries in Nottingham. The Angling Trust itself is fighting this on a case by case basis. But this trend is set to continue if we don’t do something to change the way angling is seen now.
Local Servicesfishing is an excellent pastime for young people; it teaches them to concentrate, to interpret their surroundings, to visualize the invisible and to learn about triumph and disaster. It is something people can do throughout their lives in groups of any size, or enjoy by themselves. It nurtures responsibility and environmental citizenship and has been demonstrated to reduce youth offending and increase participation in schools dramatically.
It provides opportunities for young and old people to do a shared activity, which helps support strong communities and families. The main objectives of this initiative are to create an organization that handles all local fishing related issues for the benefit of the public.
Russ Evans
5th December 2011
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