Rivers - confused a little

[chazyboi]

[quote=saladdodger;238754]i dont think so dude??

i have a rod licence but i believe i need a permit to fish most spots on rivers



Ive been checking a website which tells me where on the thames is free, not alot IM

lol wasnt always that way i was amazed one day i was waiting opposit house of parliament on the embankment taking some pics of the river ,,and saw a cormorant fishing and actualy come up with fish couldnt tell what they were though did know eels were there but these were silvers like small bream

[barisaxman]

There seems a bit of free fishing on the Thames on [email="www.visitthames.com"[/EMAIL] Appologises If that was the site you were looking at.

[chazyboi]

@barisaxman i see by your nick your a fellow sax player

[barisaxman]

Chazyboi. Yes I am. Do we know each other? I'm really Brum based. PM me if want.

[chazyboi]

i know steve ajao ,andrew hamilton,dutch lewis luke shingler ect ect all the brum players and jazzers and other musicians edgar marcias, ray brown, paul foad, jason kwepke tim aman mark hamilton , tony beet and all the other usual bham suspects ring any bells ,i play tenor sax stan gets webster stuff cut my teeth at the drum, bearwood corks ect ect havent played in a while after a bad chest illness

[barisaxman]

Oh right. I know Dutch and worked with Steve Ajao years back. I do a lot theatre stuff now as well as solo jazz stuff. ( weddings and corporate) I'm known mainly a bari/bass clarinet player but play the lot , including flute and picc etc.
I'm sitting here writing this and my tenor is sitting next to me, been blowing though a few standards, which I've just done some backing tracks for. I'm into Getz, Dex, Mulligan all of them really. Works a bit thin on the ground at the mo so it looks like I'm back to teaching........

[chazyboi]

yea last time i played i did spot at The Must in newhall st in brum jazz died a death here ,,used to do bit of gospel there are less and less jams here now i think the only one if its still going is the one by the conservatoire ,dont think Kinchy is doing much since the live box ,do you know andy gale good mate of mine busks in new st taught me loads wen i started ,,,cant beat the standards ,,tangerine , beautiful love ,tenderly ,heres that rainy day ,when i fall in love my faves nothing like a good subtone lol jazz hard work though ajao told me once "you got to learn the changes " still trying now h

[the pyromaniac]

That last comment is a good example of why I love fishing over here. A few months ago I was fishing Bark Camp Lake (a 52-acre, government-owned, public lake 25 minutes from me) with Tóño the Mexican and we were talking about how in this country there are so many pieces of public water that are well-maintained while in Mexico a lake in the middle of the forest would be exploited, the trees cut, and the wildlife captured or killed all for the sake of making money.

In the county where I live, the towns of Norton, Wise, and Big Stone Gap charge a few dollars a year for a permit to fish their reservoirs, and there is a day ticket lake with channel catfish ($15 per person to fish, and you can keep five catfish per day for the table) near Appalachia. All other water here is accessible as long as you have a Virginia fishing license ($18), trout stamp ($18), and National Forest permit ($3). Many waters don't even require the trout and National Forest add-ons.

Even in the major cities of Roanoke, Richmond, Bristol, Falls Church, Alexandria, Virginia Beach, and Lynchburg have many a location where a man can fish without joining a club or buying a day ticket.