AGM - so what's new?

I attended the AGM last night and have therefore listed a few of the discussions and one key decision taken. Not many anglers turned up - I guess about 15 or so? The proposals and voting arrangements need a considerable amount of attention in my view - they are certainly not very 'professional' lets put it like that! The club apparently lost £1500 last year although I can't see where that is stated in the accounts but perhaps I'm too dull to spot it? It strikes me that there are a number of items of expenditure in there that are completely unnecessary in my view. It probably wouldn't be difficult to strip out half the loss at least!

Most of the discussion was about catch and release and limits as Dai Watkins reckons that there will be mandatory catch and release on the whole river within 2 years. Only about 20% of anglers submitted returns however for the 2013 season and there were no proposals to deal with this! For this reason I haven't bothered listing any catch totals as they clearly aren't worth bothering with. Apparently canoeing is a big threat for the future so I'm off now to go and buy one - I must remember to buy an anchor though so that I can set myself up in the middle of Crewel!

Main points:-

• Crewel Pool rubbish dumping - this was done by the farmer but no action will be taken as the club believes that it was done naively. The snag at the bottom of the pool has been lost for good however the farmer says that he will put things right
• Facebook Page has been up and running for quite some time but few followers - I'm just about to log on!
• On-line day ticket sales have been a success
• Work Parties - all hands are apparently needed this year??
• Fees - stay as they are
• Vice President - position removed
• Fishing Limits for the 2014 Season are:- 4 fish per season can be taken comprising of Sewin up to 5lb and Salmon up to 10lb - all other fish are to be returned

I am not sure whether I will bother with the work parties because last year I travelled down for a 2 hour stint as everyone else cleared off by 12.00 noon! I think a proper structure for work parties is needed with everyone being given jobs to do and I believe it should be for a whole day not just a couple of hours! 

Otherwise I am looking forward to the new season as I am sure many of you are. I hope to see you all on the river at some point, preferably having just returned a monster. Fortunately for me there are no limits on the number of foxes, dogs or both that I am allowed to catch!

Tight lines - kingfisher