1. Any member found infringing any of the following rules, or jeopardizing the fishing rights will be dealt with by the committee, and may face expulsion.

2. All anglers must hold a current Rod Licence where appropriate and observe all Environment Agency regulations.

3. All members must be in possession of a current Year & Membership Card at all times when fishing. Anyone without may be ejected from the water.

4. Members must cause no damage, deposit no litter, nor light fires, and are expected to prevent such behaviour in others. ANYONE found leaving LITTER, INCLUDING cigarette ends, line, hooks, shot etc after leaving their peg may be banned from the club for LIFE.

5. No watercraft without the permission of the committee.

6. No swimming will be allowed.

7. Anglers must not overcrowd their keepnets (which must be a minimum of 8ft / 450mm in length with a diameter of 18” / 450mm and must be made of a knotless material). Anglers must ensure the well being of their catch at all times. All current notices regarding net bans must be observed.

8. Inspection of nets and/or their contents by any member at any time is permissible upon the production of a membership or bailiff card, where a valid reason exists.

9. Members must adopt a responsible attitude to members of the public and other water users, and endeavour to avoid injury to anyone in anyway.

10. NO fish, NO aquatic plants NO other forms of pond life are to be introduced to, or removed from the water without the permission of the committee. The only exception is that any game fish must be removed. (See individual waters rules.)

11. All fish must be returned unharmed to the water at the end of each fishing session. Any person member or non-member will be prosecuted under the theft act for removing fish without prior written consent from the committee.

12. No radios except personal stereos.

13. An adequate landing net made of a knotless material must be available and used whenever the size of fish dictates its use. The swinging in of any fish is to be avoided where practical. An appropriate weigh sling must be used to weigh all fish.

14. The use of a unhooking mat is mandatory whilst pike or carp fishing.

15. Members must keep within the clubs boundaries at all times. Boundaries are as detailed in each waters individual rules.

16. All cars are to be parked in the car parks ONLY.

17. Any of the waters may be closed at any time when deemed necessary by the committee or local authority.

18. No blood worm or jokers.

19. No live fish are permitted as bait.

20. No cans are allowed at the waterside at all. (This includes food, drink or bait cans)

21. No barbed hooks other than Whisker, Ghost, Splinter or Micro barbs are permitted. No rigs should consist of more than one single hook unless Pike fishing, in which case a maximum of two treble hooks may be used. The use of a wire trace is mandatory for all forms of pike fishing. The use of pike gags is prohibited.

22. A maximum of three fishing implements (rods, poles whips etc.) may be used within the confines of your own peg. (The confines of a peg are 1/2 way between yours and the peg to the left and to the right, also 1/2 way across the water to the nearest peg opposite when occupied.)

23. No Carp over 2 lb should be retained unless an acknowledged Carp friendly keepnet or Carp sack is used. (The committee recommend that NO Carp over 10 lb are retained at all).

24. At the end of any fishing session unused bait must not be discarded into the water.

25. No fly fishing will be permitted.

26. These rules may be revised by the committee at any time.

27. Please report your catches to The TAA for our records.

28. Any club member, who on any club controlled waters, away trip or exchange ticket water, is found to be in possession of, and, or under the influence of alcohol, prohibited drugs or substances (eg solvents) will be expelled from the club forthwith