PERSONAL CONTRIBUTIONS
HOW YOU CAN HELP
Perhaps you may no longer be able to keep up with the better young match or specimen anglers. but you can always enjoy getting out in the fresh air, having a chat with the lads and catching the odd specimen or winning the odd match, Perhaps more importantly acting as a secretary, treasurer, committee member, bailiff, qualified junior angling coach or other official, using the knowledge and experience that you have gained through your years of angling to assist the management of your club or Association.
I have enjoyed completing the Institute of Fishery Management Qualifications (Certificate and Diploma), attending Angling Trust Coaching Courses (levels 1 and 2), acting as Chairman, Secretary, Treasurer, Committee Member, Bailiff and Junior Coach and would like to thank the Institute of Fisheries Management, the Angling Trust and the staff from the Local Environment Agency for all their support during the past 20 years.
Double figure bream, to me; always enjoyable to catch.
Think of ways you can get this same feel good factor by putting something back into angling. Perhaps becoming a bailiff, a coach, an Association Official or a committee member. It can help both the Association and yourself.