The importance of reading your permit.

I went for a couple of hours on Monday evening and when arriving at the bridge below the Blantyre weir I saw a fisherman on the inside of the power station compound trying to climb out,I approached him,introduced myself and asked him why he was in there,he said he was fishing on the gabion baskets, got snagged and walked up to try and free his lure and fell in but managed to get out but on the wrong side of the fence,I asked him if had a permit,yes he said,I asked if he had read it,no he said.
I explained that there is no fishing allowed where he was, one of the reasons is it is dangerous as he had already found out. It Turned out he had just bough a day ticket and stuck it in his pocket and never looked at it
I gave him a hand and managed to get him round the barbed wire, albeit with ripped waders,jacket and hands and nearly going back in twice.
Guys please read the club rules on the permits in this instance he was lucky, it cost him sore hands, waders,jacket and a phone,could have been worse a lot worse.

. Tight Lines.
Alan.
http://www.midclydeanglingassociation.org/