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Rod Licenses - how to buy them

With licences available from any Post Office, direct debit, online at www.environment-agency.gov.uk/fish or over the phone on 0870 1662662 using a credit or debit card, it is very hard to understand how people have been unable to produce a valid licence when approached by water bailiffs.

Fishing without a licence is an offence under the Salmon and Freshwater Fisheries Act 1975. Magistrates can impose fines of up to £2,500 and ban anglers from fishing.

All money raised by licence sales is ploughed back into maintaining, improving and developing fisheries, so licence dodgers are simply cheating fellow anglers and the future of angling.

  • An Environment Agency Rod and Line Licence is required by anyone aged 12 and over who fishes in any waters for freshwater fish.
  • Anglers are able to sign up for a Direct Debit to ensure their full licence is renewed automatically after they expire on 31 March.