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FISHERY RULES

1. Two keepnets to be used but if weights exceed 200lb then 3 are to be used with no more than 100lb per net. Any weight over 100lb will not be counted.

2. All fish to be netted.

3. No floating baits.

4. A float or indicator must be used at all times. There must be 4" of line between the pole tip & float and 6" deep below the float.

5. Barbless hooks no bigger than a size 10.

6. No Braid.

7. No Boilies.

8. Feed pellets must be Tunnel Barn's own. Any angler found to be using different will be disqualified.

9. No litter to be left on the Pools after the match.

OTHER RULES

1. Every competitor must fish from within one metre either side of his designated peg. He may fish as far as half the distance between his peg and the pegs on either side. Where competitors are drawn on opposite banks, the limit of the swim is the line midway between each bank.

2. The competitor will restrict their activities completely to these boundaries, neither his person, his tackle, his hookbaits or groundbaits may intrude into his neighbour's swim.

3. In an extreme situation eg snagged tackle of a snagged fish, an angler must seek permission from his neighbour before moving from his designated peg to try and remedy the situation.

4. A competitor must not cause annoyance to, or seek to interfere with another competitor and must act in a sporting manner at all times.

5. No competitor may move his peg or exchange his peg or draw card with another without the organiser's official consent.

6. Competitors must take every practicable step to keep their fish alive and, after weighing them, must ensure their careful return to the water. If, for any reason fish are seen to be in distress, a competitor or match official has the right to demand that they be weighed immediately and returned to the water during the course of the match.

7. A competitor shall have in use one rod or pole, one line and one single hook at one time, but may have other rods or poles and tackle assembled for use in position behind him, if possible, providing that no such other tackles are baited.

8. Before the starting signal no competitor must on any account groundbait or loose feed the swim but will be allowed to wet a line, plumb the depth and test the float, mix and wet groundbait, clear his ground of weed or obstructions and position his equipment. On no account must a feeder be used before the starting signal. A ledger weight may be cast to find depth and distance etc, but a no time must the line be left in the water whilst continuing to set up other tackle.

9. All groundbait may be thrown in by hand, or by use of one or two handed catapults, throwing sticks, swim feeders, bait droppers and bait cups, but no other mechanical means of projecting groundbait is allowed. No bait shall be introduced with a pole cup or bait dropper attached to an extra rod/pole whilst continuing to fish.

10. A competitor must strike, play and land his own fish.

11. A competitor may wade provided that the water does not extend above the knees unless he can touch the bank with fingertips, in which case the water can extend above the knees. When platforms are used, the water must not come over the knees when standing on the lake bed.

12. No competitor shall leave his peg at any time during the course of the match other than to answer the call of nature and then he must not leave his baited hook in the water. At the end of the match, a competitor must remain at his peg until his catch has been weighed unless he has been detailed for weighing duties. Any competitor so detailed must have a witness to the weighing of his own catch.

13. A competitor must cease fishing at the finishing signal. Should he still be playing a fish hooked before the signal is given he must announce this on hearing the all out, and he will be permitted no more than fifteen minutes after time has been called to land the fish.

14. All fish caught are eligible for weighing with the exception of game fish and crustaceans.

15. Any fish suspected of being weighted or any fish considered suspicious by the weighers must be laid before the match officials and the angler's weight be not confirmed until a ruling has been obtained.

16. Each competitor will be responsible for ensuring the correct weight of their catch is recorded. In any dispute the decision of the weighers and the officials will be final.

17. All fish must be weighed at the competitor's peg unless the bankside terrain renders impossible, no catch shall be carried more than ten yards to the scales.

18. Competitors are responsible for ensuring that their pegs are clear of litter and no competitor may have his catch weighed in who has litter lying on the banks of his swim.

19. Any objection to an angler's conduct, for whatever reason, must be lodged with a match official as soon as possible and no later than 20 minutes after the weigh-in. In all cases the objector shall inform the offender of his intentions at the time in order that he may speak in his own defence. Should an offender after receiving such a warning leave the match scene, the objection shall be deemed to have been sustained. RN&RM AA Constitution rules apply: the match officials will adjudicate at the match and a report will be made to the Association Committee. In the most serious cases of misconduct expulsion from the Association is likely.

20. Any angler proved to have been in contravention of these rules will be disqualified.

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