Secretary's Report 2014
The Club continues to provide the largest choice of game fishing in
Cornwall and the southwest.
We currently have access to six rivers
with a total of 21 miles of fishing.
We rely heavily on the goodwill of our riparian owners for continuing to lease quality water to us – and it is good to report that our relationships with these key stakeholders remain firm.
Just before the opening of the season the Club was saddened to
hear of the passing of Mr D Arbon, from Maenporth, Falmouth. Mr
Arbon had been a strong supporter of the Club for many years and
was always happy to lease Caradon Wood Beat to us on the
Lynher. We thank him for the kindness he showed to the Club over
the years.
With the fishing rights of Caradon Wood now passing to a new
owner (The Woodlands Trust) LDAC are (currently) unable to
renew the lease and we therefore no longer have the rights to
access or fish on Beat 13.
All remaining fishing was retained and we also extended the
Ashford Beat (Beat 3, River Fowey) some 500m northwards. This
was through the kind agreement of Messrs J and E Coodes, to
whom we extend our thanks for their continued support.
No stretches of local river(s) were offered for open sale during the
2014 season and the Club was therefore unable to add to the
current inventory of owned waters.
2015 will also see the need for the Club to renew three of our beats on the Lynher and the Committee has approved moving forward with those new contracts. We hope to be able to report that they have been secured for future years in the next newsletter. To keep abreast of any changes to your fishing please remember to log onto the new-look/up-dated website at ldac.org.uk. Thanks to Richard Grieve for continued support in looking after all things IT.
Your Committee met four times during the year. Attendance by Committee members was good, at 87.5%. The Committee were pleased to be able to see (and now report to you) a marked improvement in catch/return rates for the 2013 season and I am particularly gratified to be able to say that all members adhered to the catch/release targets, particularly in the matter of Lynher salmon.
The Lynher catch/release rates rose from 50% (in 2012) to 83% (2013). We need to ensure that these figures continue to exceed 66% in the future to help support the prevention of commercial nets returning to the Lynher.
Several members have contacted me to discuss the issue of fallen
trees and difficult access on some beats during the 2104 season.
As you are aware all the beats are the subject of planned work
parties at the beginning of each season (see page 2 of this
newsletter for relevant dates and locations).
These provide the
opportunity to carry out maintenance after winter storms and
floods have had their way with our rivers and footpaths.
Members need to continue to come forward and support the workparties
before the season starts, to report any areas that they
consider require attention and then to support requests for
additional work during the season.
We would urge members to carry out their own (sensitive and
sensible) clearance of undergrowth across and along footpaths as
they pass through whilst fishing during the season.
We ALL have a part to play – please do so.
If you want to or can help make sure we have your up-to-date
contact details so we can contact you directly.
Your Committee members also attended Fowey River Association (FRA), Lynher River Association (LRA) and Tamar and Tributaries Fisheries Association (TTFA) meetings and AGM’s to ensure the Club interests are fully represented in these forums. Information from these is shared via the Club newsletters/website if appropriate.
The Club website is enabling us to reach more members than ever before, more cheaply and more quickly – we now have 70% registered, 5% up on 2013. The target remains 100% and we are slowly getting there…….. Remember: If we don’t have your (latest) email address please do send it to sec@ldac.org.uk when you read this newsletter.
The mid-year newsletter was once again published, being
distributed to all members in August 2014; mostly by email. I hope
you found it useful. If you have any views or ideas on it’s future
content please do contact the Secretary on sec@ldac.org.uk to
discuss.
This year we are again distributing the Annual Newsletter,
attachments and the FRA newsletter by email wherever possible.
This has a major impact in lowering our printing costs and postage
bill. That means we have more money to spend on improving our
fishing – far better than spending it on other non-fishing related
matters?
Paul Jordan
Hon Secretary
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