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Welcome to the Welsh Salmon And Trout Angling Association website: The WSTAA has a long and distinguished history in Game fishing conservation. It fights issues such as threats from water quality reduction through acid rain, leaching from old lead mines and agricultural pollution. Never has Pollution been such a problem especially in the rural areas as it is at present. Our salmon, sewin and trout stocks are under threat from all directions. There is a need for decisive and articulate protection.
Conservation is inextricably bound up with the working of WSTAA. Other issues concerning fishing and competitions also need the attention of the governing body. Many moons ago the first Political act of WSTAA was a paper produced by Howard Hopkin, the first secretary of WSTAA advocating the nationalisation of all fishing rights. This was not adopted but James Griffiths, the then Welsh secretary, introduced Grant Aids to help angling clubs to purchase fishing rights.
The youth International competition which is to be held on Friday the 7th of August, requires boat men. I am desperate for as many names as possible. 28 Boat men are required but it is always good to have 1 or 2 spare. Please come forward with your names. Also, anyone wanting accommodation and/or international dinner tickets, please contact Cliff Harvey a.s.a.p.
Wales win gold in Spring InternationalOn Friday 15th May the Welsh National Fly Fishing Team won Gold in the first four Nations International match of the 2009 competitive season. The match was fished on the popular Chew Valley reservoir near Bristol. It was a keenly contested match with only a matter of pounds between the four competing teams when it came to the weigh-in. From the results of the last four international matches it looks as if the Welsh Senior squad is on a roll as the team has consistently performed well winning Gold on three occasions and taking silver on the fourth – the match that somehow slipped away.
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Calendar of events: Don't forget your licence: Don't forget your rod licence will expire on the 31st March. Any angler aged 12 years or over, fishing for salmon, trout, freshwater fish or eels in England (except the River Tweed), Wales or the Border Esk and its tributaries in Scotland must have an Environment Agency rod licence. Buy your licence online. |
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