PLEASURE ANGLER: "It's good value for money. It's £28 for the season and you can fish anywhere – its universal (except for trout fishing). I know the money goes to the Environment Agency but I have no idea what they are spending the money on. I think the licence should be free for pensioners. They wouldn’t lose much money. With the licence you are allowed to fish with 2 rods. In the past we would buy 2 licences so that we could fish with 3 rods and were happy to pay for the extra. Now Scunthorpe has banned three rods – they are losing money as a result."
MATCH ANGLER: "I don’t know how the money is spent – when you find out let me know. Rod licences provide no value for money. I would suggest they spend money on improving fish stocks in rivers, prosecuting poachers and polluters – the small fines are not working. There definately needs to be better policing of the river."
