Seems the Corporation are out making enemies of the UK's anglers. Richard 'Coke Head' Bacon and his Radio 5 producers invite animal rights extremists PeTA to have a pop at fishing. It can be heard at

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/console/b00d0mk3

those annoyed by the tone/content/very fact that our licence fees are being spent on this stuff might want to vennt their spleen here

http://www.bbc.co.uk/complaints/

I picked the story up on the Fishing Magic forum, here

http://www.fishingmagic.com/forum/fo...0/cp/1/v/9/sp/

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cumbriafishingfestival.co.uk

Clearly PETA are a deeply unpleasant bunch, but there's not much point having a phone-in debate if you're not going to have someone representing both sides. I thought Richard Bacon was OK though. It's just a shame that the bloke from the Angling Times who was supposedly representing angling was so useless.

By the way fast forward it to about 2hrs 10min to find the angling bit.

If only PETA put in as much effort into protesting against the over commercial fishing of our shores

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Jim

My only worry is that when I die,my wife sells my fishing gear, for what I said I paid for it

There are a number of broadcasters who have a desperate need to fill their schedule with a story, any story. PETA is an organised publicity seeking organisation who will provide many stories and therefore they get the airtime, we "quiet" anglers are an easy target and we will remain so until we are organised and get media savy.

Got my strongly-worded official complaint into the BBC this a.m. Will wait to see what response - if any - ensues.

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Stan Headley

"I started this life with nothing......and I've still got most of it left!"

This is where we need a professional Angling Unity spokesman to step into the studio. The Countryside Alliance have the experience, but, apart from the S&TA infighting fiasco, no one seems to have thought of involving them - even just for advice!

Regards,

Doc

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www.doctor-fly.com

Hi, I just joined today and was going through various posts and found this one. Just to let you know that I have complained to the bbc in the strongest terms I could think of without threatening to shoot someone. I'll save that threat for later. These z list celebs with drug addled brains **** me off. Anyway, looking forward to participating in the forums and adding my two penneth.

Coming, as you do from Armagh, they'll probably take that threat quite seriously!

Welcome to the FFF.

Good start.......................................welcome aboard.............birdsnest

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Fear not if I steal from your side, as of yore, from paradise streams to fish Teifi once more.
BN based in Wolverhampton

Good luck...I wrote a compaint about that stunted, obnoxious, c**t Bill Oddie and never got a reply.

Hopefully he will contract Bovine TB while bager spotting.