What does everyone feel about this...both dog owners and non dog owners!
I have just "acquired" a rescue dog from the rspca and am worried about taking her fishing...What are the views of fishery owners and managers?

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my clubs doesn't allow it , but i don't see the problem aslong as its under control and well behaved at the waterside .

i don't own a dog by the way .

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My wee Lurcher rag Whippet X Bedlington would sit on the bank bothering no one,
And i could always pick up a Rabbit on the way home.
But i was reported by a fellow Angler for breaking the rules,
She was sleeping on the banking at the time.

I have just got a lab and cant wait untill he has his last inoculations so i can take him, but i have to agree with Sid he must be under controll, and that is why he has been enrolled in a training school.
God help them he's a nutter....

I've got three English Springers - working gundogs - and they all enjoy going fishing even if they think the boss is slightly mad going after slimy fish instead of pheasants and partridges. There are not too many fisheries that permit dogs which is a shame. Busheyleaze is OK as Tim Small has dogs of his own, and as long as yours are under control and happy to sit and watch you go through your antics then there are no problems there. Some of the Wye & Usk Foundation waters allow dogs as well which is good, but there are often sheep about so you need to keep an eye on things and also check the dogs over afterwards for sheep ticks which are a real nuisance.

I used to have a big liver coloured Flatcoat who loved fish and fishing. He was very good at seeing fish in the water. I think he could not understand why they could live under water and he couldn't, though he tried on several occasions when, having seen a fish from some vantage point like a footbridge, he would leap in after it and spend some time with his head under water looking for the fish until he ran out of breath and would surface spluttering and looking ever so slightly foolish!

I like taking my dogs fishing. They are good company and never criticise or laugh at you when you make a cock-up of things, and are always ready to sympathise, especially when there is a share of the lunch in the offing!

Always take the dog where possible. Hate fishing in places where she isn't welcome, although I do leave her at home/in the car when there's no alternative - as I did yesterday. Whilst cleaning the fish when I got home, she was insistent on sniffing them and jumped about in glee. (Tells you it's not such a common event then!)

Am alert to the sensitivity of farmers and just drive on past a beat where sheep are close by and find an approach that is livestock-free. Nothing worse than the dog owner who announces "I would trust my dog anywhere" and thinks it's fine to march through a field of ewes. "It's okay. He's only PLAYING".

She snuffles about the bank, then settles just behind me & close if I'm static, moves down/upstream as I go. Best of all, she will let me know if anyone approaches and, especially at dusk on a tree-lined river, that means I can relax.

She also tells me to go home when she's had enough...

Trish

I don`t know about stillwaters, but most river fishing clubs have strict rules on dogs,as much of the river flows past farmlands.

I take a young Australian Cattle Dog (a full on working dog) and tie him on a long leash to a tree. i.e. a length of rope added to the lead. He will amuse himself and watch me fish or have a snooze...he loves it...but he has been trained. Always best to ask first though....

Hi', All. I don't think any of the local clubs allow dogs on the water. Often, that is because of young stock, lambs or calves, in riverside fields, and again it can be due to ground-nesting game birds, and the risk of their being disturbed or worse.
Our last bailiff was an ex-policeman, and a great personal friend, who had an-ex police alsation that was gun-shy. Before asking the club to allow the dog to accompany him, he already had the permission of all our riparian owners. I was an honorary water bailiff for NWWA Rivers Division, The NRA and, lastly, the EA for a span of 25 years, and there were times when I would have appreciated having a dog for company and protection. With bailiffs it is certainly advisable, in my opinion, but not such a good idea for members generally. Not all anglers are dog lovers. Sad fact of life. TC

I don't own dogs but have no objections to them and don't understand why most clubs (on rivers at least) ban them. The argument seems to be that it is farmland. OK; but they are allowed on public footpaths and they run through farmland. Some anglers may not like dogs but I can't see this is a reason for banning them. Isn't this another case of excessive risk aversion and just detracts unnecessarily from peoples pleasure. Of course dogs should be under control when they accompany anglers.

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