Guys a genuine question.

I understand that a coarse anging day ticket on the Wye costs about £15. The price of a salmon ticket is generally about £30.

Given that the run of salmon is well below historical levels why do owners of beats continue to charge a premium for salmon fishing?

Should we vote with our feet?

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Salmon fishing is akin to Golf as far as cost goes. Everything to do with Golf is expensive, even the sand in the bunkers is expensive. Then look at the price of a Salmon rod etc, everything then is pro rata.

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Hi sagefly,
They do it because they can and there will always be somebody out there willing to pay the £30,and i for one would vote with my feet

Well, there are plenty of companies upping the anti on price with trout stuff ...... Simms leading the rip off stakes, but others are up there.

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So salmon fishers are "thick"?

Why in general are coarse fishing day tickets less expensive than salmon fishing tickets?

I can appreciate that a beat that has the propensity to deliver salmon is more desirable than a beat that can deliver less fish. The beat that can demonstrate that it can/does catch more has the opportunity to charge more.

Why do beats charge less to coarse fisherman than they do to salmon fishers?

If the fish are there surely the owners of the beat would encourage fishers to catch some fish and in doing do increase the capital value of the asset.

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possibly because like a lot of things nowadays, if they sell well they are cheaper, if they dont they cost loads. coarse fishing is probably more popular there for will sell more day tickets hence the cheaper ticket price.

Maybe salmon fisherman are charged more because of the potential to take a (valuable) fish home, outside the mandatory C&R period of course.Can't imagine tucking into a side of smoked barbel.
I don't think we should vote with our feet, otherwise we will lose the river to coarse anglers and canoes.£30 is a cheap day out compared to golf.Oops, sorry, said the golf word!

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Salmon fishing is expensive, generally, on the better rivers in the UK, basically because of supply and demand. Prestige also affects this market, and the fact that salmon command a high price in the retail market -- should say, they did.
Again, you need space to fish for salmon. You could cram a load of coarse fishers on to a mile of the Eden in Cumbria, but two or three salmon rods would be enough for a day. Whins Pond, near Penrith was never as viable as a put and take rainbow trout fishery as it has been since it was converted back to coarse fishing. Business rules!!!TC