i'm new to fly fishing and have been course fishing over the past few years. i'd like to still do course fishing but is there any one licence in Northern Irelandthat'll cover both a fly rod and a course rod or do i have to buy 2 seperate licences?

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Your licence is a "rod and line" licence......YOU are licensed to use A rod and line as an instrument for the capture of either:1 Coarse fish and non-migratory Trout or 2 Migratory Fish,non- migratory Trout and Coarse fish.
ie the type of rod and line is irrelevant as they are not named.

For a little more clarity in the type 1 licence.....the law was changed in recent years to include up to 4 rods being used at a time (for the Carp guys).....it used to be 2.

answer.....1 required

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cheers for the welcome a

nd thanks for the info at least i can now fish whatever style i feel like on any outings

License, you need a license to fish???

It may be God's own country, but Yorkshire is still in the UK, where your rod licence still only covers you for two rods! (So carpers still need to buy two licences.) However, I suspect that none of the above applies to Northern Ireland!

According to www.dcal-fishingni.gov.uk/index/permits_licences.htm, "In Northern Ireland fish species are referred to as either game species (brown trout, sea trout, salmon, arctic char) or coarse species (pike, bream, roach, perch, carp, tench, rudd and eels). Licences and permits are also split into these categories."

However, this page states that game fishing licences "also cover coarse fishing". It doesn't look as if coarse fishing licences also cover game fishing though, so if he's only got a coarse one at the moment, I suspect that djlittle1984 would probably have to buy another licence if he's intending to fish for trout too.

To be honest, before I looked at that site, I had no idea how complicated it was over there, with licences being issued by two separate licensing authorities, depending on where you want to fish, and a baffling selection of licences and permits, as well as combined licences/permits! At least we've only got one EA to worry about on the mainland!

My humble apologies to dj and yorkio

I was aware of the 'board' fisheries.....but wrongly assumed being EA regulated....ass being the important bit of the word

4 rods was a consultation rejection now I think a little harder

An easy mistake....said the Dalek climbing off the dustbin

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You tie it onto the line just above the fly, so fish can see it

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[quote = [However, this page states that game fishing licences "also cover coarse fishing". It doesn't look as if coarse fishing licences also cover game fishing though, so if he's only got a coarse one at the moment, I suspect that djlittle1984 would probably have to buy another licence if he's intending to fish for trout too.

To be honest, before I looked at that site, I had no idea how complicated it was over there, with licences being issued by two separate licensing authorities, depending on where you want to fish, and a baffling selection of licences and permits, as well as combined licences/permits! At least we've only got one EA to worry about on the mainland![/quote]

Thats a pitty i'll have to buy a second one noe , but next year am i right in thinking that i can just buy a game licence and then i'd be covered to fish both?

It certainly looks that way. I'd double-check when you buy it though, just to be on the safe side.