I'm trying to find stats on what fly-fishing and coarse fishing are worth.. Any ideas where I should look?

looking at my credit card statement over the last month there is another £225 in the economy due to fly fishing!!!

Bought a couple more flies?

Fishing is the largest people participation pass-time in the world! I would imagine the "Economy" especially in the UK, would be thriving; or at least keeping it's head above water, Even when we're experiencing a recession!

I think the annual fiscal accounts would suffer quite a bit, especially in this country - without the ;Angling Society input to the economy!

I don't know about the rest of the UK but the Scottish government had this report done.

http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publicati...06/19506/38879

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The info for England and Wales was in there.. £2.5bn give or take a few quid.

Thanks!

Recently published figures put the value of angling to the Welsh economy at £150m per annum of which £68m stays in Wales. These figures are being used to support objections to free and unfettered access for canoeists.

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