Hardy, I have a question for you. A question I feel is relevant and deserves to be asked on an open forum, a place where anglers are free to make up their own minds.

This comes in two parts: Why is it angling clubs in the North Island seem to get nowhere with their concerns, other than a lot of waffle that achieves nothing?

Why is it that in the South Island fishing clubs are able to achieve so much and the Ministry listens? I note in the examples you have given, in both cases this has worked extremely well for both the fish stocks and local anglers alike. The clubs did this, I assume, without assistance.

The second part to my question: Why isn't the NZACA able to achieve anything like such concrete results? Isn't this the body anglers, through club registration, are levied to support and act for them? All I can read in the NZACA news letter is information on an annual fishing competition and a distance casting competition, with numerous rule changes for the few participants.

These are fair questions. If the details you have quoted are accurate, I am sure the local Hawke's Bay anglers would be interested in knowing your secret. They may even start to question their local NZACA representative to the governing body.