Extracts from the
RULES OF THE CARLISLE ANGLING ASSOCIATION

5. The Committee shall have power to fix the price of tickets and the entrance fee from time to time and the refusal to grant tickets.

6. A resident member or ticket holder must have a permanent residence within five miles of the City of Carlisle, but discretionary power will be left to the Committee.

8. Members or ticket holders must at all times produce their ticket on request to any other member or ticket holder who produces his or her ticket.

9. No member or ticket holder may cut any trees or bushes on the river banks unless so authorised by the Committee.
10. No member or ticket holder shall use a boat without the special sanction of the Committee.

11. Members and ticket holders must report all instances of illegal fishing and all complaints must be in writing and signed.

13. Fishing with maggots between the 15th March and 15th June is not allowed. The use of keep nets, ground baiting and swim feeding are not allowed during the period when it is lawful to fish for Salmon with rod and line, except for the City Water, where it will be allowed until the 14th March.

14(a) Spinning for migratory trout will not be allowed until after the 30th April. No spinning is allowed for brown trout or coarse fish.
(b) Worm fishing will not be permitted on the Association water for coarse fish and salmon respectively from 15th October, until the 1st May, excepting juveniles, who will be permitted to use the worm for coarse fish.

15. The use of gaffs is prohibited in the Association waters.

16. All trout caught in the waters of the Association; of a size less than nine inches, to be returned to the water with as little injury as possible. No member or ticket holder of the Association shall sell or offer for sale any Brown Trout, Sea Trout or Salmon, that have been caught on the Association water.

20. The Committee shall have power to cancel or withdraw, on such terms as they determine, the tickets of any member or ticket holder whom they decide to be guilty of any breach of any of these Rules or any regulations made by the Committee or for illegal fishing or any other offence against the fishery laws, or if for any other reason they consider it expedient to do so in the interests of the Association. Provided always that before the Committee come to a decision under this rule the member (or members) alleged to have so offended shall have the right to attend before the Committee.

21. In case any matter shall arise not provided for by these Rules, the same shall be referred to and settled by the Committee.

22. Within a period of fourteen days after the closing date of the salmon fishing season, it be compulsory for each member to render to the Secretary the prescribed return giving the number of salmon caught, Nil returns must be made.

23. Anglers will not be allowed to monopolise any part of the water and will move a pace after not more than three casts. They will keep a reasonable distance from any angler in front and will not commence to fish less than 50 yards in front of any other angler, unless they first have permission to do so. Failure to observe the simple courtesies of angling will involve the offenders in disciplinary action by the Committee.

24. Fishing with solid lead baits or solid alloy baits is forbidden in the Association waters.

25. No person engaged in operating haaf nets, draft nets, or coops will be allowed to fish in the Association waters.

26. Dogs must be kept strictly under control.

27. Fishing for migratory fish on the River Caldew will be by Fly only

28. No member or ticket holder of the Association shall use the Association waters for commercial gain i.e. Tutoring or Guiding without prior consent of the Committee.