Section 3 InterpretationI1

In these Byelaws –

• “all lawful methods” means any method of angling except a method forbidden by any statutory provision for the time being in force;

• “angling” means the fishing for, taking or killing of fish by rod and line or hand line;

• “bait” means any material used on a hook for the purpose of attracting fish;

• “earthworm” means any worm of the Family Lumbricidae;

• “float tube” means any device or apparatus designed to hold a person vertical in the water;

• “fly fishing” means the use of a single rod, reel (including a fixed spool reel), fly line or blow line and a single cast carrying not more than three artificial or winged natural flies but does not include the use of a bubble float in conjunction with artificial or winged natural flies;

• “ground bait” means any material used otherwise than on a hook for the purpose of attracting fish whilst angling;

• “hook” means a hook attached to a fishing line;

• “length” in relation to fish means the measurement from the tip of the snout to the fork or cleft of the tail;

• “maggots” means any larvae of the Order Diptera including the house fly of the Family Muscidae and the blue-bottle or blowfly of the Family Calliphoridae;

• “shrimp fishing” means the use of a hook baited with a shrimp (Crangon species);

• “spinning” means the use of a single rod, reel (including a fixed spool reel) and line to cast or throw bait and retrieve the bait by rewinding the line on to the drum of the reel with the bait kept in motion throughout;

• “rainbow trout” means trout of the species F1Oncorhynchus Mykiss ;

• “stocked trout” means brown or rainbow trout stocked from a fish farm;

• “trolling” means the drawing of a fishing line with one or more hooks attached through the water from a moving boat;

• “worm fishing” means the use of a hook baited with one or more earthworms.