Coarse Match Rules

Dereham and District Angling Club Coarse Matches will be fished in accordance with Angling Trust (NFA) Rules with the following exceptions:

a. Apart from pike matches, pike will not count.

b. The Match Secretary and assistants shall be allowed to compete.

c. If two anglers have the same weight of fish at the weigh-in, the prize money for that position and the next shall be added together and shared. Also the points.

d. After the start signal competitors may wade provided he or she remains one yard within the waters edge.

e. Match duration may be varied, i.e. 3 hrs, 5 hrs, 6 hrs etc.



A full set of Angling Trust (NFA) Rules are held by the Match Secretary, below are rules to assist when taking part in Club matches:

a. No competitor will have live or dead fish in his possession before match. Dead bait for pike match excepted.

b. The signal to commence and cease fishing will be given by Match Secretary.

c. Before the starting signal no competitor must on any account ground bait or loose feed the swim but will be allowed to wet a line, plumb and test the float, mix ground bait, clear his swim of weed or obstructions and position his keepnet. On no account must a feeder be used to plumb the depth before the start signal.

d. Every competitor must fish from within one yard on an imaginary line between his peg number and the water. On flowing water he will fish from his position in the direction of the flow as far as the next peg.

e. On still water he may fish as far as half the distance between his peg and the pegs on either side. Where competitors are drawn on opposite banks the limit of the swim will be the middle line between each bank. The competitor will restrict his activities completely to within these boundaries. Neither his person, his tackle, his bait or groundbait may intrude onto his neighbour's swim.

f. A competitor shall have in use one rod, one line, and one hook at one time. But may have other rods and tackle assembled for use in a position behind him, provided that no such tackle are baited.

g. Competitors must strike, play, and land their own fish.

h. Competitors must cease fishing at the signal. Should a competitor still be playing a fish hooked before the signal is given, he will be given no more than fifteen (15) minutes after time has been called to land the fish, and must indicate a fish on at the signal.

i. Competitors are responsible for ensuring that their pegs are clear of litter and no competitor may have his catch weighed-in who has litter lying on the banks or in the margins of his swim.

j. Each competitor will be responsible for ensuring the correct weight of his catch is recorded by the Match Secretary.

k. Disabled anglers may receive preferential treatment at the draw, with peg and draw being Match Secretary's decision.

l. In any dispute the Match Secretary's decision shall be final.


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