The Urban Fly Fisher

i seen bailiffs for the first tme on the river

barrybhoy said:

seen bailiffs for first time on the kelvin up at the balmore road end he stop me asking for permit but i then herd of another guy he wasnt a bailiff but the guy who was ment to be a bailiff  had it stamped on hiz permit it look as if he was a bailiff but the guys i was speaking said u just get ur permit stamped bailiff when u buy 1 but he said it dosnt mean ur 1? can any1 fill me in on this because i didnt have a permit  as i left it in the house and  all he said was u cant come any further

Just having a permit is not enough . You must be able to show it to anyone who has the right to see it and that means carrying it with you when fishing .  However what you are saying above ( if I understand you correctly ) is a different matter .There are bailiffs and bailiffs … Crown Bailiffs have considerable powers and I'd imagine anyone posing as one is commiting a criminal offence but if someone showed me a Crown Bailiff Warrant I would have no idea if it was legit or not . If this person who stopped you was just a permit holder and had it stamped “Bailiff” then he has no more right to stop you then anyone else and I'd say that if he physically prevented you then he would be commiting an offence himself .

There is a thread here

http://www.flyforums.co.uk/showthread.php?t=27659&page=3

about this topic .

did the guy have crispy hands

was it crispy hands

vin

I was told that last bit by a bobby.

ANDY C said:

theavonangler said:

A legit Bailiff would have a warrent card with him with a photo on it. I believe it is quite difficult to become a bailiff as you have to do courses and sit an exam. You also have to have insurance, mostly against some pratt having a go at you.

Those guys do however have more power that the police and on a salmon river can confiscate all your equipment, and even your car if you fish for salmon without a permit.

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can a baily from another river come 2 a river and have the same power that he has on his own 1 or is he the same as everybody else just wondering

A question for The Scottish Executive methinks..Send them an e-mail

ANDY C said:

It's a question that I'm asking here. The Scottish Executive heads are stuck up their own ass. they're 2 busy trying to rip us off. When have you seen them fishing the Kelvin?

Yes I am well aware that you asked the question here and I have answered it by suggesting you ask those who issue the Crown Bailiffs with their warrants .

Try looking here

http://search1.scotland.gov.uk/Scotland?n=All&rcexpanded=false&action=search&q=Bailiffs

You might find the answer  to your question .

theavonangler said:

I'll ask the guys at my club tomorrow.

cheers m8