THESE RULES ARE RECOMMENDED FOR UNIVERSEAL USE BY MEMBER CLUBS AND ASSOCIATIONS OF THE FEDERATION

NATIONAL FEDERATION OF ANGLERS MODEL MATCH RULES stEffective from January 1 2007 THESE RULES ARE RECOMMENDED FOR UNIVERSEAL USE BY MEMBER CLUBS AND ASSOCIATIONS OF THE FEDERATION. THEY ARE THE COPYRIGHT OF THE NATIONAL FEDERATION OF ANGLERS. THEY MAY NOT BE USED, COPIED OR PUBLISHED OTHER THAN BY AFFILIATED ASSOCIATIONS WITHOUT THE PRIOR CONSENT OF THE FEDERATION. 1. The starting and finishing times for the match must be prominently displayed at match headquarters and on all literature relating to the match. 2. The recommended duration for a contest shall be five hours. 3. The match must be a pegged down competition. Pegs, preferably twenty yards apart and not less than fifteen yards, must be staked out and numbered prior to fishing. All pegs used under normal conditions must be of a state to give competitors a practicable and reasonable chance to fish his or her swim. 4. All officials participating in the organisation of the match must wear some kind of insignia, ie an armband, as clear evidence of their authority. 5. Each competitor on drawing his/her number shall proceed to the corresponding number on the bank and this will be considered his/her fishing ground where he/she will fish. The peg must remain in position until the weigh-in is completed. 6. Every competitor must fish from within one metre either side of his/her designated peg. On flowing water, the competitor may fish in the direction of the ...