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There are rules on how many rods you can use at a time, and the types of lures, bait, nets and weights.

Read the local byelaws for your region.

Fishing rods

The number of rods you can use at the same time depends on the water you鈥檙e fishing in and the fish you鈥檙e trying to catch.

You must make sure that the distance between the butts of the outermost rods isn鈥檛 more than 3 metres when fishing with multiple rods and lines.

Lures, bait and tackle

In England and Wales you must not:

• use crayfish as bait
• use another fish you鈥檝e taken as bait unless you鈥檙e doing so on the same waters where you caught it
• keep fish you鈥檝e foul hooked (caught with a hook puncturing anywhere but the fish鈥檚 mouth or throat) - these must be returned alive
• use a gaff (a pole with a large hook at the end) or a tailer (a loop of cable or wire at the end of a pole)

Before 16 June you can only use artificial lure and artificial fly to fish for salmon, which must be returned unharmed to the water.

Lead weights

You can only use lead weights if they鈥檙e .06 grams or less or more than 28.35 grams. This means lead shot weights from size 14 to size 8 and lead weights over 1 ounce.

Lead is toxic to birds, so if you鈥檙e using lead dust shot make sure the containers are spill proof.

Keepnets, keepsacks and landing nets

Keepnets must:

• have no knotted meshes or meshes of metallic material
• have holes smaller than 25mm
• be more than 2 metres long
• have supporting rings or frames less than 40cm apart and more than 120cm in circumference

A keepsack must be:

• made from a soft, dark coloured, non-abrasive and water permeable fabric
• at least 120cm by 90cm if rectangular
• at least 150cm by 30cm by 40cm if used with a frame
• used to hold no more than one fish at a time

Landing nets

You can鈥檛 use a landing net with any meshes that are knotted or made of metallic material.