The FAC Meeting:

Bill Hyatt reported that the DEP staff supports increasing the line limit from 2 to 3 lines for inland fishing. Certain restrictions will be imposed such as only 2-rods for certain trout streams.

The change will be take effect on Jan 1, 2013 when newly developed reg revisions will take effect.

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[*]Iain Sorrell attended as a rep for Carp fisherman. Iain was satisfied with the 3-line option.

[*]mikek06511 was in attendance for CTF. Nice to see you again Mike.

[*]Met Bruce Rich, President of CT Fly Fisherman's Assoc. He will be taking a look at CTF. Interested Fly Fisherman can reach him at www.ctflyfish.org, they are looking for members.

Received the following email from Peter Aarrested, Director of Inland Fisheries Division:

"We still plan to move forward with the 3-rod proposal as Bill Hyatt indicated at the Dec FAC meeting. It will be part of our new regulations packet that we hope to begin formally developing soon. The topic has been sufficiently discussed at the FAC and I do not believe that further discussion will take place at the March FAC meeting."