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afro_d
Advanced Member (Temoleh Level)
Malaysia
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 Posted - 04/20/2009 : 21:02:51
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Fellow anglers. I have just been told a piece of very bad news by Nik Rahimi. Apparently, he is accused by the Perikanan Head of the park that they are not doing enough hence the little napolean is putting pressure on the bigger bosses to retract Nik's license to operate and run the ONE AND ONLY fly fishing and lure casting sanctuary in Klang Valley.
An operation like Nik's should be fully supported by the Fisheries Department as it promotes conservation through catch n release practise. Unfortunately it is the EXACT OPPOSITE. I am deeply saddened by this individual's petty politics. For a place that is a proper CnR angling venue, the HEAD of the Fisheries dept wants to close it. What is the rationale there? Because no one can take back the fish? Because it is the perfect place to teach and instill proper sport angling spirit and to also foster the spirit of conservation? Because it is the only place where HONG fishing is not allowed? (Sorry bait anglers). As I say, IT DOES NOT MAKE SENSE.
I my self have benifited from that place. I honed my Soft Plastic skills, improved my fly fishing skills and learned the passion of catching a fish on you own tied flies. So to close this place down an open it to the Meat Hunters would be another blow to the fisheries of Klang Valley. Every else i go to fish, the fish stock is fast depleting, nets are EVERYWHERE, set lines with rusted off hooks, pollution, garbage, you name it.... Klang Valley as a freshwater fishing destination is and will be coming to an early death.
So if you, like me feel that there is something seriously wrong with what is going on in Empangan Air Kuning and its imminent closure to proper sport angling, please show your support here. This is the last stand.
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blackmamba
Advanced Member (Temoleh Level)
Malaysia
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Posted - 04/21/2009 : 00:01:52
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hi bro afro...
i agreed wit u...well as we can notice here...there are to many politics involved in malaysian life...from we were born till the death..its' all politics...all the what so call leader,they didn't think anything accept MONEY..what they have done for this country is just for money..nothing else in their mind...i also felt sad abaout the closing of the one n only ' cath n release ' fishing sanctuary that offer fishing enjoyment for all angler in klang valley..what a waste.. ..
as for the fisheries dept..they are the one that should support this kind of activities which can teach people hence promote the importance of catch n release to all malaysian..
i think all malaysian should know the importance of catch n release not just fellow angler...why can other countries can do it,but malaysian can't?it's the mentalities that have to be change..
http://www.freewebs.com/fpwrs
" i'm high...no drugs...just fish"
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rainbowrunner
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Malaysia
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Posted - 04/21/2009 : 08:49:12
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Originally posted by afro_d
Fellow anglers. I have just been told a piece of very bad news by Nik Rahimi. Apparently, he is accused by the Perikanan Head of the park that they are not doing enough hence the little napolean is putting pressure on the bigger bosses to retract Nik's license to operate and run the ONE AND ONLY fly fishing and lure casting sanctuary in Klang Valley.
Is this officer attached to the park or Perikanan Selangor?
An operation like Nik's should be fully supported by the Fisheries Department as it promotes conservation through catch n release practise. Unfortunately it is the EXACT OPPOSITE. I am deeply saddened by this individual's petty politics. For a place that is a proper CnR angling venue, the HEAD of the Fisheries dept wants to close it.
Again, are we talking about Perikanan Selangor or the park's officer?
What is the rationale there? Because no one can take back the fish? Because it is the perfect place to teach and instill proper sport angling spirit and to also foster the spirit of conservation? Because it is the only place where HONG fishing is not allowed? (Sorry bait anglers). As I say, IT DOES NOT MAKE SENSE.
I my self have benifited from that place. I honed my Soft Plastic skills, improved my fly fishing skills and learned the passion of catching a fish on you own tied flies. So to close this place down an open it to the Meat Hunters would be another blow to the fisheries of Klang Valley. Every else i go to fish, the fish stock is fast depleting, nets are EVERYWHERE, set lines with rusted off hooks, pollution, garbage, you name it.... Klang Valley as a freshwater fishing destination is and will be coming to an early death.
So if you, like me feel that there is something seriously wrong with what is going on in Empangan Air Kuning and its imminent closure to proper sport angling, please show your support here. This is the last stand.
Could someone ask NIk Rahimi to post a first hand account of what transpired here? Too much ambiguity here for us to take action.
RainbowRunner
Tightlines and screaming reels
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Edited by - rainbowrunner on 04/21/2009 08:49:48 |
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afro_d
Advanced Member (Temoleh Level)
Malaysia
885 Posts |
Posted - 04/21/2009 : 10:17:50
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Rainbowrunner
Yes to both questions.
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tonywee
Moderator
Malaysia
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Posted - 04/21/2009 : 11:46:07
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Regardless of who the guy is and which dept. he works for, the relevant question to ask is "What is the justification to close the fishery?"
"Not doing enough" is obviously a very vague statement...... "not doing enough" what???...not letting him fish for free? ... not allowing his kakis to take home the delicious looking Jelawats? Not supporting the right political party?.... see what I mean?
Anyway, lets establish the facts first...and then go on from there. Stay cool chaps ... If true that its going to be closed down on one man's whim and without good reason, then lets fight it. Meanwhile, like RR suggested, lets hear it from the horse's mouth.
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justin
Advanced Member (Temoleh Level)
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Posted - 04/21/2009 : 12:21:03
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The ONE and ONLY fly fishing and lure casting sanctuary with lots of our local MALAYSIAN fishes there. And its going to be closed down.
Im not too close with Mr. Nik Rahimi but personally I've seen him working his ass off to improve that place the few times I've been there.
So what exactly is "not doing enough" ? The authorities should preserve such a beautiful place (mostly with taxpayers' money anyway) instead of wanting to turn it into a profit targeting paypond style kind of place.
I hope this place can really be the benchmark for our future environment protection or even Catch and Release practices. Not exactly for the Angling or FIshing community but as a whole to protect our National interests.
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nikrahimi
Average Member (Kelisa Level)
Malaysia
189 Posts |
Posted - 04/21/2009 : 15:14:46
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Firstly, I would like to thank you all for showing your support to Fly Fishing and Lure Casting Centre. The reason why I dont want to write sooner is that I am afraid that it will be seen like I am putting fuel in the fire.
Anyway, I also feel that it will be wrong for me not to inform you guys of the latest incidences or put it as commotion happening with the GUY yesterday infront of the Setiausaha Bahagian from the Kementerian Pertanian & Industri Asas Tani.Our place might be taken away from us.All because of the bull**** story created by this GUY.
As expected, from the day I decided to make a report to Pengurus taman about this group who always came to our place at nite without informing us and fished until morning, and God knows how many fishes they sapu, will be the day I will be in trouble. and true enough, yesterday 1 thick report about us not performing and giving bad services to the client and creating bad image to Taman Pertanian came out as hot topics. Not enough fishes released, not enough development etc,etc....
And he has very good excuses about his friends (7 to 8 of them) going in at night and stealing our fish..... all for research and testing the conditions of the water. Yes,we took out the fish, yes we open the stomach of the fish but all for the sake of fact finding......
All that was done without a word to me. 7 to 8 times and sometimes 3 times a week. I dont want to accuse of how many fishes they took exactly because they usually fish when Wak was sleeping. But everyday we saw our fishes reducing and I guess you guys have been noticing about this too.
So, for the love of our place and to put a stop to all this, I decided to inform the Pengurus verbally. The moment the GUY knows about this, he immediately create problem to me and all of us. On two occassions, 2 days in a row, the GUY instructed the Ranger not to allow anybody to go in the Empangan. I was not informed on both ocassions. Lucky enough one of the officer and also the Pengurus took action to withdraw the instruction from the GUY and open as usual.
But then this created further anger to the GUY. Taking the advises from the Pengurus and also the Pengarah Perikanan I then decided to put all this on record and send a proper letter of complaint to his boss. The rest you continue on your own lah...........
So... what should we do to salvage the only place we have for our Fly fishing activity closed to us?
I alone might not be able to fight this but together we can show to the Kementerian that what we are doing now is not for the overnight gain nor for certain group only. Its for everybody and for the next generations too.
The best person to assist us is the person who has been helping and pushing for this centre to be materialised. Perhaps you all can e-mail your view directly to her : Puan Che Wan, "chewan@agri.moa.my" and share with her your own findings. Hopefully she will listen to you all.
Please accept my apology for creating this whole mess...and thank you friend once again for showing your support when I relly needed that. |
Edited by - nikrahimi on 04/21/2009 15:26:12 |
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dron.fly
Advanced Member (Temoleh Level)
Malaysia
1889 Posts |
Posted - 04/21/2009 : 17:34:26
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By just posting on this forum is not enough.... it's time to go to the press... I think, not only the Fisher should know... the public should also know the dirty things that happened.....
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superreel
Advanced Member (Temoleh Level)
Australia
890 Posts |
Posted - 04/21/2009 : 18:30:13
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knn,
another case of HARAPKAN PAKAR. PAKAR MAKAN PADI. |
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rainbowrunner
Moderator
Malaysia
4392 Posts |
Posted - 04/21/2009 : 19:04:10
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Nik,
Please check your e-mail immmediately.
RainbowRunner
Tightlines and screaming reels
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rahiman72
Average Member (Kelisa Level)
Malaysia
171 Posts |
Posted - 04/21/2009 : 20:24:09
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Originally posted by superreel
knn,
another case of HARAPKAN PAKAR. PAKAR MAKAN PADI.
Bukan PAKAR MAKAN PADI lar... PAKAR MAKAN JELAWAT... |
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tangyp
Advanced Member (Temoleh Level)
Malaysia
629 Posts |
Posted - 04/21/2009 : 20:52:11
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The story this guy gives is not even believable to a 3 year old... catching the fish for the sake of research?
Why at night? Why without informing anyone? And only when they are found out, this story comes out. What has happened to the fishes? Where are the research notes if they did catch the fish for research?
The only research I think they did was what sauce went best with the jelawat they took. And do you believe they fish there almost whole night and not take any fish???
If anyone in authority actually believes his story... OMG! I'm also speechless... 
As I said earlier Nik...do up a signature campaign... I'm sure many will support u.
"The fishing was good; it was the catching that was bad." ~A.K. Best~ |
Edited by - tangyp on 04/21/2009 20:53:17 |
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nikrahimi
Average Member (Kelisa Level)
Malaysia
189 Posts |
Posted - 04/21/2009 : 22:33:01
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Dear Atangyp,
Please check your e mail under msn.com.
Thanks. |
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justin
Advanced Member (Temoleh Level)
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Posted - 04/21/2009 : 23:04:49
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Originally posted by tangyp
The story this guy gives is not even believable to a 3 year old... catching the fish for the sake of research?
Why at night? Why without informing anyone? And only when they are found out, this story comes out. What has happened to the fishes? Where are the research notes if they did catch the fish for research?
The only research I think they did was what sauce went best with the jelawat they took. And do you believe they fish there almost whole night and not take any fish???
If anyone in authority actually believes his story... OMG! I'm also speechless...
As I said earlier Nik...do up a signature campaign... I'm sure many will support u.
"The fishing was good; it was the catching that was bad." ~A.K. Best~
Jelawat Tiga Rasa sedap ke atau masak asam ke atau stim?
But after thorough research best time to eat the fish must be between 12am to 5am. |
Edited by - justin on 04/21/2009 23:06:09 |
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tangyp
Advanced Member (Temoleh Level)
Malaysia
629 Posts |
Posted - 04/21/2009 : 23:55:23
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Guys... please help out our brother, Nik Rahimi, who is just trying to provide us with a place to practise our beloved sport.
Let us show that the whole angling community is against unfair practices and unscrupulous people.
We will start up a signature campaign to keep the Bkt Cerakah Lure & Fly Fishing Sanctuary open.
Please go to Tacklebox anytime, starting Wed. 21/4 afternoon and lend us your support.
Thank you very much! 
"The fishing was good; it was the catching that was bad." ~A.K. Best~ |
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afro_d
Advanced Member (Temoleh Level)
Malaysia
885 Posts |
Posted - 04/22/2009 : 00:02:07
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Great! I will be there. One question remains... which biology class or school did the GUY go to? Studying fish at night? From midnight till dawn? I wonder if that is the reason why ALL the resident tongsans there are missing now.
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Imminent Closure of Empangan Air Kuning
