Updated: 1st November 2009
The PAA supports and recognises any person who has achieved a Q.C.A. accredited course that carries a certificate in Coaching Angling to level 2 standards.
Any would-be coaches can apply in writing to the membership secretary.
Each course is over two residential weekends and will provide you with a lifetime addition to your professional skills portfolio. The Level 2 Certificate in Coaching Angling course involves a mixture of personal study and tutorial theory/practical sessions. You must be over 18 years old.
The qualification is composed of four mandatory units of study:-
- Unit 1 – angling and coaching; principles and ethics;
- Unit 2 – working with partners to develop angling;
- Unit 3 – preparing angling coaching sessions;
- Unit 4 – conducting angling coaching sessions.
This is a professional qualification, not an attendance course.
According to demand some regional coaching courses may be organised each year. A full course lasts for a total of seven days, normally run as two sessions. The course includes the following areas:
- Specialist tuition;
- Coaching preparation;
- First Aid Training;
- Child Protection Course;
- For assessing the capabilities of each coach there will be logged one-to-one coaching sessions as they manage and tutor inexperienced anglers;
- Finally a short test in the coaches preferred angling discipline (coarse, game or sea) to assess their competence as an angler.
Provided you have the desire and drive to become a coach you should be able to achieve the above. You do not need to be an expert angler in order to qualify, all that is required is competence and confidence in your chosen discipline and a commitment and desire to teach others.
Further information is available from the Membership Secretary, to send a request via their e-mail address:- 
If you hold an existing level 1 or 2 coaching qualification you can join the PAA directly and become a coach. The membership year runs from 1st April to the following March 31st.
This is not an exhaustive list but PAA membership entitles you to:-
- Discounted Sports Coach specialist public liability insurance,
- A welcome marketing pack that includes:-
- - A detailed Management & Promotion Manual,
- - 5 posters,
- - 20 leaflets,
- - 20 window cards,
- - 20 Sheets of PAA header paper,
- A plastic membership card,
- Direct support from the fulltime PAA Administrator,
- Listing on the PAA website,
- Access to the "members only" section of the web-site,
- Your personal coaching website added to the PAA site as a link,
- Regular members-only newsletter,
- Participation in regional coaching & social events where you can liaise with other coaches,
- Membership of a recognised organisation with a National Council of elected representertives,
- Discounted Clothing from Halkin Hunt,
- Access to expert advice, especially on tackle and techniques
- Fish welfare advice,
- Access to a recognised Child Protection Officer,
- Access to and support from the PCFA - Professional Coarse Fishery Association,
- Free copy of Tackle and Guns magazine – with optional editorial about you,
- Invitations to organised group coaching events around the country, which often includes:-
- Inclusion in many national events such as National Fishing week,
- Invitations to attend Game Fairs and other events.
To join please download and complete the form below
for the Benefits of Membership .
For your amusement:-
He fishes in the morning. He fishes in the night. He fishes in foul weather and when the sun is bright. He fishes, fishes, fishes, it's his only thing in life and all he ever catches ...... is HELL from his fed up wife.
Work is for those who can't fish.
