Sussex Piscatorial Society (SPS) is a fishing club with waters in East and West

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and surrounding counties. SPS was founded in 1891, and separate Coarse and Trout Sections were created in 1923.

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, author of

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, was a member. In 2007 SPS won recognition from the Wild Trout Trust for conservation work on their stretch of the River Itchen.

External links

Sussex Piscatorial Society web site

Wild Trout Trust, SPS Upper Itchen Project
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