I don't take it as fact that they are writing tickets for that just because some dude on the internet says so, sorry. If they really are being that strict that's a very good thing but I don't buy it for one single solitary minute. You see I get out a lot and fish many rivers, I see a lot. I know many many fishers too. I've never heard of this kind of strictness before. Sounds more like a local trying to scare guys away from his local river or just seeing something that didn't really happen that way, an honest mistake.

Forget that river and the ways of that river. Take my advice and you'll thank me later.