With Xmas on the way and being the only angler amougst friends and family I often get angling related gifts from people who are not fishermen themselves. Of course I am always grateful as I know it can’t be easy for non anglers to pick an angling gift & down the years I have had all sorts.
Angling Encyclopedias are a favourte gift choice, the sort that try & cover every aspect of angling from trotting for Dace in a stream to deep sea wreck fishing for Conger in the same book and giving helpful advice like “always use strong line for Conger” (…really ?..I never would have guessed..). Fishing annuals were another favourite in the past & the Anglers mail annual I imagine must have made its way into many an anglers Xmas stocking. One of my friends once got me a little book called “Anglings strangest tales”, a collection of short stories about weird and wonderful angling escapades..quite an unusal choice and enjoyable read…9/10 for effort on that one !
DVDs have of course become popular gifts now but again I get a feeling non anglers struggle as to which ones to choose. One of the more unusual given to me was the box set of the BBC seris "trawler men"...which turned out to be a strangely riveting watch !
Gloves, penknifes and various hats are other favourite gifts, along with items of warm or waterproof clothing. Ponchos for some reason seem to attract non anglers like magnets and I now have an impressive collection of them. Strangely Angling ornements are another often proferred gift & range from picture frames with an angling theme to ornate statues of either fish leaping or an angler in some fishy pose. I sometimes marvel at how people have actually managed to track down some of these items in such a short space of time when I had never even known they existed dispite being involved in the sport for decades !
Occasionally someone gets it bang on …I once got a Fox rig wallet before I ever had any sort of rig wallet, pot luck of course. Thankfully I have been spared getting one of those singing billy bass thingies …so far !
So what about you …what sort of angling gifts have you got or expect to receive ?
Angling Encyclopedias are a favourte gift choice, the sort that try & cover every aspect of angling from trotting for Dace in a stream to deep sea wreck fishing for Conger in the same book and giving helpful advice like “always use strong line for Conger” (…really ?..I never would have guessed..). Fishing annuals were another favourite in the past & the Anglers mail annual I imagine must have made its way into many an anglers Xmas stocking. One of my friends once got me a little book called “Anglings strangest tales”, a collection of short stories about weird and wonderful angling escapades..quite an unusal choice and enjoyable read…9/10 for effort on that one !
DVDs have of course become popular gifts now but again I get a feeling non anglers struggle as to which ones to choose. One of the more unusual given to me was the box set of the BBC seris "trawler men"...which turned out to be a strangely riveting watch !
Gloves, penknifes and various hats are other favourite gifts, along with items of warm or waterproof clothing. Ponchos for some reason seem to attract non anglers like magnets and I now have an impressive collection of them. Strangely Angling ornements are another often proferred gift & range from picture frames with an angling theme to ornate statues of either fish leaping or an angler in some fishy pose. I sometimes marvel at how people have actually managed to track down some of these items in such a short space of time when I had never even known they existed dispite being involved in the sport for decades !
Occasionally someone gets it bang on …I once got a Fox rig wallet before I ever had any sort of rig wallet, pot luck of course. Thankfully I have been spared getting one of those singing billy bass thingies …so far !
So what about you …what sort of angling gifts have you got or expect to receive ?
