anglerpaulm
Well-known member
Hi Denzinho,
Whilst I have a certain sympathy with your viewpoint it should be pointed out that people sometimes have a not unreasonable aversion to putting their angling life out there for others to pick over and criticise - as can happen on this forum.
Some contributors use the blog format and facilities to tell their own story in their own way without fear of interruption or deviation. They are still open to criticism by way of comments on their blogspace - but this tends to be limited just to the people who read their blog - not to the whole FM audience!
An example would be the young matchman Frederico - who writes an excellent account of his trials, tribulations and successes in learning his craft on the local match circuit. He doesn't post a lot on the general sites - when he does he mainly asks good questions to help him (and others) learn from the more experienced members.
Some members of FM use their own Blogspot to host their blog - sometimes because their own site has more advanced facilities for graphics and links than those provided by the FM system - an example would be the Blog developing by pjcoarsefishing which provides Accessibility advice for Disabled Anglers in Lancashire with maps of waters and links to the fishery sites at - PJ Coarse Fishing Blog | PJ coarse fishing – Fishing venues – Fishing for disabled – my fishing experiences – Fishing is more than just catching fish - a really informative site building-up with lots of info for local disabled anglers. It's a great shame that there is no easy way this will transfer onto the FM Blog system - unless anyone knows how to?
The blog kept by anglerpaulm is a kind of diary, in that he's recording the sessions and trips he's had, tackle shops visited, etc, I don't know how old he is but I can imagine myself doing exactly this sort of blog - before too long - because with the advancing years I can't remember where I was last week - let alone at the beginning of the season!
I hope that helps put things in perspective and helps you realise why some people use their blogs the way they do.
Tight Lines! :thumbs:
Afternoon!
Thanks Greenie for your reply and explanation of why I blog to Denzinho. You are, on the whole quite correct, and I will fill you in breifly on why I started a blog and why I carried on with it, but before we go for a ramble down the towpath of reason.
Denzinho - Thank you for your apology, I don't expect people to reply all the time, take long enough to read the stuff I write, let alone comment about it. Also, if you spent any time on these forums you would see that I do post. Perhaps I dont start topics, but I certainly add bits in when required. Not sure if you know this but, this isn't the only forum out there. I have been met with hostility about my blog posts before, to that person I said "If you can't say anything nice, don't say anything at all..." I am however more than happy to accept feedback, criticism (as long as it is genuine) and generally always reply to comments and will continue to do so.
Now, my blog was a diary type feature that I started when I lived in Yorkshire, if you have ever visited the awesome county you will know it is slammed full of fisheries, from the **** to the sublime. I would ask in tackle stores about how places are fishing, but be met with the same old stuff, so I thought I would give honest reviews as an average angler on fisheries and tackle shops (and occasional interviews and experiences with the EA). As there are so many fisheries up North I thought I would catalogue them and before long people would ask for my advice etc. Anyway, this continued while I lived up North. Then sadly I got hideously ill. To the point where I could barely move (CIDP - Look it up, it's not fun and being pretty much paralysed sucks). Anyway, I had to move back to be close to family and after a while I improved... Yippee! Had (and have) a very supporting family who were happy to accommodate me and take me fishing. So I carried on my blogging from a South Wales base. Much the same story as before, people only give info on specific venues, and I wanted to fish any and everywhere!
Then when I went back to almost normal (I still can't run), my wife an I moved to Somerset. It took a while to get settled, but then what do you know, I wanted to go fishing again, and therefore I continued my blogging adventures down here, where I will continue to do so for the foreseeable future!
Greenie, in answer to your question I'm 27, and this blog has been incredibly useful to me (if no one else) because it reminds me what baits I used on the day, and what worked what didn't etc, I would really recommend it, because once you write about your days fishing, you see where you could have improved if you had changed little things. Anyway.... That's why I post on here, using this specific thread (also saves me spamming up the forums with individual posts), but I also contribute to threads. Most recently I commented on a thread concerning a fishery in South Wales. I was subsequently contacted through my blog by the thread poster asking for a bit of help in finding assistance in his specific geographical area. Now, I do have contacts in his area... through blogging... and regional angling clubs and am working on putting the guys in contact with each other. So, some additional positives have even emerged from my blogging... and not just personal ones.
Just to warn you, I have plenty more posts to go up over the next few weeks. Enjoy!
Tight lines.
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