It may just be my suspicious mind, but I get the feeling that you enjoy starting contentious threads. I don't see you contributing much to e.g. the "How did you get on?" thread but you certainly seem to be keen on starting "How can i wind you up threads". I don't think anyone here (actually or you ) would have thought malleting a bankstick in was a good idea. Even with your limited contentions, causing a big unnatural disturbance is not likely to be a good thing on a river, is it?
As I say, might just be me...
You're quite right Hugh...I DO like to start threads that are slightly different from the norm and ones that creates a lot of heat, attention and a little controversy....but not necessarily arguments though...at least not nasty ones.
Many people LIKE that sort of thing because it brings something extra to a forum discussion....hence the large number of posts that threads like this generate...they do tend to attract a lot of attention.
I enjoy (as apparently a lot of others do) a good heated debate...and you're also right about the fact that I don't make contributions to other less "contentious" threads...simply because I find some of them a little boring and tiresome. However, I do make contributions to threads I find interesting and on subjects I THINK I know a little about....
....so there you have it my friend..........so what?
Having said all that......I don't think there was much controversy in the " Moo Moo Here" and the "There was A Mouse" threads...do you?...so not ALL of my threads are contentious...are they?
As for the subject of this thread and in response to your suggestion that "you don't think malleting a bankstick in was a good idea"....of course it's not a good idea.... but only if a bankstick can be firmly put in the ground by other means. Unfortunately, that's not always the case is it?....sometimes it is simply impossible to get a bankstick in the ground without the aid of a mallet or similar.
Even with my "limited contentions" I still strongly believe that some members on here are far too touchy about using a mallet...it takes but a few seconds to put a bankstick in the ground...and it will definitely NOT ruin the days fishing either as has been proved countless times. We are talking about startling stupid creatures here who live their lives purely and 100% by instinct. Of course they will be
instinctively startled when the vibration/noise starts....but they will equally
instinctively return to what they were doing before the noise/vibration started within a few minutes...just as the bream did on my last outing....and many more fish before them.
Maverick