like anything - one can be too obsessive about a method and use it when other options could work better.
Equally - in the end we go fishing to enjoy ourselves, so why not do things that we enjoy?
As a match angler I carry (barrow) a large range of options, but I always have a preference for running line float first, pole second and lead/feeder last. I know that I've cost myself winnings by that preference in the past and will do so again in the future. Having said that - even winning fishomania or riverfest wouldn't change my life - so why compromise? does that make me a hedonist?
Poles are definitely not clumsy, but they do require some practise. Watch videos of good long pole anglers and you'll see smooth, unhurried actions and dexterity.
The number one advantage of poles is to place hookbait in the same place as feed - with much less effect from wind and flow/tow.
Equally - in the end we go fishing to enjoy ourselves, so why not do things that we enjoy?
As a match angler I carry (barrow) a large range of options, but I always have a preference for running line float first, pole second and lead/feeder last. I know that I've cost myself winnings by that preference in the past and will do so again in the future. Having said that - even winning fishomania or riverfest wouldn't change my life - so why compromise? does that make me a hedonist?
Poles are definitely not clumsy, but they do require some practise. Watch videos of good long pole anglers and you'll see smooth, unhurried actions and dexterity.
The number one advantage of poles is to place hookbait in the same place as feed - with much less effect from wind and flow/tow.