Afraid not Stephen. I find the idea appealing, but there's just too many other things to occupy my angling life. I suppose if I lived closer to the lochs I'd probably fall for it big-time but atm the thought of committing my limited spare time hauling up to Scotland, only to spend days dragging lures/deads around, doesn't fill me with great enthusiasm
Many years ago I did hook what I'm pretty sure was a ferox. I was spinning for perch on Lomond (to use as pike bait) when I latched into something that ran me all over the place for about 20 minutes before slipping the hooks. Loch Lomond residents learned a whole new vocabulary of profanities a few seconds later!
To this day I can remember the adrenalin rush