Peter Bishop
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In life your worth to society and position within it, is often judged by your car, your watch, suntan and clothes, accent and manners etc.
But as anglers are we not judged by our tackle and the amount of money it cost, rather than our ability to make the best use of it?
Some of the best anglers I've seen have used the most antique and threadbare tackle, yet we've all come across the guy with thousands of pounds of equipment and not much idea of how to make use of it. Hence the expression, "all the gear, no idea".
Is tackle snobbery rife in angling?
Why do people sitting on baskets or deckchairs with old rods and reels get sneered at?
Anyone have a story to tell about prejudging someone, or being judged a 'noddy' by someone else just because you haven't got the latest gizzmos?
But as anglers are we not judged by our tackle and the amount of money it cost, rather than our ability to make the best use of it?
Some of the best anglers I've seen have used the most antique and threadbare tackle, yet we've all come across the guy with thousands of pounds of equipment and not much idea of how to make use of it. Hence the expression, "all the gear, no idea".
Is tackle snobbery rife in angling?
Why do people sitting on baskets or deckchairs with old rods and reels get sneered at?
Anyone have a story to tell about prejudging someone, or being judged a 'noddy' by someone else just because you haven't got the latest gizzmos?