Aknib
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A single fish from a formerly polluted water?
Maybe a target species of any size amongst many other species on a method which is renowned for singling them out or even mastering a new method which you thought you'd never get the hang of?
Success apart, how do you measure your general angling satisfaction?
Is it about size and numbers or are you happy to pursue, which on face value appear to be lesser targets, yet in the overall context of things could be the angling equivalent of scaling Everest?
Not quite scaling Everest but I've made a point of returning, at the earliest opportunity, to a tiny river in order to hopefully catch a few Gudgeon at the same time that the Barbel, with fish likely into double figures, will be on offer to me.
It's a yearning and I will pursue it regardless in the knowledge that I will feel more fulfilled for having followed that particular desire.
Results aside, how do you measure your satisfaction and is it something that you look at and assess after the event or do you actively and premeditatedly pursue it irrespective of whether or not there may be better, if unfancied, prospects elsewhere?
Thinking back over the years I've wavered between the two, many a specimen angler will tell you it's about hitting the right water at the right time and that these may often be relatively small windows of opportunity.
I would agree wholeheartedly with that, but I'm increasingly finding myself turning my back on achievement by weight and numbers and following my instincts on what I would prefer to do and I find it much more fulfilling.
Angling spiritualism or a load of old tosh, what do you think and do?
Maybe a target species of any size amongst many other species on a method which is renowned for singling them out or even mastering a new method which you thought you'd never get the hang of?
Success apart, how do you measure your general angling satisfaction?
Is it about size and numbers or are you happy to pursue, which on face value appear to be lesser targets, yet in the overall context of things could be the angling equivalent of scaling Everest?
Not quite scaling Everest but I've made a point of returning, at the earliest opportunity, to a tiny river in order to hopefully catch a few Gudgeon at the same time that the Barbel, with fish likely into double figures, will be on offer to me.
It's a yearning and I will pursue it regardless in the knowledge that I will feel more fulfilled for having followed that particular desire.
Results aside, how do you measure your satisfaction and is it something that you look at and assess after the event or do you actively and premeditatedly pursue it irrespective of whether or not there may be better, if unfancied, prospects elsewhere?
Thinking back over the years I've wavered between the two, many a specimen angler will tell you it's about hitting the right water at the right time and that these may often be relatively small windows of opportunity.
I would agree wholeheartedly with that, but I'm increasingly finding myself turning my back on achievement by weight and numbers and following my instincts on what I would prefer to do and I find it much more fulfilling.
Angling spiritualism or a load of old tosh, what do you think and do?