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Dave Slater
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On the front page there is a piece urging us to post to the venue reports section.
It is interesting that there is a picture of John Conway, as John and I discussed this briefly as part of a thread on a different subject.
John posts to the venue reports section but does not give the exact location of the stretch he is fishing. I choose not to post to this section. My reasons are much the same as choosing to no longer report my fish to the angling press. As a relative newcomer to the site I try not to be a "tightwad" with information but prefer to use other sections of the site. I think there is a danger that people can go onto the site, go straight to the venue reports section and extract what information they want without contributing anything.
The other sections seem to be more discussion platforms. Venues are discussed at times but it is more personal and you know who you are dealing with. My feeling is that people looking at these 'threads' are more likely to make a contribution themselves. I have learned a lot from these 'threads' and I hope I have made a useful contribution to some of the threads on river fishing topics.
I am a little reluctant to post to the venues reports as I can get a bit paranoid about circus/guides/general parasites. I don't mind helping anybody but I hate commercialism in fishing. Am I being over cynical or does anybody else feel this way?
It is interesting that there is a picture of John Conway, as John and I discussed this briefly as part of a thread on a different subject.
John posts to the venue reports section but does not give the exact location of the stretch he is fishing. I choose not to post to this section. My reasons are much the same as choosing to no longer report my fish to the angling press. As a relative newcomer to the site I try not to be a "tightwad" with information but prefer to use other sections of the site. I think there is a danger that people can go onto the site, go straight to the venue reports section and extract what information they want without contributing anything.
The other sections seem to be more discussion platforms. Venues are discussed at times but it is more personal and you know who you are dealing with. My feeling is that people looking at these 'threads' are more likely to make a contribution themselves. I have learned a lot from these 'threads' and I hope I have made a useful contribution to some of the threads on river fishing topics.
I am a little reluctant to post to the venues reports as I can get a bit paranoid about circus/guides/general parasites. I don't mind helping anybody but I hate commercialism in fishing. Am I being over cynical or does anybody else feel this way?