Chris Hammond ( RSPB ACA PAC}
Well-known member
I've been reading about the various dive videos there are on the market. I believe the Korda carp boys made the first?
Thinking about this aspect of modern angling:
Is it beyond the pale? I mean how far should we go to learn about the creatures we fish for? It seems a bit like cheating (For want of a more appropriate word.) to me. I have similar ambivalent feelings about the use of bait boats.
Isn't the big appeal of angling that there is always that element of the unknown? I know when I got 'hooked' it was the intrigue of what might be below the surface of the water that appealed mostly to me. Those hidden monsters and myths. These videos seem to take away a big part of the angling enigma to me.
If we wanted to catch fish at all costs we'd be using dynamite wouldn't we?
Just curious as to other people's perspective on this.
Thinking about this aspect of modern angling:
Is it beyond the pale? I mean how far should we go to learn about the creatures we fish for? It seems a bit like cheating (For want of a more appropriate word.) to me. I have similar ambivalent feelings about the use of bait boats.
Isn't the big appeal of angling that there is always that element of the unknown? I know when I got 'hooked' it was the intrigue of what might be below the surface of the water that appealed mostly to me. Those hidden monsters and myths. These videos seem to take away a big part of the angling enigma to me.
If we wanted to catch fish at all costs we'd be using dynamite wouldn't we?
Just curious as to other people's perspective on this.