little oik
Well-known member
Have been thinking about this for some time .
When you first start out any fish over about a pound gets the Trophy hunter treatment, and this continues as your captures either get larger or the bags get bigger .However at some point in your life do you cross the threshold and become an angler. By this I mean is it that the photo of a fish just doesn't do the justice of the "moment".You still feel compelled in taking photo's but they just don't mean the same or they are staged with other items in the picture.
I think there is a sort of journey involved here as sometimes it gets to a stage where you either dont because it is not a "big one" or you can't be bothered .
Or is it just a case of the digital age where there are so many photos that you can take for little or no cost and store , and after a while the act of being a "David Bailey" starts to wear a bit thin.
However there is the matter of weighing fish as well as taking a picture, but thats a different kettle of fish as they say
When you first start out any fish over about a pound gets the Trophy hunter treatment, and this continues as your captures either get larger or the bags get bigger .However at some point in your life do you cross the threshold and become an angler. By this I mean is it that the photo of a fish just doesn't do the justice of the "moment".You still feel compelled in taking photo's but they just don't mean the same or they are staged with other items in the picture.
I think there is a sort of journey involved here as sometimes it gets to a stage where you either dont because it is not a "big one" or you can't be bothered .
Or is it just a case of the digital age where there are so many photos that you can take for little or no cost and store , and after a while the act of being a "David Bailey" starts to wear a bit thin.
However there is the matter of weighing fish as well as taking a picture, but thats a different kettle of fish as they say