Seems to me that nowadays we have a completely new type of angler the proud to declare they have blanked brigade, they often tell you of some amazing tackle and small fortunes they have spent yet are still failing to catch.
Is it just me or is pride in failure the new top of the heap in thing?
Maybe it is they don’t really want to catch fish and all the tackle is just an excuse to a day out beside the water, perhaps the only chance they get to with their mates?
Is it they just don’t want to be anglers? Well that’s fine by me.
To those who do actually want to catch fish listen if you are blanking and especially a lot maybe just maybe you are getting something wrong.
I am an angler in his 60’s and yes I may well be an old grumpy b*****d, in the later period of his life, old fashioned, traditional, I admit I only use one rod even when after Carp. Perhaps I am one of the very last people or idiots as some call us who are around who can still make a split cane rod from bits of solid cane, perhaps I do prefer to fish with an old fixed spool or a centrepin. True I prefer natural baits to pellets or boillies. True I prefer to fish with a float including float legering. Yes I have blanked once in the past two years because I was stupid enough to try to fish a flood gates pool in flood conditions on a float when I should have had a rolling leger in my bag.
Does that mean that I know nothing about angling. After 57 seasons of regular and steady catching on float, leger, livebait, lure and fly, no somehow I don’t think so. Yes its true my wife says I have too much tackle but that does not make me a tackle tart, no just a guy who like a lot of choice (well maybe I am a bit squirrel like … hehehe). Silly with my money maybe but I do not buy just by a company name I buy an article to do a job and with my figure I look damn stupid in real tree camo. Yes I do get wet because I cant be bothered to take a day shelter just because it might rain, or I cant be bothered to take an umbrella or waterproofs ... hehehe got soaked to the skin the other day as I only had a shirt and 'T' shirt on (above the waist) normal jeans and shoes below, so what I have not shrunk yet, I will dry off.
One thing it will never make me is content to sit and not catch, if I am not catching I know and accept that I must be doing something wrong or missing something,
What is it with this apparent pride in blanking?
Is it just me or is pride in failure the new top of the heap in thing?
Maybe it is they don’t really want to catch fish and all the tackle is just an excuse to a day out beside the water, perhaps the only chance they get to with their mates?
Is it they just don’t want to be anglers? Well that’s fine by me.
To those who do actually want to catch fish listen if you are blanking and especially a lot maybe just maybe you are getting something wrong.
I am an angler in his 60’s and yes I may well be an old grumpy b*****d, in the later period of his life, old fashioned, traditional, I admit I only use one rod even when after Carp. Perhaps I am one of the very last people or idiots as some call us who are around who can still make a split cane rod from bits of solid cane, perhaps I do prefer to fish with an old fixed spool or a centrepin. True I prefer natural baits to pellets or boillies. True I prefer to fish with a float including float legering. Yes I have blanked once in the past two years because I was stupid enough to try to fish a flood gates pool in flood conditions on a float when I should have had a rolling leger in my bag.
Does that mean that I know nothing about angling. After 57 seasons of regular and steady catching on float, leger, livebait, lure and fly, no somehow I don’t think so. Yes its true my wife says I have too much tackle but that does not make me a tackle tart, no just a guy who like a lot of choice (well maybe I am a bit squirrel like … hehehe). Silly with my money maybe but I do not buy just by a company name I buy an article to do a job and with my figure I look damn stupid in real tree camo. Yes I do get wet because I cant be bothered to take a day shelter just because it might rain, or I cant be bothered to take an umbrella or waterproofs ... hehehe got soaked to the skin the other day as I only had a shirt and 'T' shirt on (above the waist) normal jeans and shoes below, so what I have not shrunk yet, I will dry off.
One thing it will never make me is content to sit and not catch, if I am not catching I know and accept that I must be doing something wrong or missing something,
What is it with this apparent pride in blanking?