A couple of ladies who rang in on the show today asking for advice on where to start, i pointed them in this direction!
I think this is a good thing, I`m all for more women i the sport and the sport gaining more of a family orientation and moving away from the male dominance, my local club used to run womens matches back in the 60s most of it was for the novelty factors but from memory quite a few of the ladies were without doubt talented anglers and it had mainly come from their menfolks interests. There is a very large number of lady anglers out there, although many women do have the added pressure of bringing up children and trying to run a home and keep a job down, which must made life very difficult for them, men on the other hand have a tendancy to take a more selfish attitude towards the sport, I know I certainly have done. I think however brining more women and especially children into the sport really is a significant factor for our survival.
of interest the first angling book proper was wrote by a women and the salmon record is still held by a women, pro capita women appear to be more successful anglers than their male counterparts, eeeerrr they also look much better too!
My only concern is that if I was out in some loney place with a load of women anglers would they make improper suggestions to me, or worst still what if they didnt!
