maceo
Well-known member
I like fishing as much as the next man, but reading some of these angling books I quite often come across things that I can't help but think - "very nice, but it's taking it a bit too far". People who aren't into fishing would not think it was normal behaviour.
I'm reading a book at the moment from 1963 by an amiable old schoolmaster called Bill Taylor who used to fish around Oxford. So far I've come across two prime examples of taking a hobby a bit too far....
1) He reports 'fortunately' having a week's holiday from work and therefore being able to be on the river each and every morning, before it's light, to pre-bait a swim. Ready for fishing it at the weekend, you see.
2) He also advises having as precise a mental model as possible of the layout of the swim and suggests that an ideal way of getting this info is with a snorkel and flippers! He thinks you should jump in and have a look around under the water.
I know angling can be a bit OCD and I wondered whether any others here have examples of fishermen who take things a little bit beyond what Joe Public would call normal behaviour?
I'm reading a book at the moment from 1963 by an amiable old schoolmaster called Bill Taylor who used to fish around Oxford. So far I've come across two prime examples of taking a hobby a bit too far....
1) He reports 'fortunately' having a week's holiday from work and therefore being able to be on the river each and every morning, before it's light, to pre-bait a swim. Ready for fishing it at the weekend, you see.
2) He also advises having as precise a mental model as possible of the layout of the swim and suggests that an ideal way of getting this info is with a snorkel and flippers! He thinks you should jump in and have a look around under the water.
I know angling can be a bit OCD and I wondered whether any others here have examples of fishermen who take things a little bit beyond what Joe Public would call normal behaviour?
