Bob Hornegold
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Between Top Match Anglers, Carp Fishermen, Specimen Hunters and Good Pleasure Anglers ?
I personally do not think so, I have a mate who has represented England at every level, he use to come home from school and cast into a bucket at different distances.
He would have 20 cast at different distances, if he missed the bucket once he would start again and he became a brilliant all round Match fisherman.
I also have a friend who is arguably one of the best ever Carp Fishermen to grace the banks of England lakes and rivers, not for him the laying in a bivvy, he would be searching the water for signs of fish with binoculars .
If he saw something move on the other side of a 110 acre lake, he packed up and was round the other side before the rest of had even none he was gone.
The same thing applies to Pleasure Anglers who continually catch almost every time they go fishing, it's not luck, it's down to learning from an early age different styles of angling, water craft and knowing their target species.
The same applies to Specimen Hunters who maybe a little more single minded in their search of specimen fish, but has learnt his trade along the way.
So what is the common denominator ?
Determination, Watercraft, Angling skills or is it simply a god given gift to catch fish ?
Bob
I personally do not think so, I have a mate who has represented England at every level, he use to come home from school and cast into a bucket at different distances.
He would have 20 cast at different distances, if he missed the bucket once he would start again and he became a brilliant all round Match fisherman.
I also have a friend who is arguably one of the best ever Carp Fishermen to grace the banks of England lakes and rivers, not for him the laying in a bivvy, he would be searching the water for signs of fish with binoculars .
If he saw something move on the other side of a 110 acre lake, he packed up and was round the other side before the rest of had even none he was gone.
The same thing applies to Pleasure Anglers who continually catch almost every time they go fishing, it's not luck, it's down to learning from an early age different styles of angling, water craft and knowing their target species.
The same applies to Specimen Hunters who maybe a little more single minded in their search of specimen fish, but has learnt his trade along the way.
So what is the common denominator ?
Determination, Watercraft, Angling skills or is it simply a god given gift to catch fish ?
Bob