sam vimes
Well-known member
I must make this clear first, I do not consider myself to be anything better than bang average. I don't do anything particularly clever and absolutely nothing innovative. In fact, a lot of what I do is fairly basic and bordering on the agricultural. This is not about me bigging myself up. However, I'm increasingly bemused by the very low standard of angler, of all types, that I see on my travels. The type of venue doesn't seem to matter much, nor does the age of the angler encountered.
I recall being regularly impressed by random unknown anglers abilities. From random little old men with antique gear to teenage matchmen. These days, it seems to rarely happen. Even the occasional opportunity to watch big name anglers have left me underwhelmed by all but a few.
The number of folk I hear bemoaning a lack of fish, in venues that I know contain eminently catchable fish in decent numbers, saddens me. What I find even more strange is that many will watch someone close by catching and not even think that maybe they are doing something wrong, let alone trying to work out what the other bloke is doing right.
What do you lot think, are general angling standards dropping?
I recall being regularly impressed by random unknown anglers abilities. From random little old men with antique gear to teenage matchmen. These days, it seems to rarely happen. Even the occasional opportunity to watch big name anglers have left me underwhelmed by all but a few.
The number of folk I hear bemoaning a lack of fish, in venues that I know contain eminently catchable fish in decent numbers, saddens me. What I find even more strange is that many will watch someone close by catching and not even think that maybe they are doing something wrong, let alone trying to work out what the other bloke is doing right.
What do you lot think, are general angling standards dropping?