fishplate42
Well-known member
For the best part of the past couple of years I have been gathering information regarding all forms of fishing with the exception of Sea and Fly fishing.
I have bought magazines and books, scoured the internet for articles, forums and videos and talked to as many people as I can about fishing. Two years ago I had not even held a rod, let alone a fish.
I can't go fishing as often as I would like and therefore I end up with a whole list of things I want to try out when I get to the bank. The result has been a complete and utter overload of information that I am not getting time to put into practice and what was pleasurable was rapidly turning into a chore. My last trip out proved that for me. I just had too much gear, bait and expectation.
Since then I have had a good sort out. I have got rid of all my old magazines, just tearing out a few pages of stuff I refer to. My new methodology is to buy one magazine at a time and read it thoroughly, putting anything I find of interest to the test before buying another. I was in fear of missing something but as you have all said before, most of the techniques are repeated over and over again.
The other problem is that fishing is so season dependent that if I do not try something within a few weeks of reading it, I have probably missed the best time to try it and am constantly playing catch-up.
I now have the latest AT and the August edition of Pole Fishing. I have no intention of buying a magazine regularly any more. I will try a couple of things mentioned in this edition of PF and then look for something else that catches my eye on the shelves, whenever that may be.
Ralph