fishplate42
Well-known member
...with match fishing.
There, I have said it. I think you have to have a particular mindset to be a match fisher; organised, single minded and competitive. As I am none of those things, it is just not working for me. As many of you may know, I took up fishing very late in life and after only fishing for a short time I was invited to join in a few open matches. It was fun at first and I must say it was very good for me to fish with others who taught me a lot. Two years on and I have not got any better at it, in fact I have probably gone backwards, if the catch weight is the gauge. I realise I could get better if I put the time in to hone my technique but I find myself not wanting to spend time practising when I could be 'pleasure' fishing.
Sitting on my box, at a match this week, struggling to catch fish I found myself looking at my watch and thinking that time was dragging. I have never felt like that before. I couldn't wait for it to be over.
I have given it a good go and I have come to the conclusion that I am not cut out to fish matches. I am not saying I will not fish any more matches but I am not going to do it regularly and more as I find myself just going from match to match with only the odd trip between. I can't fish as often as I would like so not going to matches will give me time to do what I enjoy - Fishing.
Am I alone in not becoming abscessed with match fishing? When I first started, I was keen for a few matched, everybody told me it was addictive and I would not be able to give it up. I never had that problem, I think it is because I don't seem to be the addictive type. One day I woke up and decided to gave up smoking after 30 years and have not touched a cigarette since. I don't miss it at all and that was 20 years 162 days, 14 hours and 24 minutes ago.
Ralph.
There, I have said it. I think you have to have a particular mindset to be a match fisher; organised, single minded and competitive. As I am none of those things, it is just not working for me. As many of you may know, I took up fishing very late in life and after only fishing for a short time I was invited to join in a few open matches. It was fun at first and I must say it was very good for me to fish with others who taught me a lot. Two years on and I have not got any better at it, in fact I have probably gone backwards, if the catch weight is the gauge. I realise I could get better if I put the time in to hone my technique but I find myself not wanting to spend time practising when I could be 'pleasure' fishing.
Sitting on my box, at a match this week, struggling to catch fish I found myself looking at my watch and thinking that time was dragging. I have never felt like that before. I couldn't wait for it to be over.
I have given it a good go and I have come to the conclusion that I am not cut out to fish matches. I am not saying I will not fish any more matches but I am not going to do it regularly and more as I find myself just going from match to match with only the odd trip between. I can't fish as often as I would like so not going to matches will give me time to do what I enjoy - Fishing.
Am I alone in not becoming abscessed with match fishing? When I first started, I was keen for a few matched, everybody told me it was addictive and I would not be able to give it up. I never had that problem, I think it is because I don't seem to be the addictive type. One day I woke up and decided to gave up smoking after 30 years and have not touched a cigarette since. I don't miss it at all and that was 20 years 162 days, 14 hours and 24 minutes ago.
Ralph.