My coarse fishing journey began last summer when booked to stay at a holiday cottage in Sweden that came with it's own rowing boat & fishing licence (too good an oppurtunity to miss!!), no luck on Lake Bellen unfortunately
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However, my 7 year-old son & I have been quite hooked ever since and are now out fishing the local lakes and rivers (Sussex) 3 or 4 times a month.
Personally, I find the current fishing culture with all it's carp-obsessed, chemicals, seat box structures, 'bits' and noisy bite alarms something very different to the simple, beautiful pastime that I share with my son, out in a natural environment.
I am interested in the traditional / vintage fishing approach, after finding inspiration from BB's 'Little Grey Men' and 'Pool Of The Black Witch', recently read with my lad.
Recently acquired a few traditional floats in my box, interested in other vintage equipment (J.W Young Ambidex reel appeals), however bit worried about the detriment to actually catching fish!!
Would be interested to hearing from others how I may subtlety move across to more traditional equipment, without losing out on the fish.