New member - New Forest
Posted: Mon Sep 25, 2017 6:50 pm
Hello all.
I've just signed up to the forum and I hope to be able to join in with some of the debates from time to time. I'm a passionate all-rounder and have been for over half a century. I have very traditional angling values and I still use some very traditional tackle, especially my old reels but often attached to rods made of unmentionable materials (ah hem!).
My fishing activity is driven by the seasons and I tend to fish for species when I think I'm in with the best chance of a special fish or two and when the fish themselves are likely to be in tip top order. I can't bring myself to fish for coarse fish between mid March and mid June, even if it is perfectly legal on still waters. I specialize in "high quality blanks", that is successive sessions without catching anything, not expensive rods. I'm currently a member of five clubs (too many really) and fish all over the country but I'm spoiled for choice where I now live. I'm incredibly lucky that my job takes me to some fantastic waters and now that I'm near the end of my working life I'm revving up to do a lot more fishing.
I've just signed up to the forum and I hope to be able to join in with some of the debates from time to time. I'm a passionate all-rounder and have been for over half a century. I have very traditional angling values and I still use some very traditional tackle, especially my old reels but often attached to rods made of unmentionable materials (ah hem!).
My fishing activity is driven by the seasons and I tend to fish for species when I think I'm in with the best chance of a special fish or two and when the fish themselves are likely to be in tip top order. I can't bring myself to fish for coarse fish between mid March and mid June, even if it is perfectly legal on still waters. I specialize in "high quality blanks", that is successive sessions without catching anything, not expensive rods. I'm currently a member of five clubs (too many really) and fish all over the country but I'm spoiled for choice where I now live. I'm incredibly lucky that my job takes me to some fantastic waters and now that I'm near the end of my working life I'm revving up to do a lot more fishing.
"High quality blanks " 