I just wanted to like that, I was laughing as well.Match Aerial wrote:I must admit I am not very adventurous I tend to stick to the same angling clubs I have fished for the last 40yrs. But like you say you do get to know it like the back of your hand after the first 39yrs of itBackhand wrote:One of my favourite things to do match wise. Was to go and fish someone else's water that I had never seen before. When I get chance to do it, my first post about making floats for a specific reason will be about just that.Match Aerial wrote:Yes it makes sense Backhand, Conditions can change a few extra inches off water can make a massive different to the peg. A flyer which only fishes well with no water in can sometime be useless with a couple of foot extra in. I only fish club matches and after a few years you get to know things inside out. But I can imagine fishing big opens would be very different with little knowledge of the river.
MA
It's good to know your home waters inside out though. Another matchmans adage is just that, find a water that you like and become an expert on it. The reason I prefered Canals was the methods you fished didn't vary much between the sections. The same methods tended to work over 50 miles of canal. With river fishing as you know, it can change more than once on one stretch. You end up taking to much bait, just in case you draw certain areas. But I used to love pleasure fishing on Rivers when you can chose your peg.
I could be accused of that to a certain extent, because fishing the canal for 25 years and probably most years fishing the same venues. But as I said, I also loved going to other venues I didn't know, mostly in the winter, was great fun.
So are you the guru of your local waters.