Glad to be here and looking forward to contributing/learning to/from this great pool of angling knowledge, I’ve been a while sifting through pages and pages already!
I’ve fished since I was a small boy netting sticklebacks in the stream across the grass from the family home, moving onto small roach on rod and line in a local pond when dad took me. After a while and once I was competent enough I was shown how to trot a float on a river and caught “huge” chub of over 2lbs, amongst more small roach and gudgeon etc...
Eventually I fished in the sea on family holidays and caught wrasse on limpets and spun for mackerel and pollack with Toby’s, fishing stayed like this till I was old enough to drive at which point I fished more, and more! Lots of time spent on running water then a break from freshwater and a spell turning my attention to Sea fishing, and then fly fishing!
At one time or another I Dip(see what I did there?) into all branches of our sport but I always come back to Coarse fishing, mainly running water and the last 15yrs with cane and pin(I’m 44 now).
I’ll fish for just about anything, as long as it’s not too easy and with balanced gear I’m happy
Regards,
Dipper
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