Everywhere you look, today?s society is consumer mad, everything is there to make our lives easier. Because in today?s fast paced world we need all the help we can get, we can?t survive without all our consumer goods! What a load of rubbish, the ad-men have conditioned us to believe we can?t survive. Just stop and think, when did you buy your last mobile phone, was your previous phone broken, or did the ad-men convince you that you had to have a newer version.
Fishing is no different, and you are interested in fishing, or you probably wouldn?t be reading this, you most likely read fishing papers and magazines as well. Those crafty ad-men love people like us, they convince us that the best way to catch more fish is to their new rod, coupled with their new reel, and of course you must use their rigs and wonder baits.
The ad-men love me because in the past I?ve sat for long hours in my new bed chair, starring at my new carp rods, with their brand new bait runner reels. All sitting neatly on my new electronic bite alarm set up, wondering why I?m having no luck with my new must have boilies.
But I?ve sat there for hours being bored out of my mind, so then I would bring in one of my carp rods, change it for something lighter, put on a float and fish for roach, bream or tench. I would really enjoy myself, this was fishing. At the same time I was listening for the electronic alarm, of course, nine times out of ten, it never went off.
I?m not a specimen hunter, but had delusions of grandeur, so all this equipment was rather lost on me; I?ve met others who say the same. I prefer catching fish little and often, I didn?t need all the exotic flavoured boilies, hair rigs, bolt rigs, helicopter rigs, or all the PVA bags, tubes and string, and all the other paraphernalia the ad-men told me I had to have to catch more fish.
No more boilies for me, my hook baits are simply sweet-corn, luncheon meat, bread and par boiled potatoes, to float a hook bait off the bottom, I use a thin slice of banana skin. My simple ground bait is a mix of sweet-corn, bread, and chick peas, not other flavours are required, but I sometimes experiment with natural herbs and spices.
I?ve also noticed in the fishing magazines, that there are many youngsters catching ten to fifteen pound carp from their local fisheries, I don?t use fisheries, however the youngster has a memory that will last a lifetime, but how much was due to their ability, or the fact the fishery was well stocked.
The fact is, fishing is an art, and you should know the basics, from which tackle set up to use for the species you are targeting, or how to modify that set up because of the conditions. Also how to read the various waters, which features determine how and where you are going to fish.
I don?t know how much a session is on a fishery nowadays, but without the basics you will probably be stuck there with your carp rods and bait runners, feeding enormous amounts of shop bought ground bait and boilies into a distant swim, and carrying all the latest, can?t be without gizmos. Better buy yourself a very comfy chair, or change back to basics.
Fishing is no different, and you are interested in fishing, or you probably wouldn?t be reading this, you most likely read fishing papers and magazines as well. Those crafty ad-men love people like us, they convince us that the best way to catch more fish is to their new rod, coupled with their new reel, and of course you must use their rigs and wonder baits.
The ad-men love me because in the past I?ve sat for long hours in my new bed chair, starring at my new carp rods, with their brand new bait runner reels. All sitting neatly on my new electronic bite alarm set up, wondering why I?m having no luck with my new must have boilies.
But I?ve sat there for hours being bored out of my mind, so then I would bring in one of my carp rods, change it for something lighter, put on a float and fish for roach, bream or tench. I would really enjoy myself, this was fishing. At the same time I was listening for the electronic alarm, of course, nine times out of ten, it never went off.
I?m not a specimen hunter, but had delusions of grandeur, so all this equipment was rather lost on me; I?ve met others who say the same. I prefer catching fish little and often, I didn?t need all the exotic flavoured boilies, hair rigs, bolt rigs, helicopter rigs, or all the PVA bags, tubes and string, and all the other paraphernalia the ad-men told me I had to have to catch more fish.
No more boilies for me, my hook baits are simply sweet-corn, luncheon meat, bread and par boiled potatoes, to float a hook bait off the bottom, I use a thin slice of banana skin. My simple ground bait is a mix of sweet-corn, bread, and chick peas, not other flavours are required, but I sometimes experiment with natural herbs and spices.
I?ve also noticed in the fishing magazines, that there are many youngsters catching ten to fifteen pound carp from their local fisheries, I don?t use fisheries, however the youngster has a memory that will last a lifetime, but how much was due to their ability, or the fact the fishery was well stocked.
The fact is, fishing is an art, and you should know the basics, from which tackle set up to use for the species you are targeting, or how to modify that set up because of the conditions. Also how to read the various waters, which features determine how and where you are going to fish.
I don?t know how much a session is on a fishery nowadays, but without the basics you will probably be stuck there with your carp rods and bait runners, feeding enormous amounts of shop bought ground bait and boilies into a distant swim, and carrying all the latest, can?t be without gizmos. Better buy yourself a very comfy chair, or change back to basics.
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Find out why James went back to basics while fishing in Spain, and the Spanish location he chose.
