 What is a 'true' angler? |
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Steve Burke suggests that all 'true' anglers should join the ACA, provided it sorts itself.
Well, can't argue with that! But what else makes a fellow, or lady, a 'true' angler? I reckon our Bernard Venables was pretty much a 'true' angler, as is Chris Yates, amongst others! This is a subjective one so don't take offence folks! I know some will not agree but I'd start off with the traditional close season, following that is a large part, for me, of being a 'true' angler. And now its the 'what doesn't make a true angler'! I do not think 'bivvies', irrespective of species, are for 'true' anglers. Great for sleeping in, but not for angling from. Encamped behind a battery of rods, for me anyway, is not angling. As for TVs in the bivvy, arghhhh!! I'm not sure that one species only specialists can really call themselves true anglers either. So I think I know what isn't being a 'true' angler is all about, but what makes a real 'true' member of the angle? Rose tinted specs on folk!! -------------------- PETER
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Dec 9 2004, 12:54 AM
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What makes you a true angler Peter?
-------------------- "I envy not him that eats better meat than I do, nor him that is richer, or that wears better clothes than I do. I envy nobody but him, and him only, that catches more fish than I do"
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Dec 9 2004, 12:57 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 11,221 Joined: 26-September 00 From: East Anglia/Norfolk Broads Member No.: 364 |
I sometimes wonder if I am Andy. Thats why I'm asking!! I'd like to think I am, atleast some of the time. A bit of 'tongue in cheek' won't go amiss!!
-------------------- PETER
http://www.charliecarp.com/environment.htm Say 'yes dear' and be accused of being indecisive, be decisive and be accused of not saying 'yes dear'! Us men can never win. |
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Dec 9 2004, 01:33 AM
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'True' angler - whoof Peter. That's a toughy.
I think we can take as givens - treats fish with respect** - treats surrondings with respect - treats others on the water with respect After those, I'd have to say that it's pretty much a person who fishes on a regular basis in any way that he/she enjoys. So I guess I do allow for all the stuff you list as being 'not true angler' in my list of ways that are OK to do and still call yourself an angler and be what I'd consider a 'true' angler. ** - treats fish with respect can and does include releasing them, keeping them alive for bait, killing them for the pot, killing them for bait. -------------------- "Democracy dies when the people wanting their government to take care of them outnumber those wanting to take care of themselves." - Author Unknown - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - For a selection of lures, reels and other items, visit my eBay shop http://stores.ebay.com/JaNewt-eMart |
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Dec 9 2004, 01:48 AM
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I'd say a true angler is someone who
Enjoys their fishing (expert of not) Treats fish, the water and the surrounding enviroment with respect Treats fellow anglers with respect, even if he doesn't agree with thier style of angling! Mat -------------------- Mat
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Dec 9 2004, 02:13 AM
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Thats me summed up then Mat
 Den -------------------- poledark SAA, PAC.
http://poledark.co.uk "You have to be there to Blank" "When through the woods and forest glades I wander And hear the birds sing sweetly in the trees; When I look down from lofty mountain grandeur, And hear the brook, and feel the breeze; Then sings my soul.................. |
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Dec 9 2004, 02:21 AM
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I would say. A true Angler is one that is prepared to put in a bit of craft work into catching his chosen prey, into his baits and presentation, into his tackle and into where he chooses to fish, and he'll most likely do this in all weathers. I personally don't think a bivvy or a boat, rates very high on the use of tackle or choice of fishing spot. "foul" some of you will cry. Probably, loudest from those that fish from a boat, or use a bivvy. I by the way rate myself as a mediocre leasure angler of some experience, a Jack of all trades but master of few. I don't see myself as any kind of expert, but I have a lifetime of knowledge that I can call upon when a given situation presents itself.
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Dec 9 2004, 02:52 AM
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To me a true angler is one who, as previously posted, is a responsible person, one who enjoys pitting himself, one to one, with his chosen species. Not for him (or her!) bivvies, bite alarms or bait boats. What "a true angler" does is use his watercraft to find his fish and then sits next to his rod, ever alert, to do battle!
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Dec 9 2004, 04:14 AM
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I'm a true angler.
I'm true to my ideals, I truly enjoy my angling time, I truly try to understand that others have different ideals to mine, and most of all - I'm truly at peace with myself about the way I fish, what I get from it and what I give back. Yup, it's all true - and so is my love for it. -------------------- And on the eighth day God created carp fishing...and he saw that it was pukka.
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Dec 9 2004, 05:01 AM
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Administrator Group: Admin Posts: 20,859 Joined: 21-November 00 From: Concord, NC, USA Member No.: 463 |
Well Dang. According to Peter Waller, Nugg, and kleinboet, I guess I'm not a true angler. (And according to Nugg, Peter ain't neither.
Is it still OK for me to keep fishing guys? I surely do enjoy it. -------------------- "Democracy dies when the people wanting their government to take care of them outnumber those wanting to take care of themselves." - Author Unknown - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - For a selection of lures, reels and other items, visit my eBay shop http://stores.ebay.com/JaNewt-eMart |
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