anyone a member of traditional fishing forum?

[chesters1]

I cannot contact a mod the emails come up with an error

Anyone got a real email address not the contact page

I am not a member (i tried to register but no-one got back to me)

Someone has posted one of my scans but not bothered to be nice enough to say where it came from

[Newt]

I'm not a member but when I took a look, the .co.uk version red-flags as a source of malware while the .com site flags as safe.

[chesters1]

I'm not a member but when I took a look, the .co.uk version red-flags as a source of malware while the .com site flags as safe.

No hiccups using android but perhaps the malware software isnt picking it up .android is a terrible OS anyway but i cant afford ipads and i cant be bothered to fire up the pc just for browsing

[barbelbarmy]

Hi, I was a member but have not been on the site for a while and can no longer log on, I think you get struck off if you do not use it frequently enough.

[Vagabond]

I joined a "traditional" outfit a year or so ago, and found out two things.

 

1,. A profound ignorance of angling tradition.

 

The subject of Dick Walker vis-a-vis split bamboo cropped up, I mentioned that although Dick built some of his own, he got much ready-built from J B Walker (no relation) of Hythe.

 

Now I knew this from private correspondence with Dick (I wish I had kept his letters), but more importantly, Dick refers to it in his book "Rod Building fort Amateurs" published 1952, and (many times) in "Drop me a Line" co-authored with Maurice Ingham.

 

It was evident, judging from the disbelief with which I was faced, that nobody among the regular posters was even aware that either book existed, far less had read them.

 

As I had joined hoping a reasonably erudite angling historian could enrich my knowledge, clearly that was not going to happen.

 

2. Intolerance of non-traditional methods

 

Despite the experience of 1 above, I would have continued to contribute, but became aware that an angler had been expelled for daring to suggest that carbon fibre was also an excellent material for longer rods used in trotting..

 

Now I enjoy using split bamboo, and centre-pins too, but lets be clear, it's not a f***ing religion., I wanted no part of such an outfit and haven't posted since.

 

There are a disturbingly large number of sites that will not allow opinions differing from their executive to be published - ask Barry Luxton. Avoid and ignore is my advice.

[chesters1]

I joined a "traditional" outfit a year or so ago, and found out two things.

 

1,. A profound ignorance of angling tradition.

 

The subject of Dick Walker vis-a-vis split bamboo cropped up, I mentioned that although Dick built some of his own, he got much ready-built from J B Walker (no relation) of Hythe.

 

Now I knew this from private correspondence with Dick (I wish I had kept his letters), but more importantly, Dick refers to it in his book "Rod Building fort Amateurs" published 1952, and (many times) in "Drop me a Line" co-authored with Maurice Ingham.

 

It was evident, judging from the disbelief with which I was faced, that nobody among the regular posters was even aware that either book existed, far less had read them.

 

As I had joined hoping a reasonably erudite angling historian could enrich my knowledge, clearly that was not going to happen.

 

2. Intolerance of non-traditional methods

 

Despite the experience of 1 above, I would have continued to contribute, but became aware that an angler had been expelled for daring to suggest that carbon fibre was also an excellent material for longer rods used in trotting..

 

Now I enjoy using split bamboo, and centre-pins too, but lets be clear, it's not a f***ing religion., I wanted no part of such an outfit and haven't posted since.

 

There are a disturbingly large number of sites that will not allow opinions differing from their executive to be published - ask Barry Luxton. Avoid and ignore is my advice.

I see where your coming from ,i once was banned from such a site ,unfortunately telling a truth if it differs from the higher etchelons version of it is not welcome LOL

Owning an 8 to one retrieve intrepid classic is not proof enough if a 'respected' site elder decides such things dont exist ,saying that it wasnt the site i mentioned in the post but a similar 'traditional' (whatever that is? If it were traditional it would be branch, plaited hair and bone hook surely) i presume thats in the eyes of the owner? is a rod with two sections cane and the tip fiberglass cane or glass LOL never a mention of tank arials titter.

I too bought a rod or two from hythe does that make me a traditional angler using mr walker as a baseline LOL

Mine were glass so sometime after i suppose in the years as cane became rare as a material the thought of traditional became more prevelent ,IMHO rare is obselete but i dont begrudge people using it other than for propping beans and i would think now carbon compounds are about glass is 'traditional' based on my own theory

 

I am now off to see if any 'traditional' anglers are down the pond shivering in their damp tweed outfits ,i doubt it they tend to be out in the summer months perhaps a bit of frost is untraditional in their eyes ?

Edited December 29, 2016 by chesters1

[barry luxton]

Vagabond, on 29 Dec 2016 - 10:50, said:

 

 

There are a disturbingly large number of sites that will not allow opinions differing from their executive to be published - ask Barry Luxton. Avoid and ignore is my advice.

 

I am extremely grateful to ANGLERS NET who allow facts to remain that counters the secular selfish opinion of the few over the masses. Even now it's more of the same dirge being spewed out where the claim is that 'ANGLERS' have said. There is no conduit direct to the anglers. More so for sea anglers as they don't even have one sea angling rep on their books.

 

At present the claim is the anglers are asking for the u k bass commercial netting industry to be closed down. The anglers were never asked And the science backing up the claim has never been challenged as factual. pssssst. One of my favourite skippers have told me that there are nice sized bass being caught commercially, somewhere in the channel, after salter has claimed it's a stock falling off a cliff.

 

You know who you are.

 

It's spin, smoke and mirror until they even recognise there is alternative opinion nothing will change.

[chesters1]

My god your talking about salty water in the fresh water section ! Wash your mouth out this minute

[barry luxton]

He started it.

[barry luxton]

Split cane you mention chesters, I have a 6' Japanese split cane boat rod, hand tied rings, never been used. Before I give up fishing I want to take it on one trip. conger eel fishing. I don't think it will survive but hey ho one can but try.