Why do you fish.

[John Ellison]

I have clocked up 42 years as angler and the most pleasurable aspect of the sport for me is, I've made some very good friends out of it.

If others want trophies, photo's, fame, record fish, to be Number 1, that's fine by me.

For me there is nothing I like better than being in decent company on the bank, be it canal, river, carp pond, at sea, it doesn't matter!

I've some great memories of what I've done and more of my mates antics as well. And of course, having a beer together you discuss your success/lack of it and we're all better people because of it. I fish alone, of course I do but I much prefer a bit of decent company! All fellow anglers, I salute you.

 

Eeeeeeeeeee older I get the better I was.

[Dunk Fairley]

good company on the bank is a great thing, i agree. but i also like the solitude i get when i'm exploring a river or lake, on my own (or with my dog). i like the feeling of secrecy you get when you make a discovery of a new swim, or catch a large fish, when no-one knew they were there.

 

my job can be quite stressfull, involving a lot of intense concentration, or accidents can happen. not having to worry about what others are doing, is probably the best thing for me.

[Tyke]

I love being by the waterside and fishing gets me away from the stressfull side of life.

I too agree about good company whilst fishing to share the joy of the hobby we love.

Give me a june morning by a water lilly filled pond and Tench bubbles dimpling the surface by my quill float and i am in heaven.

It dont get much better than that.

[scoobs11]

thats almost poetic tyke !!!!

[Tyke]

Well thank you scoobs

[Steve Burke]

I'm with Dunk, except for safety reasons in a boat, I don't like fishing in the next swim to anyone. I find on the wild waters I fish that most of the time 2 anglers fishing together means that less is caught by either.

 

However, I do like to fish as part of a group so that we can compare notes. But this is done before and after fishing. This is one of the fastest ways to learn, plus I've also made a lot of wonderful friends this way.

 

Unfortunately, because I'm retired and fish midweek, whilst my friends work and have to fish weekends, I'm normally on my own. Additionally, there seem to be less non-carp specimen hunters like me about these days, especially in my area.

 

So why to I fish?

 

I suppose the obvious reason is that I love nature, and fishing takes us into intimate contact with other creatures. I'll leave it to others better at writing than me to wax all lyrical about the countryside.

 

I also like a challenge. For me the fishing has to be a little difficult otherwise I lose interest.

 

Mind you, sometimes it can get too difficult! That's when a trip to a familiar water can be a confidence booster, let alone a place to try new ideas.

[SAMTENCH]

i just love to get away from everything. the people i go fishin with i dont see all week so u just forget what happened juring the week.

[rickey]

I fish because i cant think of anything better to do and because i still havent found a better form of the adrenalin buzz that i get from it.Im getting the trembles from just writing this and this is still after 22 years

[paul mc]

I go fishing just to get away from it all and just to be out in the wild with nature at its best. When i am fishing i think of nothing else but fishing.

[Vagabond]

The question "why do you fish?" to me is akin to asking "why do you breathe/eat/drink/(censored )/sleep/hunt/shoot/post on A.N ?"

 

Answer,to all of the above "Because that's my nature"

 

If I had been born 20,000 years earlier (and plenty of people think I was ), I suppose I would have been a hunter of mammoths.