The Accidental Angler

[barry luxton]

I thought it was a great programme. Far more entertaining than it would have been if it had been done by some anally retentive, retarded prat who'd spent twenty four seven on the riverbank. It's hilarious that people will go on about the "crude" methods. Those methods have been developed by guides who have fished that river for a hundred years, personally I'd do what they told me if I had only one chance of fishing there!

I hope there's more of the same, if I don't here a single brand name I'll be a happy viewer.

 

 

John Wilson done the exact same fishing spot along with the guide Surbang? It started off showing the same high rocks, then moved down the gourge. The only differance was that John caught at least one very large marsear and poor old Charles (his last name commenced with a W........)only had a thirty pounder to show for his troubles. Both great progammes.

 

regards barry

[kleinboet]

I thought parts of the film were very interesting, so I WILL be watching again. Personally I think the chose the wrong person to "anchor" it. The Indian chappie was superb!

[kreid]

I can only think that those who didn't like it are the kinds of people with short attention spans, who never read books.....

 

Try thinking for more than a nanosecond then.

I have read the Viz Profanosaurus from cover to cover. .....

[snotty]

I was full of anticipation when the programme started, after fifteen minutes this had turned to abject boredom, I dozed off briefly somewhere in the middle and awoke for the protracted finale and capture.

 

I find it hard to agree with those who found it captivating, also I find it hard to see why some posters here are having a go at those like myself who didn't enjoy it and are merely expressing their opinions.

 

As for the poster who saw no evidence of fish being retained unecessarily or mishandled... excuse me what were you watching?

I saw the presenter restraining a struggling fish clearly to enable the lingering camera shot, I also saw scenes of a fish 'escaping' to almost certain death in the town drainage system with hands grasping and clutching at it, a source of apparent amusement.

 

Of course I am aware that sort of treatment is probably normal in that part of the world, but portraying it on TV does little to bolster our conservationist stance.

 

I know of one unbiased non-angler who thought that these fish were being killed, having received that overwhelming impression throughout the programme.

 

Congratulations to the BBC for screening an angling programme if that is what it is being portrayed as, however I think the title 'accidental angler' was certainly apt for that episode.

I will watch the next in the hope that there is more angler than accident.

 

Postscript: I am not a carper... I do read books...many fine ones and I do have an attention span longer than the fish I catch...

[gozzer]

Blimey! I thought this thread was supposed to be a critique of the programme, not AN members.

 

Those of us who weren't keen on it have been branded, undiscerning TV viewers, with below average intelligence, short attention spans and an aversion to reading books.

 

There's no hope, shoot me now.

[Jim Roper]

Poledark's posts just about sum up my thoughts on the programme!

[poledark]

Gozzer and Snotty, they are only words, maybe slightly ill chosen ones, but as I am still here, then I at least have proved my attention span

 

I was a published writer for the angling press for many years, and very highly thought of, so I am confident of my position in life I also reviewed many fishing related short films seen at private showings before release, and many of them never made it any further, shame really, quite a few of them were extremely good stuff.

 

I suppose my main reaction to the episode, was dissapointment, and I wouldn't mind betting that the cameraman/men and producer, aren't anglers

 

If they are, then they failed to capture any of the essence of angling.

 

Den

[kreid]

lets not beat about the bush here...we hoped for a good, entertaining/educational, maybe even inspiring BBC prog based on fishing.We didn't get it (in my opinion). It was in fact disappointing and , yes, no bones about it, boring....dammit even the local guides/helpers looked bored stiff. There was as much life in it as John Cleese's parrot.

[Ferg]

I have a mate who watched it who thought it was great. He said he wasn't overly enthrawled with the fishing but enjoyed the rest ie the visions of India and the culture.

 

Do you think this is what the programme is aimed at? Not the avid angler more the interested spectator who wouldn't last half an hour going into breaking strain, test curve of rod type of thing.

 

By the way this mate thinks he can beat me in a match, me with my pole and him with a broom handle a piece of string. Who do you think would win (i've len't him a float)

[Guest Brumagem Phil]

By the way this mate thinks he can beat me in a match, me with my pole and him with a broom handle a piece of string. Who do you think would win (i've len't him a float)

 

I think he'll sweep the floor with you!