Support For Visually Impaired Fisherman

[davepike222]

Hi All I live in Clacton On Sea Essex and are registered Partially Sighted since birth.I also went through brain surgery 30 years ago which at the time had a big impact upon what activities I could do.Overtime these restrictions have eased due to myself learning how to manage them i.e. knowing what I can or cannot do.As a youngster fishing both fresh and sea became a very therapeutic past time albeit I needed some assistance for tackling up my fishing rod i.e. tying knots and sometimes unhooking fish.I did this until my late 20's when as mentioned I had emergency brain surgery which had a significant effect on what I could then do physically and from being at deaths door so' to speak I  then started a slow road towards trying to rediscover my old self.In 2020/ I got an opportunity to go fresh water fishing again and  discovered how much I enjoyed the same albeit now my spacial awareness limits me to just this as my balance has been effected by the brain surgery so sea fishing is no longer an option as I can no longer ends of piers or off an open top boat.Locally to Clacton I have had the opportunity of fishing at Clayfields Fishery Weeley on three occasions but the person who I have been with is unable to assist me any longer.I 

[Ken L]

You're a long way from me, Dave, but I wish you good luck finding a new fishing partner.

Traffic on AnglersNet is a little light in recent years, so any lack of replies is unlikely to be due to indifference to your predicament.