"Steve Walker" wrote in message
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In message , Richard
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"Derek.Moody" wrote in message
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In article , Richard
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"Steve Walker" wrote in message
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Oh, it was, the key question is whether it was a fashionable brand of
sweetcorn )

Yes it was ....... but then all sweetcorn was (and still is)
fashionable
...... isn't it?

Only if it has a stylised logo of a carp on the side of the sweetcorn
system
all-weather, ruggedised valise.

Imo ....... you must have some strange old carp anglers in your neck of
the
woods .... none like that in my part of the country.

Derek & I are just having a little joke about the (many) anglers who are
taken in by the fashion and marketing in carp fishing. It happens in all
branches of fishing, the must-have accessory, the secret 'killer' bait,
and so on, but carp angling seems to be particularly afflicted.

Well that is obviously a view .......... a bit narrow minded but _a_ view
anyway.

I wonder sometimes whether the intention is to impress the fish or the
angler's peers.

Neither would seem a very fruitful/productive approach _but_ again it isn't
something I have noticed locally except by a very small minority ........
say at a club carp match 1 or 2 from about 30. So Ime not something I wonder
about as being particularly found amongst carp anglers.

There seems to be a lack of imagination; the bolt rig, the hair
rig, boiled baits, all were invented to solve specific problems, yet many
anglers seem to think that the be-all and end-all of carp fishing is
sitting behind three bite-alarmed rods fishing hair-rigged boilies on bolt
rigs.

Ime, there is little argument that in certain circumstances the bolt rig,
the hair, boiled baits and bite alarms can be very effective _but_ again I
see little evidence of this being the be-all and end-all approach. Sure
bite-alarms are normally used by carp anglers but that proves nought else.
Indeed all you have mentioned is but a very small part of the options
available to carp anglers....... bit-alarms or not.


Not my place to judge, mind, I'd rather fish for tench any day.

But judging is exactly what you are doing.

Nought wrong with tench and if that is your preference go ahead ........ if
others wish to fish for carp you should let them go ahead (with their
preferred method) without letting it seem to 'get under your skin'.

Myself I fish predominantly for carp, tench, chub and barble and for many
decades have been a 'specimen hunter' for these particular species. BTW ....
Ime of the foregoing in canals, rivers weirs and lakes I have found the_many
different_ approaches used predominantly in carp fishing to be very
effective (including specimen tench ;o)).

Just live and let live ............. you will not find me bemoaning for
example your preference or match fishermen. If that is what you/they want to
do then fine it is just another section of a great sport.
..

Richard (& member of the Suffolk Carp Crew)