In article 432b02ed.0@entanet, Eric The Viking
wrote:

"Derek.Moody" wrote in message
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In article 432a9049.0@entanet, Eric The Viking
wrote:

think its more misleading to summarily dismiss 'heavy fishing' and coax
the

I don't recall dismissing heavy fishing anywhere in this thread. Perhaps
you can remind me where I did so.

"[ Long range beachcasting is a specialist technique that you only need to
consider if you have very flat, featureless beaches and the fish swim at
extreme range. It so happens that there are a few venues like this near
London and home counties journalists naturally write about the conditions
they experience. Most anglers in the west - with a few exceptions in
Lancashire/Cumbria - could fish successfully for a lifetime without even
owning a conventional beachcaster. OK, most do use one sometimes when
fishing is slow or the whiting are running.
]"

How does that dismiss 'heavy fishing'? No mention of conger gear there for
eg.

I think that's pretty dismissive considering a lot of people adopt this
technique all over the country.

I agree. It is dismissive. I intended it to be because around most of the
UK coastline it is rarely the most effective technique.

Quite. I bet I have more fun though :-)

I bet you don't ;-p

Three months to panto season :-)

None of you. Matchfishing is another highly specialised regime which is
over reported in the angling press and seriously misleads beginners.

Match fishing can positively encourage beginners. Most clubs are founded on
match fishing. For that matter most clubs I have ever been in have juniors
sections for the youngsters ( beginners ) to compete in.

I made this mistake. I fished matches for several years. The brasso was
getting expensive - I still have some of the miniatures but I hide them
rather than polish them.

You
would almost certainly have caught more if you had not entered the match
in
the first place.

How do you come to that conclusion?

-You- choose the venue, time, and are not constrained by match rules re
bait/technique/duration.

So now light tackle is to be eschewed because you catch more?

My point was that the ban was probably introduced to stop people killing
several hundreds of pounds of fish that aren't going to get eaten. Not due

Because the (no beachcaster) technique is more effective.

My original point was?

Your original point was that distance casting is a specialist technique that
only applies to London and the home counties.

To which I replied "Utter bilge"

IF I had said that you would have been right. You quoted it (above, I left
it in) go re-read it.

Cheerio,

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