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Great Angling Mysteries

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Mike Hodgkiss

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Not strictly about Barbel fishing simply for amusement . When I read fishing mags / books / articles a few questions strike me over and over again .

1- Who is Ron Thompson ?

2- What are' quality ' fish ? This word is repeatedly used in isolation implying a catch is fantastic , surely this would only be the case if they were ' top quality '' ?

3- Why do the fishing press call anglers '' rods '' , e.g. ''Top Northern rod Joe Lardybum recently took 300 pound of slabs from cess pit lake '' Why not '' reel '' or '' elastic '' ?

4- Why are fishing articled littered with words , like' campaign ', 'blitz ', 'onslaught' ,' attack ', , is this fishing lark warfare ? The Trent Otter would never have recognised such aggresive language to describe the contemplative art .

5- Why 'Sylcast ' as a name for line ? I always though as a kid that ' Slycast '' was a far better name .

I could go on , is it just me ....? :confused:
 
6: Why do barbel anglers speak very disparagingly about so called wonder baits and then have a collective multiple orgasm whenever Garlic spam is back on the shelves !
 
Mike Hodgkiss said:
1- Who is Ron Thompson ?
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I was told that "Ron Thompson" was an invented name for the tackle brand. The thinking was that the name represented the everyman angler.

Mike Hodgkiss said:
2- What are' quality ' fish ? This word is repeatedly used in isolation implying a catch is fantastic , surely this would only be the case if they were ' top quality '' ?
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If someone suggested to me that they'd had a net full of quality roach, I'd expect fish averaging around a pound. If they said they had a net full of top quality roach, I'd expect that average to be closer to 2lb. If I had 40lb of roach up to 1.5lb I'd consider it a fantastic catch, but the fish may not be top quality.
 
7- Why do passers by always tell you that a bloke had a net full of fish yesterday from the swim that you're currently blanking in?
 
Ron Thompson is the invention of Svendsen tackle!

How or why does a bait "blow"?

Why is it called "bagging up" or am i doing it wrong by using a hook and line?

How do the EE's empty every water way in the land with a couple of bright plastic floats and a telescopic rod................ or so i am told they do!
 
Tom Herbert said:
Ron Thompson is the invention of Svendsen tackle!

How or why does a bait "blow"?

Why is it called "bagging up" or am i doing it wrong by using a hook and line?

How do the EE's empty every water way in the land with a couple of bright plastic floats and a telescopic rod................ or so i am told they do!
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Bait Blow, blow up..destroyed.
Ron Thompson is the fishing version of Joe blogs clothing.
Bagging up, filling up a keepnet even if your not using one.:confused:
EE'S, they don't, it's the ones that use other methods that do.
all very confusing aint it!
 
Hooks...why, when the size of a hook is determined by the width of the gape....do they call a short shank No.6 a 'wide gape' No.8?

Line...why do they call rubbish brittle line that snaps at 6lb 'pre-stretched' 12lb?

Rods...why do they call a useless floppy rod a 'through action' rod? Is it because the action is through and done with the second you hook anything more than a 3" roach?

Bait...why is some bait called 'the going bait? Where the hell is it going?

Clothing...why is most fishing clothing labelled as '100%' waterproof...when it leaks like a sieve?

Carryalls...why are they called that when at least nine tenths of your gear clearly won't fit into them?

Dunno mate :D

Cheers, Dave.
 
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