But, and it’s a sizable one, what if you are tackle dangling in a popular location? Is the custom to keep the iPod in the fishing tackle bag and just take pleasure in the noises of the riverside and stick to birdsong for musical entertainment? I reckon, in the dearth of a code of conduct, that type of concord must be negotiated between the various parties. There would obviously not be an issue if the maggot drowner next to one were also playing an MP3 player as well, but otherwise, trying to concentrate on fishing rods and being diverted by an incessant tch-tch-tch-tch from the next peg would be extremely vexing.

Angling bodies of course could make the issue clear in one fell swoop, by having a bar on any kind of electronic entertainment device written into the rules for members and guests and insist that the only items that may be taken to the riverbank consists of proper fishing tackle, something to sit on and refreshments. As a overall rule, if it does not attach to fishing line it isn’t coming in! That should do it, and transgressors will be warned in the first instance and after that have their membership cancelled.

And then another problem lifts it’s head. Obviously any sport depends on a constant stream of new blood coming into it and makers of fishing tackle will get them to desire their gear. But of course, we acknowledge that the modern youngsters loves it’s music in the same way that it’s forebears did, but they have so much more available to them now to play it on and it’s a conundrum as to whether they can be convinced that songs and fishing rods are mutually exclusive!

Naturally, where music players are permitted then they could simply be turned down, but of course being in the open, there will always be good deal of background noise. This will make whatever is playing more difficult to hear and then the inducement comes to turn it up to overcome it. And as soon as that happens then it risks carrying across the neighbours. Anglers are by habit a placid breed, pleased to sit peacefully over their fishing line but they do want to be able to monitor what’s happening with the fishing tackle that is in the water and tinny noise pollution will test the good nature of a saint.

So, where hard and fast rules don’t cover this kind of occurrence, the only resort is to common sense, which is of course being undermined as somebody likely to take offence with being asked or instructed to knock off the tunes is likely to begin complaining about human rights or banging on about ‘entitlements’. This is likely to engender deep disagreement and resentment. Perhaps the Department of Environment can stipulate a condition regarding music player protocol when issuing fishing rods licenses. But that would be rational, so don’t hold your breath!

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It’s A Difficult Situation To Choose Whether Or Not To Use An iPod At The Riverbank is a post from: Reachings

When I left sixth form college, “by mutual consent” as the football saying has it, following the first year when it was clear that I’d messed about too much in the first year to have any possibility of getting any A levels at the end of the 2nd, would have been the ideal time to relax in spring and summer evenings with my fishing tackle instead of working over some economics homework.

And since I was working, in a department store caf, I was earning and had more cash on the hip than I’d ever had previously and a day off during the week which would have been ideal to get out to the lake and have a few hours if not an entire day angling with the place practically to myself. Even better, as I was working in Guildford, shopping at the fishing tackle shop would have been easy and I could have had pints of maggots to drown. This was unheard of before I left education as our village did not have a fishing tackle shop apart from a very small part of one shop had a limited selection, and definitely no live bait on offer, and to journey into Guildford and back having been to the fishing tackle shop to get some would have taken a long time and was not worthwhile.

In following years, I worked for a huge utility company in Staines which had it’s own fishing lake and yet I never felt the urge to draw stumps for the day, get the fishing clothes on and have an hour down there after work. Even sillier, less than 50 yards across the road was the Thames which has some great angling that went entirely ignored by me, especially as by then I was paid really good money and had the opening to get some really fantastic fishing in the fishing tackle bag.

Later on, again I was employed by for a company that had it’s building right on the towpath, and very often on breaks a group of us would go and sit on the steps on a nice hot day and watch people angling, and as every alternate week saw my shifts terminating at 4 o’clock, it would have been very straightforward to get the fishing tackle out of the car and round off the day with a couple of hours angling. I may have enjoyed the job more too, thinking about it.

We know other priorities present themselves as you go through the years. After I left sixth form I found pubs in quite a major way. Ladies were never a problem of course, I don’t ever remember any throwing themselves at me and beseeching me to ravish them, so that generally would not have been a hindrance to deciding on a days fishing, but it just seemed that at that moment I’d put the fishing tackle away and forgotten about it.

That’s different now though. I do have the urge to start again, I have had my fishing tackle out to inspect and see what has to be updated, which is most of it, and I’ve been finding places to go and what I need to do in order to be able to go there, so hopefully I can rekindle some of the enjoyment from my younger days.

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I’ve Had Stacks Of Chances To Go One With The Fishing I Enjoyed In My Younger Days is a post from: Reachings