No
answers to my question
There are so many different magazines devoted to angling these days, and
many more have gone into liquidation over the years.
I have literally thousands of back numbers of magazines of many different
titles going back to the early 1930s, and it would need quite a big van
to transport them all.
I tell you this not to boast, but to query why I simply cannot get an
answer to a particular question.
I currently take every issue of five different magazines, all of which
have a facility for readers to submit questions for answer by the publications’
so-called experts.
I have in recent years submitted a particular question to all of the different
magazines and failed to have the question answered, and nor have I had
an acknowledgement that my letters were received.
My question is as follows: very nearly every fishing rod that is sold
now for coarse fishing has the reel fitting permently and immovably positioned
right at the top end of the long handle.
I see anglers struggling, as I do myself, to cope with so much useless
rod handle sticking out behind my elbow as I use the rod to cast or strike
or play a fish.
In fact several people have asked me why the rods cannot have a reel fitting
that not only holds the reel securely so that it cannot fall off the rod,
but which can still be slid along the rod handle so that people like myself
with arms that are not very long can fish comfortably and efficiently.
It can be done because I own some old fishing rods that have sliding but
secure fittings.
Now maybe I am missing some important point here and there is a reason
for the fixed fittings, but this surely does not excuse the various magazine
editors for ignoring my letters, and for not even confirming that they
had been received.
Fortunately I have enough rods to fish as long as I am able without ever
buying a new rod.
Surely though there is no point in buying a rod that claims to be a 13-footer
for example, but which only has 12 feet of employable length?