The
best of both worlds
When you are choosing a venue for your next fishing trip there are so
many exciting places to go that you are spoiled for choice.
On the other hand you know that if you constantly go to different places
then you will never get to understand one particular spot well enough
to get the best out of that place.
It is particularly important to be aware of how a fishery is performing
currently instead of in the recent or more distant past.
There is a way to get the best of both worlds though and enjoy several
venues but still keep genned up on at least one fishery.
This is something that I practiced for many years during my long involvement
with the sport.
You can split your fishing trips into two kinds.
Visit a favourite spot regularly and get to know it well, becoming a local
expert in a way.
Spend the other half of your outings on new venues just to keep your enthusiasm
alive.
If, as many keen anglers do, you fish at least twice a week you can visit
your chosen regular spot and also explore elsewhere in the same week.
For many years I fished, or did something connected with fishing, on nearly
every day of the year.
I went to work merely to earn enough money to enjoy my fishing when I
was not at work.
Even if that is not your way you can still carry out the split-venue plan
if your fishing trips are less frequent.
I recently read some remarks by an angler writer who extolled the way
that some youngsters are helped to go fishing.
So far so good, but the writer went on the say that being encouraged to
fish meant that youngsters were less likely to play truant.
I laughed at this. When, as a schoolboy I played truant it was to go fishing!