When I was a youth, getting new fishing tackle wasn't easy. I grew up in a Surrey village, and the high street did not boast a shop specialising in fishing supplies. There was a minor department store which had a miniscule sports section which had a tray containing a small selection of floats, quivers and the occasional rod and reel, but that was about it. There was nowhere to find live bait from, and my mum drew a very hard line at attempting to grow my own maggots and my dad was not amused at the garden being raided in a hunt for worms.
In fact, if ever I had to get fresh tackle to go angling with, I had to go into Guildford which was a 30 minute bus ride each way (and dear to a youngster on limited pocket money who was not allowed a paper round) go to the specialist sports shop on the high street. Now, there was the windfall that you could buy a few pints of maggots while there to take angling when I got home, and there was the chance of getting back some of the cost by a few handfuls to others at the fishery who all faced the identical issue. But of course, even with an early start, it would be extremely questionable that it would be possible to get down to the water much before the early afternoon, which meant that time would be short and you very often just ended up throwing the precious bait into the water as you left. The consequences of them dying and smelling out the downstairs would have been severe.
It would have been great growing up where I live these days. Here, there are a number of good outlets for fishing tackle close by, certainly only a short bike ride, there are plenty of canals and lakes to choose from and for an special day out, the River Severn is near enough to get to in a satisfactorily fast time with the bonus that if you select the right place you can be angling and see the steam trains on the Severn Valley Railway puffing up and down the tracks between Bridgnorth and Kidderminster.
But even if I was living in Cranleigh, the internet would mean that I could purchase any fishing tackle I wanted and have it delivered, and I have found a website that will deliver all manner of live-bait including maggots in what I would hope would be very strong packaging. I cannot imagine the Royal Mail being too chuffed at bags of maggots splitting and emptying all over the insides of mailbags and people's parcels! So feeling good about one's fishing tackle before going out for a day's fishing would be easy and someone would feel like a proper fisherman under those circumstances.
This is all fine and dandy. I feel happy that when I do begin angling again in the next few weeks, I will be able to buy anything I need with little hardship from a local outlet which wasn't an option I had as a lad, but if I was at that age again, it's excellent to know that if I wanted, I could now find all the fishing tackle I couldn't have then. Something that makes access to the things you like more straightforward has to be a good thing.
20110111
In fact, if ever I had to get fresh tackle to go angling with, I had to go into Guildford which was a 30 minute bus ride each way (and dear to a youngster on limited pocket money who was not allowed a paper round) go to the specialist sports shop on the high street. Now, there was the windfall that you could buy a few pints of maggots while there to take angling when I got home, and there was the chance of getting back some of the cost by a few handfuls to others at the fishery who all faced the identical issue. But of course, even with an early start, it would be extremely questionable that it would be possible to get down to the water much before the early afternoon, which meant that time would be short and you very often just ended up throwing the precious bait into the water as you left. The consequences of them dying and smelling out the downstairs would have been severe.
It would have been great growing up where I live these days. Here, there are a number of good outlets for fishing tackle close by, certainly only a short bike ride, there are plenty of canals and lakes to choose from and for an special day out, the River Severn is near enough to get to in a satisfactorily fast time with the bonus that if you select the right place you can be angling and see the steam trains on the Severn Valley Railway puffing up and down the tracks between Bridgnorth and Kidderminster.
But even if I was living in Cranleigh, the internet would mean that I could purchase any fishing tackle I wanted and have it delivered, and I have found a website that will deliver all manner of live-bait including maggots in what I would hope would be very strong packaging. I cannot imagine the Royal Mail being too chuffed at bags of maggots splitting and emptying all over the insides of mailbags and people's parcels! So feeling good about one's fishing tackle before going out for a day's fishing would be easy and someone would feel like a proper fisherman under those circumstances.
This is all fine and dandy. I feel happy that when I do begin angling again in the next few weeks, I will be able to buy anything I need with little hardship from a local outlet which wasn't an option I had as a lad, but if I was at that age again, it's excellent to know that if I wanted, I could now find all the fishing tackle I couldn't have then. Something that makes access to the things you like more straightforward has to be a good thing.
20110111
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