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This is a reflection of the innate snobbery of humanity, the mongrel breed inhabiting this septic isle being amongst the worst. Everyone seems to want to look down on someone. Coarse fishing can be bloody expensive, the poles used by match anglers cost three times as much as the most expensive salmon rods and the skill levels tend to be higher. You're wrong about fly fishers banging everything on the head and giving it to cook to prepare dinner, most salmon anglers return their catch and I returned three trout yesterday.
Just consider the snobbery between road, tt , MTB, gravel and the humble commuter (who is probably the most legitimate user of bicycles).
Colin_the_Bald-
most salmon anglers return their catch
Is that for conservation reasons? Is there a rule? I haven't done it for 50 years. Everybody seemed to eat all the trout and salmon they caught unless they were v small. I got a 27 pounder once. It reached from my chin to my ankle. But I used a lure, which seemed shameful at the time.
the skill levels tend to be higher
I've seen those carp fishing programmes. There's lots of specialist knowledge but I don't see much skill in plopping your hook in the water. Casting is on another level. The big challenge of worm + float is the boredom.
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Coarse fishing… skill levels tend to be higher
I disagree - most coarse fishermen/women wouldn’t know where to start with a fast flowing river.
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Everyone seems to want to look down on someone.
nick_h.
Ben689908
hoefla
My grandfather taught me dry fly fishing. He said it was the only sporting way to fish. He never mentioned coarse fishing but I read about it in a Ladybird book and observed many people doing it. The term 'coarse' seemed to fit them, but I didn't know it was supposed to apply to the fish. I thought it meant these people were cheating by not casting. As if using a worm on a float was unfair to the fish. Whereas making a fake fly and casting it was so difficult that it was a fair contest. I completely missed the point that coarse fishers put the fish back in the river, unlike the fly fishers who eat them. Hardly sporting.