Away we go for a new week after a wonderful couple of days which was hugely enjoyable, none of which included angling. On Friday evening I drove into Birmingham, not something I would naturally do as I get confused in cities being very much the rural chap, but I was on a mission to see Big Country at the O2 Academy. The concert was fantastic, with Mike Peters standing in for the late, great Stuart Adamson and Bruce Watson's boy Jamie strumming 2nd guitar.
I fervently hope that a live CD will follow the end of the tour when the 2nd outing concludes in April as it will go immediately onto the personal stereo on my iPhone. Which brings me to my question for the week, is the iPod an acceptable item of the up to date fishing tackle? I do not know what the attitude is in 21st Century fishing etiquette, but I suppose that such a solitary undertaking will ultimately mean that plugging in the personal stereo is a keen temptation for many. But if swims are positioned by the water at fairly close proximity, the last thing the neighbours want when they are angling is the tch tch tch tch etc from the adjacent swim if they choose not to have their own music.
I cannot say for sure what my preference is going to be. I love my music, my taste tends to spread from Dylan to Def Leppard. I don't really get much chance to use my MP3 player as a rule, but I also have always seen fishing to be something to be practiced quietly to give time by oneself to relax and be alone but with a purpose that isn't too strenuous. So do I want to put my MP3 player in with my fishing tackle? It's a puzzler.
On Saturday I returned to Brum, this time with the family as we fancied going into the metropolis for something of a change. I hadn't been in since the city centre was regenerated although I did go once during the building and got so terribly lost that I never went back. But I was extremely impressed, we went round the Bull Ring and Selfridges, though the issue is that it is, as always in shopping centres, the self same faces of shops as you get everywhere else. It is a great shame that specialist shops don't get a look in. Has anybody ever tried to set up a chain of fishing tackle shops? I do remember that there was a very stylish looking music outlet (by which I mean a outlet for people playing or learning music rather than another HMV) but that did not last long. It might it's the nature of the dedicated shop that they need to be situated in corners and backstreets and have that local expertise and custom rather than a more central location or presence in shopping centres and precincts.
I think it's a pity because the specialist shop for things such as fishing tackle or music tend to be run by the fan and will never make the owners wealthy (and I freely recognise that in the majority of cases they have no wish to be so), but why can't someone make a very general fishing tackle chain work and bring more people to the hobby as a result? I know that many will be aghast and say that a substantial chain will put the proper local specialist into bankruptcy, but I don't agree since when someone decides to come into the sport, gets their first set of fishing tackle and a feel that they want to cary on, the specialists will then come into their own. Also, managers of shopping arcades such as Westfield may not be too keen on one of their outlets being a breeding ground for maggots and other live bait so again, the locals will benefit from the business.
It was marvellous, another opportunity to see my favourite band of all time, a day out with the family and a gentle Sunday at home makes for the best weekend.
20110110
I fervently hope that a live CD will follow the end of the tour when the 2nd outing concludes in April as it will go immediately onto the personal stereo on my iPhone. Which brings me to my question for the week, is the iPod an acceptable item of the up to date fishing tackle? I do not know what the attitude is in 21st Century fishing etiquette, but I suppose that such a solitary undertaking will ultimately mean that plugging in the personal stereo is a keen temptation for many. But if swims are positioned by the water at fairly close proximity, the last thing the neighbours want when they are angling is the tch tch tch tch etc from the adjacent swim if they choose not to have their own music.
I cannot say for sure what my preference is going to be. I love my music, my taste tends to spread from Dylan to Def Leppard. I don't really get much chance to use my MP3 player as a rule, but I also have always seen fishing to be something to be practiced quietly to give time by oneself to relax and be alone but with a purpose that isn't too strenuous. So do I want to put my MP3 player in with my fishing tackle? It's a puzzler.
On Saturday I returned to Brum, this time with the family as we fancied going into the metropolis for something of a change. I hadn't been in since the city centre was regenerated although I did go once during the building and got so terribly lost that I never went back. But I was extremely impressed, we went round the Bull Ring and Selfridges, though the issue is that it is, as always in shopping centres, the self same faces of shops as you get everywhere else. It is a great shame that specialist shops don't get a look in. Has anybody ever tried to set up a chain of fishing tackle shops? I do remember that there was a very stylish looking music outlet (by which I mean a outlet for people playing or learning music rather than another HMV) but that did not last long. It might it's the nature of the dedicated shop that they need to be situated in corners and backstreets and have that local expertise and custom rather than a more central location or presence in shopping centres and precincts.
I think it's a pity because the specialist shop for things such as fishing tackle or music tend to be run by the fan and will never make the owners wealthy (and I freely recognise that in the majority of cases they have no wish to be so), but why can't someone make a very general fishing tackle chain work and bring more people to the hobby as a result? I know that many will be aghast and say that a substantial chain will put the proper local specialist into bankruptcy, but I don't agree since when someone decides to come into the sport, gets their first set of fishing tackle and a feel that they want to cary on, the specialists will then come into their own. Also, managers of shopping arcades such as Westfield may not be too keen on one of their outlets being a breeding ground for maggots and other live bait so again, the locals will benefit from the business.
It was marvellous, another opportunity to see my favourite band of all time, a day out with the family and a gentle Sunday at home makes for the best weekend.
20110110
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