Away we go for a fresh week coming from a marvellous couple of days which was greatly enjoyable, none of which involved angling. On Friday after supper I went into Birmingham, not something I would generally do as I get bewildered in cities being very much the rural lad, but I was out to see Big Country at the O2 Academy. The concert was marvellous, with Mike Peters standing in for the late, great Stuart Adamson and Bruce Watson's boy Jamie strumming 2nd guitar.
I really hope that a live album will follow the conclusion of the tour when the 2nd section finishes in April as it will go immediately onto the MP3 player on my iPhone. Which brings me to my first subject for the day, is the iPod an acceptable part of the up to date fishing tackle? I do not know what the view is in today's fishing custom, but I reckon that such a solitary endeavour will inevitably mean that plugging in the iPod is a keen temptation for many. But if swims are placed 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 next peg if they choose not to have their own music.
I cannot say for sure what my preference will be. I love my music, my taste tends to spread from Tupac to Tchaikovsky. I do not really get much chance to use my iPod as a rule, but I also have always viewed fishing to be something to be performed quietly to give time by myself to be cool and be alone but with an interest that isn't too strenuous. So do I want to put my personal stereo in with my fishing tackle? It's a tricky one.
On Saturday I was back in the city, 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 rebuilt although I did go once as they were building and got so badly lost that I refused to go back. But I was really impressed, we went round the Bull Ring and Selfridges, though the thing is that it is, as always in shopping centres, the self same faces of shops as you see everywhere else. It is a great sadness that specialist shops don't get a look in. Has anyone ever tried to set up a chain of fishing tackle shops? I do remember that there was a very smart looking music shop (by which I mean a place for people playing music rather than another HMV) but that didn't last long. perhaps it's the nature of the specialist shop that they need to be situated in corners and backstreets and have that local knowledge and custom rather than a more open situation or presence in shopping centres and precincts.
I think it's a shame because the expert shop for things such as fishing tackle or music tend to be operated by the enthusiast and will never make the owners rich (and I freely acknowledge that in most cases they have no wish to be so), but why can't somebody make a very general fishing tackle chain work and attract more people to the sport as a result? I know that many will rile and say that a major chain will put the proper local specialist down the drain, but I don't concur because when someone decides to come into the sport, gets their first set of fishing tackle and a feel that they want to go on, the dedicated shop will then come into their own. Also, operators of shopping centres such as Westfield may not be too happy on one of their shops being a breeding ground for maggots and other live bait so again, the experts will pick up the business.
It was marvellous, another chance 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 really hope that a live album will follow the conclusion of the tour when the 2nd section finishes in April as it will go immediately onto the MP3 player on my iPhone. Which brings me to my first subject for the day, is the iPod an acceptable part of the up to date fishing tackle? I do not know what the view is in today's fishing custom, but I reckon that such a solitary endeavour will inevitably mean that plugging in the iPod is a keen temptation for many. But if swims are placed 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 next peg if they choose not to have their own music.
I cannot say for sure what my preference will be. I love my music, my taste tends to spread from Tupac to Tchaikovsky. I do not really get much chance to use my iPod as a rule, but I also have always viewed fishing to be something to be performed quietly to give time by myself to be cool and be alone but with an interest that isn't too strenuous. So do I want to put my personal stereo in with my fishing tackle? It's a tricky one.
On Saturday I was back in the city, 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 rebuilt although I did go once as they were building and got so badly lost that I refused to go back. But I was really impressed, we went round the Bull Ring and Selfridges, though the thing is that it is, as always in shopping centres, the self same faces of shops as you see everywhere else. It is a great sadness that specialist shops don't get a look in. Has anyone ever tried to set up a chain of fishing tackle shops? I do remember that there was a very smart looking music shop (by which I mean a place for people playing music rather than another HMV) but that didn't last long. perhaps it's the nature of the specialist shop that they need to be situated in corners and backstreets and have that local knowledge and custom rather than a more open situation or presence in shopping centres and precincts.
I think it's a shame because the expert shop for things such as fishing tackle or music tend to be operated by the enthusiast and will never make the owners rich (and I freely acknowledge that in most cases they have no wish to be so), but why can't somebody make a very general fishing tackle chain work and attract more people to the sport as a result? I know that many will rile and say that a major chain will put the proper local specialist down the drain, but I don't concur because when someone decides to come into the sport, gets their first set of fishing tackle and a feel that they want to go on, the dedicated shop will then come into their own. Also, operators of shopping centres such as Westfield may not be too happy on one of their shops being a breeding ground for maggots and other live bait so again, the experts will pick up the business.
It was marvellous, another chance 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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