Off we go for a fresh week coming from a brilliant couple of days which was hugely enjoyable, none of which included angling. On Friday evening I took myself into Birmingham, not something I would generally do as I get confused in cities being very much the rural boy, but I was on a mission to see Big Country at the O2 Academy. The concert was wonderful, 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 end of the tour when the second part concludes in April as it will go directly onto the iPod on my iPhone. Which brings me to my issue for the morning, is the MP3 player an acceptable addition of the up to date fishing tackle? I do not know what the thinking is in 21st Century fishing etiquette, but I think that such a solitary activity will inevitably mean that plugging in the iPod is a real temptation for many. But if swims are positioned by the water at fairly close distances, the last thing the neighbours want when they are angling is the tch tch tch tch etc from next door if they prefer not to have their own sounds.
I can't say for sure what my preference might be. I love my music, my taste tends to span from Dr Dre to Dvorjak. I do not really get much time to use my iPod as a rule, but I also have always regarded fishing to be something to be done quietly to give time by oneself to relax 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 puzzler.
On Saturday I returned to Brum, this time with the family as we fancied going into the urban experience for something of a change. I had not been in since the city centre was regenerated although I did go once during the building and got so badly lost that I refused to go back. But I was very impressed, we went to the Bull Ring and Selfridges, though the issue is that it is, as always in shopping centres, the self same chains of shops as you see everywhere else. It is a great pity that specialist outlets 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 fine looking music place (by which I mean a shop for people playing or learning music rather than another HMV) but that did not last long. perhaps it's the nature of the specialist retailer that they need to be located in corners and backstreets and have that local knowledge and custom rather than a more general place or presence in shopping arcades and precincts.
I think it's a shame because the specialist shop for things such as fishing tackle or handicrafts tend to be owned by the devotee and will never make the owners rich (and I freely recognise that in most 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 protest and say that a major chain will put the authentic local specialist into bankruptcy, but I don't see that because when someone decides to come into the activity, gets their first set of fishing tackle and a feel that they want to continue, the experts will then come into their own. Also, operators of shopping malls 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 dedicated will benefit from the business.
It was marvellous, another opening to see my favourite band of all time, a day out with the family and a gentle Sunday at home makes for the ideal weekend.
20110110
I really hope that a live album will follow the end of the tour when the second part concludes in April as it will go directly onto the iPod on my iPhone. Which brings me to my issue for the morning, is the MP3 player an acceptable addition of the up to date fishing tackle? I do not know what the thinking is in 21st Century fishing etiquette, but I think that such a solitary activity will inevitably mean that plugging in the iPod is a real temptation for many. But if swims are positioned by the water at fairly close distances, the last thing the neighbours want when they are angling is the tch tch tch tch etc from next door if they prefer not to have their own sounds.
I can't say for sure what my preference might be. I love my music, my taste tends to span from Dr Dre to Dvorjak. I do not really get much time to use my iPod as a rule, but I also have always regarded fishing to be something to be done quietly to give time by oneself to relax 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 puzzler.
On Saturday I returned to Brum, this time with the family as we fancied going into the urban experience for something of a change. I had not been in since the city centre was regenerated although I did go once during the building and got so badly lost that I refused to go back. But I was very impressed, we went to the Bull Ring and Selfridges, though the issue is that it is, as always in shopping centres, the self same chains of shops as you see everywhere else. It is a great pity that specialist outlets 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 fine looking music place (by which I mean a shop for people playing or learning music rather than another HMV) but that did not last long. perhaps it's the nature of the specialist retailer that they need to be located in corners and backstreets and have that local knowledge and custom rather than a more general place or presence in shopping arcades and precincts.
I think it's a shame because the specialist shop for things such as fishing tackle or handicrafts tend to be owned by the devotee and will never make the owners rich (and I freely recognise that in most 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 protest and say that a major chain will put the authentic local specialist into bankruptcy, but I don't see that because when someone decides to come into the activity, gets their first set of fishing tackle and a feel that they want to continue, the experts will then come into their own. Also, operators of shopping malls 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 dedicated will benefit from the business.
It was marvellous, another opening to see my favourite band of all time, a day out with the family and a gentle Sunday at home makes for the ideal weekend.
20110110
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