I wonder what the best seating arrangement is when out angling? I presently have, as I found when I took my fishing tackle down from the garage shelf the other day, a titchy collapsible stool which is a bit old and I fear will struggle to hold me for very long. Partly because of metal fatigue but generally to do with the reality that there is somewhat more of me than there was the last time I sat next to the water.
I'd always hankered after a huge fishing tackle box that doubles up as a seat just as by definition it is so practical. However, during wet conditions I would think they will tend to form pools which you really would not be pleased to sit on without waterproof trousers. Also, for their height, they may make rather good footstools, so some kind of nice folding garden chair could be the solution. And it will also be preferable to the previous 2 choices as it will have a back to it.
So, if the garden chair is the finest choice, what sort? Some of the requirement for fishing is that, once you get into a fish, it is necessary to be standing up, and if it's a carp or some other sizable species, it is going to fight and could take some time to bring in, and so again, if it's wet then the cushion could easily get soaked and the probability of piles becomes a factor. So it could be a slatted seat might be the answer, though not plastic as that might be uncomfortable in chilly conditions.
I have spotted a type of camp beds for angling, but I can't foresee any fishing trip I go on is going to require anything like that, although a mini tent as an alternative to an umbrella could be a fantastic addition to the fishing tackle, but in all of this is the requirement that everything has to be carried to the water which might conceivably be quite a way, and it would be better to be able to get it all there in 1 trip rather than a relay.
Bearing that in mind, we must now consider that we have a big fishing tackle box to double as a footstool over one shoulder, I have a rod case over another shoulder which will also be holding some sort of garden chair, a keep net and landing net in 1 hand which will only leave one hand free to carry something like a lunch box, or bait if there isn't space in the box.
But as long as the day's angling is pleasant, it will all be worthwhile. And even if the fish are not necessarily feeding, if it's a hot day then a little self time with nothing to do other than think about whatever comes to mind can be considered as a good day's fishing. It's extremely hard to do that with a cold, wet backside.
20110105
I'd always hankered after a huge fishing tackle box that doubles up as a seat just as by definition it is so practical. However, during wet conditions I would think they will tend to form pools which you really would not be pleased to sit on without waterproof trousers. Also, for their height, they may make rather good footstools, so some kind of nice folding garden chair could be the solution. And it will also be preferable to the previous 2 choices as it will have a back to it.
So, if the garden chair is the finest choice, what sort? Some of the requirement for fishing is that, once you get into a fish, it is necessary to be standing up, and if it's a carp or some other sizable species, it is going to fight and could take some time to bring in, and so again, if it's wet then the cushion could easily get soaked and the probability of piles becomes a factor. So it could be a slatted seat might be the answer, though not plastic as that might be uncomfortable in chilly conditions.
I have spotted a type of camp beds for angling, but I can't foresee any fishing trip I go on is going to require anything like that, although a mini tent as an alternative to an umbrella could be a fantastic addition to the fishing tackle, but in all of this is the requirement that everything has to be carried to the water which might conceivably be quite a way, and it would be better to be able to get it all there in 1 trip rather than a relay.
Bearing that in mind, we must now consider that we have a big fishing tackle box to double as a footstool over one shoulder, I have a rod case over another shoulder which will also be holding some sort of garden chair, a keep net and landing net in 1 hand which will only leave one hand free to carry something like a lunch box, or bait if there isn't space in the box.
But as long as the day's angling is pleasant, it will all be worthwhile. And even if the fish are not necessarily feeding, if it's a hot day then a little self time with nothing to do other than think about whatever comes to mind can be considered as a good day's fishing. It's extremely hard to do that with a cold, wet backside.
20110105
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