How to Think Like a Fish: And Other Lessons from a Lifetime in Angling by Jeremy Wade
Author:Jeremy Wade [Wade, Jeremy]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Non-Fiction, Guide, Sports & Recreation, Sports, Hunting
ISBN: 9780306845307
Publisher: Hachette Books
Published: 2019-05-21T00:00:00+00:00
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More Less Is More
Argentina, RÃo Paraná. Iâm here in search of a huge freshwater stingray known as the short-tailed ray (Potamotrygon brachyura). But the advance information we had about this place isnât standing up to close scrutiny. The rays are much scarcer than we thought. After three blank days I finally caught one on day fourâbut at just thirty pounds it hardly qualifies as a monster. We need something much bigger.
Now itâs day ten, and Iâve caught nothing further. Itâs my last day of fishing, and the level of desperation is unprecedented.
One of the things I keep having to do, when fishing with a film crew, is explain my decisions. Why are you fishing here? Why are you ignoring what that local guy said? Why do you want us all to come back and fish through the night? It can be tiresome but ultimately I welcome it, because it keeps me fishing effectively. These are the questions I should be asking myselfâplus a host of othersâand I need to have convincing answers.
And in times of desperation, one question thatâs almost guaranteed to arise in everyoneâs mind, demanding attention until it has to be vocalized, is: Why donât you put out more lines?
Itâs just basic arithmetic, isnât it? Two baits doubles your chances. Three baits even better. And so on. If itâs all a matter of right bait, right place, right time, this allows you to cover so many more bases. In this case, word reached the crew from somebody claiming to know about these rays that I really should be using six or eight rods, from three boats if necessary. That was where I was going wrong. To which I answered (deep breath)⦠No!
Where do I begin? Itâs largely a matter of focus, and practicalities. If youâre fly-fishing or spinning, itâs obvious that you canât operate two or three rods simultaneously, unless youâre a Hindu deity with multiple arms. When youâre bait fishing it seems equally obvious that you can use more than one rodâbut I would argue that, in most cases, you shouldnât.
For most of my bait fishing I use a single rod. This is partly a legacy of my years of solo traveling, when a vital concern was mobility, and the amount of fishing gear at my disposal was limited to what I could carry on my back, onto trucks, boats and buses, along with a few spare clothes. So it was pretty minimalist. But during that time I learned that this isnât necessarily a handicap. Now Iâll fish a single rod by choice, even when I can slip more gear into the pile of film equipment without anybody noticing. This is because, in many situations, one rod is more effective than two.
For a lot of my fishing, I like to hold the rod, even if I might be in for a long wait before anything happens. This helps me focus on how I am presenting the bait. Presentation is another vital part of the fishing equation. Even
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