Disgraced at fishing gear snobs.

[angler100]

I know exactly what you're talking about regarding the tackle shop gobsh1tes, but my advice is not to be afraid to ask advice. It won't take long to work out the good guys who know what they are talking about and are willing to help, as opposed to the smart@rses. No different to every other walk of life.

Don't let the b@stards grind you down....as they say.

[mark0191]

gear

Remember fisherman are people some are cool some are ****ers just like all walks of life. You met some ****ers. Most fishermen are cool.

[lossafish]

"It is better to keep your mouth closed and let people think you are a fool than to open it and remove all doubt. (Mark Twain).

[g.ordon]

"It is better to keep your mouth closed and let people think you are a fool than to open it and remove all doubt. (Mark Twain).

I wouldn't let that bother you to much mate, all you have to do is read a few mags and that's it, problem sorted.,

[clarky]

I've fished with guys like this before, if you've got decent rods n reels they'll tell you why there's is better, if you have cheap gear they tell you why you should have some like their's and why do they always have a reel bag with about 6 reels in and insist on getting them out to show you

what really f***s me off is the guys from the clubs who have all the expensive gear and they do catch a lot of fish and also win or come close to winning the comps, you see them in shops giving advice and when the novice customer has gone they take the p**s outa them with there mates
(sometimes there even behind the counter serving)

These guys should know better, a few of them are quite well known names.

[spoonface]

I am predominantly a fresh water fisherman (which is where most of my money goes) so all my sea fishing gear is cheap and cheerful.

Honestly, people can take the p*** as much as they want out of my gear, I am of the belief it's good bait and knowledge of where you are fishing that catches the fish, not the rod or reel.

My advice is learn about good fresh bait first then worry about rods and reels.

[Falcone]

It is baffling why people would comment on other peoples stuff, i remember around 10 years ago i was doing a lot of carping on a budget, i didnt have any rod pod, fancy matching rods and reels. I had 2 odd 3 piece match rods with 2 okuma reels, with 3 quid bank sticks.
Me and a mate went on to the watergate lake between Seaham and Murton and saw some guys fishing, we approached them and you could actually see them physically uncomfortable with us talking to them, they had all the top brand gear, we asked if they had anything and they said no and that me and my mate would definatly be wasting our time with a bit of a snigger.
Me and my mate were no amateurs and had a secret bait which had just come onto the market at the time and we had some awesome results with it.
Within minutes we were pulling fish out, i think in the first hour we had 7-8 fish between us and this carried on for the following hour, then low and behold we see one of them guys heading round our way to see exactly what we were using.
He got absolutely nothing in the way of information from us and he wasn't best pleased that apparent idiots with below standard gear had completely out fished the so called professionals...
Me and my mate had a good laugh between ourselves as they blanked.

The bait was mainline Assasinate boilies...

I tend to find the freshwater fishing scene is a lot more snobby than the sea fishing, i think you have just ran into the 0.1% which are nobheads.

[lingking]

s nobs

great post falcone love it

[seabeast]

you get snots in all sports kenny take no notice mate,i was in gundog sport for 20year never met as many ****bags in my life,the majority of these sea angling lads are gentlemen.

[spotter]

defo m8 u jst stik in at it enjoy your self ive found that the further north ov hpool u go the ppl dont seem too help but im not saying that bout all ppl. most hartlepool ppl are verry help full u enjoy fishing i do like other ppl say some have all the gear and no ider .