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Hi there. I am one of the \"lurkers\"! There are lots of reasons why people dont post on the forum and I am sure lack of confidence is a big one. I am a mum who has taken up angling because my sons wanted to give it a try. My husband wasnt interested and I thought right I will give it a go as it would get the kids away from their playstations and hopefully give them a hobby that they could enjoy for the rest of their lives. Nobody was more surprised than me that I would get \"hooked\". I have learned loads by reading the forum threads and guess what......now that I have mastered the knots and making rigs and have started catching fish husband has started taking an interest lol It has been a bit like learning to drive from a book though and there is things that I am struggling with......gemini disgorgers being one - there is a codling swimming about in the Tyne with belly ache at the minute as I had to give up and cut the line!

It would be a shame to delete members just because they dont feel confident enough to contribute.......yet! I will get there eventually

<blockquote data-quote="pottsy" data-source="post: 844647" data-attributes="member: 469">Hi there. I am one of the \&quot;lurkers\&quot;! There are lots of reasons why people dont post on the forum and I am sure lack of confidence is a big one. I am a mum who has taken up angling because my sons wanted to give it a try. My husband wasnt interested and I thought right I will give it a go as it would get the kids away from their playstations and hopefully give them a hobby that they could enjoy for the rest of their lives. Nobody was more surprised than me that I would get \&quot;hooked\&quot;. I have learned loads by reading the forum threads and guess what......now that I have mastered the knots and making rigs and have started catching fish husband has started taking an interest lol&nbsp; <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink&nbsp; &nbsp; ;)"&nbsp; data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" />&nbsp; It has been a bit like learning to drive from a book though and there is things that I am struggling with......gemini disgorgers being one - there is a codling swimming about in the Tyne with belly ache at the minute as I had to give up and cut the line!It would be a shame to delete members just because they dont feel confident enough to contribute.......yet! I will get there eventually&nbsp; <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin&nbsp; &nbsp; :D"&nbsp; data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="pottsy, post: 844647, member: 469"] Hi there. I am one of the \"lurkers\"! There are lots of reasons why people dont post on the forum and I am sure lack of confidence is a big one. I am a mum who has taken up angling because my sons wanted to give it a try. My husband wasnt interested and I thought right I will give it a go as it would get the kids away from their playstations and hopefully give them a hobby that they could enjoy for the rest of their lives. Nobody was more surprised than me that I would get \"hooked\". I have learned loads by reading the forum threads and guess what......now that I have mastered the knots and making rigs and have started catching fish husband has started taking an interest lol ;) It has been a bit like learning to drive from a book though and there is things that I am struggling with......gemini disgorgers being one - there is a codling swimming about in the Tyne with belly ache at the minute as I had to give up and cut the line! It would be a shame to delete members just because they dont feel confident enough to contribute.......yet! I will get there eventually :D [/QUOTE]

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