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Specimen and Specialist Groups

Ian Hugo Arnott

Ian Hugo Arnott

Senior Member
There are lots of these niche cliques. I wonder why. What are your feelings?

The only exception I would make is for The Baffling BURBOT !

As ever,


:)

Hugo


 
a sense of belonging to a group or society of like minded anglers, to share experiences and promote your own success and maybe failures to a private audience via meetings/forums.
fishy hand shakes & silly talks are order of the day ;-)
 
Some specialist angling groups have suffered declines in the last few years. Undoubtedly the rapid rise in popularity for social networking sites such as Facebook have contributed to this downfall and in some cases downright bad management of one or two established single species groups have resulted in their demise.

I see this trend as being one that will continue until some single species groups find they are unable to carry on.

In fairness the traditional single species groups who failed to keep up with modern trends are old hat who fail to attract the modern angler into their ranks. The internet and our nations wealth of fishing club memberships are all they require. Why pay to join some out dated out of touch group or society when your local fishing clubs and the internet provide everything you need for a fraction of the price?

The angling content derived from the internet has always been huge but its amazing that some single species groups failed to harness its power both in terms of recruitment potential and PR. For some, its as if this massive information highway has passed them by. So whilst some single species groups fall massively into decline, social networking media like facebook draw millions of anglers in day after day right across the world.

Badly managed single species groups never had a chance of competing with our nations long established fishing clubs anyway and certainly haven't a prayer of competing with social media.

Times have changed and the writing is on the wall for some.

Regards,

Lee.
 
The internet and our nations wealth of fishing club memberships are all they require

Exactly, plenty of clubs share waters and form consortium's and therefore give their members access to all sort of venues to fish with all the species of fish.
 
groups failed to harness its power both in terms of recruitment potential and PR.
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Hmm, such a shame since these are exactly the things I imagine most specimen anglers spend their time thinking about.

Seriously?
 
There are still a few small specimen groups about who would never in a million years use facebook to promote their group. By and large they are fairly insular and have restricted membership. A bit like a lot of syndicates I suppose.
 
Steve Double said:
The Tenchfishers set the standard. Slick organisation run by sensible people, really impressive.
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Anything as above available to the Barbel Angler? I know that we have the Barbel Society?
 
Yes John, you and Ollie have a PM :)
 
If there was, John, we'd all know about and all be members!

For reasons I haven't fully worked out, The Tenchfishers are very much brothers-in-arms, sharing information and welcoming fellow members with genuine enthusiasm. And you'll never see a row break out on their forum, either.

Even though their total membership is, I think, only around the 300-400, 100 turned up at their AGM the other week. Any organisation would be proud of that sort of dedicated membership.
 
Ian Hugo Arnott said:
There are lots of these niche cliques. I wonder why. What are your feelings?

The only exception I would make is for The Baffling BURBOT !

As ever,


:)

Hugo
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The English love a good club Hugo .They are formed for a many reasons ; some clubs are open arms- 'come on folks all join in ' types , others 'we have a club , you could join if we let you, but we probably won't ', and all points in between . Whatever turns you on I suppose .

Mike Hodgkiss. - The Rotters Club , life member.
 
Damn good book to boot:)

Steve Double said:
If there was, John, we'd all know about and all be members!

For reasons I haven't fully worked out, The Tenchfishers are very much brothers-in-arms, sharing information and welcoming fellow members with genuine enthusiasm. And you'll never see a row break out on their forum, either.

Even though their total membership is, I think, only around the 300-400, 100 turned up at their AGM the other week. Any organisation would be proud of that sort of dedicated membership.
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The Tenchfishers are every bit what a good single species group should be. They have their roots way back in the 1950's and have been progressive since they were formed. If you look at their website it is clear they have taken the internet seriously with their website that is cram packed full of useful information. The Tenchfishers emphasis is on pure fishing first and foremost with none of the political shenanigans that has held other single species groups back.

Groups like the Tenchfishers have stood the test of time simply because they have got things exactly right. They recognise the reason why anglers picked up a fishing rod in the first place, then build their members church around those reasons. Of course its common sense, but I find it amazing that one or two single species groups fail to grasp this most basic of angling principles.

Regards,

Lee.
 
Lee Fletcher said:
The Tenchfishers are every bit what a good single species group should be. They have their roots way back in the 1950's and have been progressive since they were formed. If you look at their website it is clear they have taken the internet seriously with their website that is cram packed full of useful information. The Tenchfishers emphasis is on pure fishing first and foremost with none of the political shenanigans that has held other single species groups back.

Groups like the Tenchfishers have stood the test of time simply because they have got things exactly right. They recognise the reason why anglers picked up a fishing rod in the first place, then build their members church around those reasons. Of course its common sense, but I find it amazing that one or two single species groups fail to grasp this most basic of angling principles.

Regards,

Lee.
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Top post Lee and been a member its all true
 
whatever happned to the tench fishing section on bfw?
Lee good to see a few posts from you too mate:)
Paul i could take a good guess as towhat your going to tell the other guy in the pm mate, ps i am again located near the thames as from today but that moving is stressful lol:)
 
N.A.C(national Anguilla club) still going strong its the oldest single species club. With around 100 members it stood up against well know super market selling eels and won and is working hard to educate people about eels and is working to stop anglers using eels as baits
 
John Walker said:
whatever happned to the tench fishing section on bfw?
Lee good to see a few posts from you too mate:)
Paul i could take a good guess as towhat your going to tell the other guy in the pm mate, ps i am again located near the thames as from today but that moving is stressful lol:)
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TFW you mean John ? someone actually mentioned Tenchfishing on it and they all ran for the hills :D
 
TFW is currently wafting in the ether. Used to be the best kept secret around. Ex members are now scattered across several continents , and Norfolk. Occasionally, I visit. Just to see if anybody is there....
 
Is there still an OOK thread running Chris ? they were amazing, Landing net handle angst pales into insignificance compared
to them :) And Norfolk :D
 
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