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Maybe it's the hunting instinct from our "caveman" days.
John | 04.08.09 - 8:40 a.m. | #
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I thought it was like the garden shed - it's a pastime men have to be *away* from their women. Alone time is precious. 
Chz | Homepage | 04.08.09 - 8:50 a.m. | #
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Exactly what I was going to say, gets them away from the better half.
Debster | Homepage | 04.08.09 - 8:53 a.m. | #
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Cod I don't know what this has come to..carping on about this...E'el be telling us it is our sole next.etc etc etc whale plaice flounder etc etc etc dab etc
oh dear
Anonymous | 04.08.09 - 9:08 a.m. | #
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I see people (men!) fishing in the Regents Canal outside my flat... what are they thinking? There are fish there but I'm damn sure I wouldn't eat 'em...
EskimoPie | 04.08.09 - 9:30 a.m. | #
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Maybe the lone female was a new breed of WAG?
michael | 04.08.09 - 9:57 a.m. | #
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Women are often in un-chosen solitary confinement most of the time doing household chores. The men wisely absent themselves on the pretext of doing something 'useful' in the garden shed/allotment/garage/river-lake-pond.
Men do knit BTW ....I saw one once on the District Line Tube at Mile End.
Bina | Homepage | 04.08.09 - 10:07 a.m. | #
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Oh, that's done it now. Next thing you know Harriet Harman will be insisting that 50\\% of all fisherpersons must be women!
For myself, can't see the point in fishing
Kennamatic | Homepage | 04.08.09 - 11:34 a.m. | #
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2 other things that puzzle me:
1. Why they frequently throw the fish they catch back (often with torn up mouth from the hook so it will probably die slowly and painfully anyway) (I understand that not all fish caught are large enough or tasty, but it's by no means all).
2. Why many sit fishing by reservoirs/rivers on the sides of busy A- or M- roads. Nature yes, tranquility and clean air, no.
Blue Witch | Homepage | 04.08.09 - 11:44 a.m. | #
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There is a fishing shop near where I live and there are always men " 'aving a larf " in there what ever time of day or night I pass it.
Most train spotters are men; in fact I haven't ever seen a female one.
Amused | 04.08.09 - 12:07 p.m. | #
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A womman I worked with loved going night fishing with her boyfriend off Hastings. She was 23 or so, full of fun and loved the idea of being out under the stars in a little boat. One example doesn't disprove your gender assessment, but it does show angling can appeal to women, albeit with more adventure than just sitting by a municipal lake.
Waterhouse | 04.08.09 - 1:31 p.m. | #
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1) Most women don't like yucky things - baiting a hook and dealing with a caught fish doesn't sound particularly "clean".
2) Women - except in fashion and makeup seem a practical sex. Why spend a day fishing when you can got to the fish shop then shop for clothes.
3) Like Pratchett says, a lot of men fish BECAUSE their wives won't!
Scott F | 04.08.09 - 2:06 p.m. | #
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Fishing is conversely a relaxation and the excitement of not knowing what you might actually catch (though you can stack the odds in your favour for certain species.
Hardly anyone eats fish caught in fresh water as it's usually bland to the point of having no taste at all and you are often not allowed to keep the catch.
Putting them back gives other anglers a chance to catch and most anglers - wanting to keep the quality of the stock high - carefully return all fish alive and undamaged at the end of their session.
And I haven't fished for 10 years!
Mr.D. | Homepage | 04.08.09 - 2:15 p.m. | #
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Maybe its the maggots.
ColininThailand | 04.08.09 - 2:25 p.m. | #
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women only interested in eating
nan | Homepage | 04.08.09 - 2:43 p.m. | #
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I was amazed to read today of a fish called Bensom being caught 63 times:
http:/
ews.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/engla...ire/
8183080.stm
Steve Barker | Homepage | 04.08.09 - 7:59 p.m. | #
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Because fishing is boring and men are a bit simple?
Laurie | 04.08.09 - 8:21 p.m. | #
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It's the last faint vestige of the caveman's survival imperative - get out there and catch some edible protein.
trad or anon | 04.08.09 - 8:56 p.m. | #
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Probably the women kick them out on a weekend so they can get on with more useful things without having them cluttering up the place!!!
Wish mine would develop an outdoor hobby!!
CornishCockney | 04.08.09 - 9:23 p.m. | #
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The biggest carp in the country died today...
http:/
ews.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magaz...ine/
8183547.stm
Sam Roberts | Homepage | 04.08.09 - 9:32 p.m. | #
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My other half's just taken up fishing, and I just can't see the point. Fresh air maybe if done off a pier, but it's not very active is it? I definiteley think it's an excuse do sit and do nothing for hours on end, no women in sight and swap remote control for fishing rod. It's also a mainly silent hobby, and women prefer to socialise and communicate.
SurreyGirl | 04.08.09 - 11:04 p.m. | #
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Benson- she is wiv teh anglers now
Strandman | 05.08.09 - 9:25 a.m. | #
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On a related matter, I was passing through Doncaster at the weekend (the best way to see it, apparently!) and saw several train spotters of varying ages on the platform of Doncaster station. Now, in days of yore, when individual steam engines could be identified, I understand the point of spotting them, but these days, when all trains look much of a muchness, what's the point? Seems quite a solitary activity too, based on my observations. Does that make me a train spotter spotter?
michael | 05.08.09 - 9:44 a.m. | #
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Apart from being a good excuse to get out of the house, it's nothing to do with the ever more sophisticated fishing tackle, statistics, competition thing is it?
"Angling may be said to be so like the Mathematicks, that it can never be fully learnt; at least not so fully, but that there will still be more new experiments left for the trial of other men that succeed us."
Izaak Walton
anne | Homepage | 05.08.09 - 4:31 p.m. | #
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I love fishing. The peace, tranquility, just letting the world pass you by. Sometimes I don't even bait the hook - it's all about the silence. Perhaps I wasn't meant to be a girly - socialising you say? Good grief no. When the boys started school me and the old man used to go fishing - it's cheap and peaceful. Love it. Sometimes I used to take my knitting with me......
Divaboo | 07.08.09 - 6:24 p.m. | #
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Women have how many free hours in their week?
E | 13.08.09 - 11:36 p.m. | #
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