As the online betting tagline goes, "when the fun stops, stop!"
I have to confess to getting very excited about the next 5 months of the river season. The summer hordes of swimmers, dog walkers, ad-hoc bbq-ers, joggers, snoggers and whoever else have departed the river bank (trust me, on my nearest stretch of the thames in Oxford in the summer it's bedlam!!)... plus the really tiny fish that would have plagued you all day are also noticeable by their absence... I'd never dream of going for a whole day at this time of year, but the ideal session of 2 or 3 hours in the afternoon seeing it through in to dark happens at a very convenient time to keep everything happy at home (say going out at 2.30 and coming home 3 hours later). But best of all, I have several different local waters where the chub fishing really comes in to its own at this time of year, so no massive rucksacks or holdalls needed. A small bucket can take all my tackle and bait; lightweight chair under one arm and a rod, net and bankstick/rest banded together carried in the other. I can have a good walk around, always find a banker swim that's empty for that special last hour, and genuinely it only takes a single fish caught for you to feel like you've had a great day (and on some days it will be many more!). I realise there's probably some underlying health issues for the OP... and like I said at the start, if you're not really feeling it, then why go just for the sake of it? However, this really is some of the fishing time I look forward to most...