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I picked up on a thread by Scuba Chris in sea fishing this morning, he is exploring their use in bait placement. Since then, today I picked up a book "Great Anglers" by John Bailey in a junk shop. Firstly this may turn out to be a fascinating book although I am only a few pages in. Of course he starts by laying out his criteria for what makes a great angler and naturally he refers to Richard Walker but there are many names I have not heard of, of which I have yet to read.
Anyway, to get to the point, one of the things he points out about Walker among the many was his ability to innovate and use the latest technology of the time. Apart from the Arsely bomb he also invented an electronic bite alarm, stating how he would be the first to see the potential of the then technology which in part made him a great angler.
So, I got to thinking, are those that are seeing the potential of drones no less? We all, as many before us have recoiled at these ideas as I am sure many did when Walkers bait alarm came out. I am sure it has been the same for every innovation and invention that has ever come to being by the old guard of whatever generation they belonged to. Am I just not a great enough angler to see this; ditto many of us and is that one of the things that separates us from them?
Anyway, to get to the point, one of the things he points out about Walker among the many was his ability to innovate and use the latest technology of the time. Apart from the Arsely bomb he also invented an electronic bite alarm, stating how he would be the first to see the potential of the then technology which in part made him a great angler.
So, I got to thinking, are those that are seeing the potential of drones no less? We all, as many before us have recoiled at these ideas as I am sure many did when Walkers bait alarm came out. I am sure it has been the same for every innovation and invention that has ever come to being by the old guard of whatever generation they belonged to. Am I just not a great enough angler to see this; ditto many of us and is that one of the things that separates us from them?