Alan H wrote:I know exactly what you are saying Marc, I couldn't bring myself to inject air into them and rarely use worms as I don't like to even hook them, same thing as I could never live bait for Pike, tried it once in the 60's, packed up and went home, never again.Prince of Durham wrote:Funny I've just been reading the 'catch Tench' book and there's a little on air injecting worms. It mentions using it for weedy situations. I've never tried it, I think worms, especially lobs, are too high up the order of animals and it prangs at my heart strings just hooking them never mind injecting air into them; stupid I know, it's always been the case. I still use them to fish with.
I use a syringe for injecting glue into the sections on delaminated rods, that's about my limit.
Have to say that I am entirely in agreement with the above.
There is no law that prohibits this, but I rate it on the same level as live baiting, gaffing fish and other repulsive practices.
Yes, I know we are "traditional" anglers, but it's about time that we projected a more humane image to the public in this day and age and moved on from such things..
Each to his own, as they say, but there is something about this that makes me feel far from comfortable..
No apologies,
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