Well I have jumped ship !

I have read and enjoyed the delights of Chris Yates and others extolling the virtues of split cane and all things traditional from an angling perspective .

My book collection has focussed on the traditional aspects of the Angling genre .

I own and use a number of centrepin reels so may be I am already half way there ?

My float collection involves an awful lot of quills and cork .

I even own a split cane fly rod bought from a second hand shop many years ago , and it was with that very rod that I learnt to cast and caught my first fly caught trout . I also got some very strange looks and some supposed funny comments from fellow brothers of the angle at Chalk Springs when I used the rod to extract some very nice trout from their watery home . I think the other anglers didn't,  so were quick to cast some barbed comments my way .

Oh and I have to say  I own a Kelly Kettle , so perhaps the writing is on the wall ?

So now I have bought a couple of split cane rods ....oh what have I done ?

They looked so nice . All rich and toffee coloured just waiting to be put back into use .

So there we are , I am on the road to Angling Tradition , where will it stop ?

But I suppose as a collector of vinyl and an avid appreciator of all things turntable related ( that means record player to the un -initiated ) my walk back to the future was always on the cards . Now where is that copy of the Fishing Gazette ?