Dear fishing lovers, let me share some pretty exciting news with you: Shimano, one of Australia’s largest producers and sellers of fishing gear, has created the opportunity for all fishermen, both newbies and experienced ones, to take the Hagane challenge – a 52 week challenge of surf fishing; 4 challenges over 13 rounds. If finished successfully, every fisherman gets a badge for their accomplishment. The final prize – a brilliant sum of $1,000.00!
Arm yourself with strength, endurance and silky smooth moves and get ready to show your skills! Now that I got you all excited about this amazing chance to take the Hagane challenge and prove your talent, let me give you a few heads up on what you should expect when you get to your fishing trip:
- It smells
If you are very very very intolerant to strong and bad smells, you might think twice before you decide to take the Hagane challenge. It lasts for a long time, and you will need to be concentrated a lot on performing well. Therefore, if the smell of fish, baits, and the rest of the equipment is something you cannot stand, you will surely face some concentration problems.
- Reserve your evenings
True, it lasts for a pretty long time, but it is totally worth it. The best time to go fishing is at evening, which means you will have to skip all your evening wine sessions and replace them with a peaceful meditation along the shore. What can you do, fish love the calm of evenings. You will feel a strong bond, becoming one with nature will be an unforgettable pleasing experience.
- Choose your spot carefully
The beach is not exactly the ideal starting point for fishing beginners, so if you decide to start your fishing experience at the beach, you might experience a big disappointment from the very beginning. Unless if you are very lucky and get everything right: from the right time of the year, the right beach and the period when the fish is close to the shoreline – which is rare, especially during summer. Leave the beach for casting from a boat in the middle of the sea, when your chances for catching something are actually real. Plus, you will definitely need more experience for handling sea fish.
- It is more than catching fish
If you though that fishing is only about catching fish, you are so wrong. The whole philosophy of fishing is much more than that: it is all about connecting with nature, sitting in silence, studying the habitat and enjoying blending with Mother Earth while catching fish.
- You’ll get hooked
Once you hear the “cloop” sound of the carp, or see the trout sip from the surface, the angler in you will awake, and you will get hooked. No other sport is as enthusiastic as fishing; it captures your thoughts and attention, and the calmness in which you indulge while doing it, is so addictive it will make tennis sound rough.
