Frankie that is because they are coare fishing - you don't go fly flishing on a canal. The sort of rivers I fish you couldnt get a canal boat
on before it hit the rocks. I've seen it from both sides as I used to coarse fish when I lived in the Midlands then I saw the light when
I moved up to the wilds of Northumberland, also I occasionally go out on my brothers Narrow boat and yes the anglers do look miserable
- probably because there aren't many fish these days. Our east European brothers that live here have eaten most of them.
Geoff