Could Getting Fitter Make You A Better Angler? | Andy Bennett & PT | The Fishing Gurus Podcast #059

Uh, before we...

I've got a million questions for you.

Yeah.

Toby'll be itching behind his mic, 'cause he is super keen on fitness and health.

But to play devil's advocate as well, I think there's this massive stereotypical shadow over angling and fishermen that is fishermen are working-class men.

They smoke, they drink, they eat breakfast, they go for a pint afterwards.

Quite a lot of them are overweight.

And a lot of people will undoubtedly listen to this podcast and have adverse feelings towards what we've gotta say about it.

Like, do you, do you genuinely think, both of you, that it is a massive advantage having something like this in your life? 'Cause, 'cause there's some great fat anglers, there's some amazing unhealthy anglers out there.

There'll always be these people that break the rules in terms of, you know...

Well, you're basically just talking about me, aren't you? [laughs]

[laughs]

[laughs]

But it, it does make a difference-

Yeah

... because, like, I've noticed definitely- Like, if I drink, I'm not, I'm not gonna sit here and preach to someone like, "You need to stop drinking.

You need to stop eating this.

You can't do this."

No.

Because I go out on a Sunday, I play pool with my mates, and it's...

I think it's an over 37, 38-year-old sort of thing.

Back in the day, it is a working class man's sport.

You'd go fishing on a coach, you go to the pub from working men-

Mm

... to clubs.