‘A little more persistence, a little more effort and what seemed hopeless failure, may turn to glorious success’
Elbert Hubbard

Making the assumption that most of us believe in a god (90% according to the 2016 census) a recent radio programme caught my attention where a Dr Rob Marshall suggested that we should all perhaps revert back to the old Testament which teaches us that the earth and the water belongs to God and not to us. By anglers adopting this belief this would be of huge benefit to Lough Sheelin in that firstly we would be reminded that nobody owns this lake but that each of us have a responsibility to look after it (to pass on to future generations) and secondly that the weather which has a huge influence on the fishing here, well it’s out of our hands, it is controlled by an outside influence. This might be of some comfort to those who flogged their guts out on this lake for days with little or no success.

By Brenda Montgomery
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