Well said Ian.B, Just like to add that not all clubs are like this. I fish a lovely lake in the south west which has a couple of hundred members, probably only 40 of us fish in the matches. These members range in ability from people who just enjoy being by the water to people who spend alot of time, effort and money to be at the top of their game. At no point since i have fished there has anybody knowingly made anybody feel uncomfortable due to there ability, and no rules have changed to push people away. I won the first match that i ever fished on there and all the local big names took to me well and i am good friends with many of them. If a club is being run badly or unfairly, leave it. There are plenty of good ones about.
Totty
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