I can still remember the match that did it for me. Loughborough canal winter match, spent £ 30/40 all in for bait, brekkie, fuel and pools etc. Got battered of the next peg by Mark Downes. I'm sat there thinking WTF am i doing this to myself for coz i certainly ain't enjoying it. Got home and never went again.
I later took up Golf and enjoyed that (Managed to get better at Golf than Fishing, which really yellow streamed me off) got 2 Lurchers and enjoy working them. There is no point doing something if you don't enjoy it, to carry on will only make you completely sick of it.
I never missed fishing, but i have been again a few times this year and had a good time. Can't ever see me getting back full time at it. Now and again pleasure fishing will be enough for me.
Good luck whatever you do.
