What will they think of next..?

An hour trawling the web and a few phone calls later, I still can't find the braid I need to get a couple of rods set up for the season.

"No demand for it," a contact in the trade says. "You lot spool up with the stuff and it lasts you five years."

One online emporium has special mats, to stop your reels getting dirty when it rains. Another has the latest must-have accessory for the camou enthusiast, on special offer.

You wonder what fishing's coming to sometimes.