Not patronising at all JC. You continually remind us that once the hoi-polloi get their hands on things they spoil it.

RB as you'll know trout are the most stupid creatures under the sun and can be caught on the corner of your hat, which is why the toffs had to problematise their pursuit with all manner of absurd social and technical stratifications.
I consider long trotting for rough stream trout one of the highest angling forms, certainly harder than fluff chucking nymphs upstream or down but it's uncommon because riparian owners don't generally allow it.

I'd like a cane rod like the one that was given me as a youngster by a workmate of my father's but the truth is old cane rods, with a few exceptions, weren't up to much and a modern Barder would knock spots off one - at a price. I'm quite happy with my carbon off the peg jobs. You seem to talk more sense about angling than folk, perhaps we can agree on something?