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| Making monsoon rains matter |
As the country with the greatest proportion of the
area given over to water, in the world, that angling should be looking set fair
to be, as in UK, the favourite hobby and pastime, seems reasonable.
Lakes, ponds, and, above all over 700 rivers, branches
and tributaries, especially further north, as the waters flow into the country
from the snow melt and monsoon rains of the Himalayas and the foothills,
cleaner and purer than they tend to be nearer the coast, contain hundreds of species
of fresh water fish. And fish, of course, is also a staple of traditional
Bengali cuisine.
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| A peacefull pond in Comilla |
The traditional bamboo rod, and a simple kit is
probably as effective as any means of catching the elusive delicacies, but
there is , also, an increasing market for more sophisticated gear in the nation
with rising levels of affluence, despite the inevitable corollary of rising
levels of effluent! An angler’s paradise, indeed, in waters where the fish seem
to gain weight daily!
Oh, and then there’s the coastal waters, but sea
fishing is more of a traditional industry than just a holiday pursuit.
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