Very true, watercraft and feeding is the most important, if you do that correctly you can do one session a year and catch more bigger carp in A day then most anglers do in their life times, it is better to do 2 or 3 sessions in your swim withour rods learning whats infront of you then 6 sessions not knowing. Unfortunately only rich retired guys can do that properly! Or if that is your job and your sponsored. We have all heard this, but its true, you have to think like a fish. Then external factors like weather ect just changes from being challenges to being logical decisions.