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Treacodactyl
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PostPosted: Tue Feb 08, 11 8:28 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Brownbear wrote:
Why not go to a fishing tackle shop and talk to the staff? You could probably get some tips as well as tackle.


There's none near me for a start. Whenever I happen across one I will pop in and have a chat, hopefully they'll be friendly and helpful but if they'll like other specialist shops some will be very helpful and others will not have the time of day for you. Anyway, I often find it helps if you have some idea before you ask.

Treacodactyl
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PostPosted: Tue Feb 08, 11 8:32 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Bodger wrote:
Here are a selection of the seafishing floats that I use for fishing off the rocks. The humble coloured bubble float often comes good in calm conditions. I've put a biro in the picture as a gauge to size.


Thanks for the details. I've just been looking at bubble floats, I've not really seen them before - worth getting for calm seas then or is it tempting fate?

jamanda
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PostPosted: Tue Feb 08, 11 10:24 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Treacodactyl wrote:
Brownbear wrote:
Why not go to a fishing tackle shop and talk to the staff? You could probably get some tips as well as tackle.


There's none near me for a start. Whenever I happen across one I will pop in and have a chat, hopefully they'll be friendly and helpful but if they'll like other specialist shops some will be very helpful and others will not have the time of day for you. Anyway, I often find it helps if you have some idea before you ask.


Which near you do you mean? There's one in Westward Ho! and two in Barnstaple.

alison
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PostPosted: Wed Feb 09, 11 7:47 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Jamanda wrote:
Treacodactyl wrote:
Brownbear wrote:
Why not go to a fishing tackle shop and talk to the staff? You could probably get some tips as well as tackle.


There's none near me for a start. Whenever I happen across one I will pop in and have a chat, hopefully they'll be friendly and helpful but if they'll like other specialist shops some will be very helpful and others will not have the time of day for you. Anyway, I often find it helps if you have some idea before you ask.


Which near you do you mean? There's one in Westward Ho! and two in Barnstaple.


and 2 in Ilfracombe!

dpack



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PostPosted: Thu Feb 10, 11 3:25 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

sliding floats are easiest to cast as they are on the end when chucked and slide up to the knot once they hit water
a fixed float has to be cast with a full length of terminal tackle flapping about which is never fun as it will tangle and a nightmare to chuck from rocks

i use a 3 metre tele carbon fibre rod built to cast 50 to 250 gms and a good 30 kg multiplier reel for nearly all shore fishing ,float ,on the floor ,dangling or spinning a biggish thing the combo works

not as far as a beachcaster or as sporty as a spinner but very practical in a bag when climbing down cliffs and strong enough for a big wrass ,small conger or perfect bass ,sensitive enough to twitch at a mullet or two small fighting crabs

the rod was about £30 and the reel£50

for years i used an old penn multiplier which cost a fiver and some wd40 on a £10 tele fibreglass caught lots of fish but the carbon fibre is far better for a low stress day on a moody slippery ledge

Bodger



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PostPosted: Thu Feb 10, 11 4:48 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

You can't beat a bit of rubber.
I use a piece of thin rubber band and tie it tightly on to my main line where I want my sliding float to stop.

dpack



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PostPosted: Thu Feb 10, 11 4:51 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

me too ,even from 15 m up the line it will run through the hoops when cast

Jonnyboy



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PostPosted: Thu Feb 10, 11 4:54 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Great tip, I'll remember that one.

Bodger



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PostPosted: Thu Feb 10, 11 4:54 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

It will have to get quite a lot warmer before you see me out on the rocks.

dpack



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PostPosted: Thu Feb 10, 11 4:57 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

a good knot for the band is an austrian butterfly started around the line

a prussic will do but the extra turns of the above reduce slip

a good line is important for a stress free life

strong ,high abrasion resistance ,low stretch cos even low stretch is a bit bungy at distance and the rod should absorb any jerks

shore fishing from a deckchair or a belay is ace

dpack



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PostPosted: Thu Feb 10, 11 5:00 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

wd 40 on the line helps lots

Bodger



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PostPosted: Thu Feb 10, 11 5:23 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

I've got this sea fishing kayak to have a go at this year. I only went out on it a few times last summer. I usually spin from it but a bit of float fishing in those hard to reach spaces might be fun.

dpack



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PostPosted: Thu Feb 10, 11 7:30 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

maybe better than a belay in and out of the place

never used a kayak to fish but it seems a good tool

Dabinett



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PostPosted: Thu Feb 10, 11 9:13 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Bodger wrote:
It will have to get quite a lot warmer before you see me out on the rocks.


Very wise.

Jonnyboy



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PostPosted: Fri Feb 11, 11 7:21 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Bodger wrote:
I've got this sea fishing kayak to have a go at this year. I only went out on it a few times last summer. I usually spin from it but a bit of float fishing in those hard to reach spaces might be fun.


I'm saving for one, which did you get?

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