The Drones are coming!

[Dave H]

At present i am a dog’s body for a mate who uses drones on film sets using obviously gimbals and now we are making our own. They are top quality movies (he did a few clips in Sky fall the bond movie).

This got me thinking about using them for fishing but for reconnaissance and i am sure is next on the session carpers list. Just think about off loading boilies right in the spot and even taking your end tackle right off your spool to the spot. I am thinking of using one for tracking down lost birds of prey but fishing!!!!

Surely carpers must have caught up with this and so i looked on u tube and here was a guy catching a fish....LOL

 

Dale...This is right up your street

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2hqppfBJmng

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Christian T]

I would love see him hook something decent and get his drone pulled in.

[Anderoo]

[Sportsman]

I find this all a bit sad. I think that casting is an integral part of the skill of fishing and my feeling is that if you can't cast to it then you shouldn't be fishing for it. For this reason I am not a great lover of baitboats either.

[lutra]

Not sure I agree Dave. I think casting is only a tiny part of angling. Neither being able to cast to the noon or having a baitboat makes a good angler in my book.

 

I think its been a couple of seasons since I cast more than 30 yards.....

[Tigger]

Not sure I agree Dave. I think casting is only a tiny part of angling. Neither being able to cast to the noon or having a baitboat makes a good angler in my book.

 

I think its been a couple of seasons since I cast more than 30 yards.....

 

 

I don't think many can cast further than 30yds with a centrepin Brian .

[Sportsman]

I didn't necessarily mean casting long distances. I certainly don't these days. It is just one of the skills, but I think it is an important one. Maybe that's the fly fishing background.

[lutra]

I'd give vagabond some credit for telling me quite early in my fishing years that on many waters 90% of the food is within 6 foot of the bank so that's where the fish will often be. Coarse or fly I think thinking about that has served me well.

 

I know you will know better Dave, but I do think we should tell some of the newer anglers that all the fish aren't always as far as you can cast (or that bit further) and bigger rods, reels, weights, baitboats or even a drone, often won't help.

[gozzer]

Just a natural progression from the largely artificial sections of angling we already have.

 

Nothing surprises me anymore, angers me yes, but doesn't surprise me.

 

John

[Ken L]

It's about as far from angling as I can imagine.