Hillsider
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Sod that. When the krill runs out, what's next? Soylent Green maggots?
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I'll be continuing my quest to find a stretch of the Calder that isn't infested with dog walkers and feral children. I thought I'd found the ideal place yesterday when I fished the Lillands Farm stretch at Brighouse (private land, access for anglers and residents only), but I got accosted by a bunch of kids just as I was starting to pack up. Nothing is sacred anymore.
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Somewhat surprisingly, some anglers advocate the release of carp after capture while others have been known to illegally translocate these fish to help their distribution.
Idiots.
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The extra knob on the bottom has "free spool set" printed next to it, so it's probably some kind of baitrunner style feature. I'm curious too now.
The 80s seem to have been an interesting period in reel design. I once saw a Cardinal with a lever drag on the back, like a Shimano Fighting Drag but roataed 90 degrees.
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Those look like some pretty nice floats she's found. Usually when I find discarded line it's at least 10lb and usually has a sea lead and a giant rusty hook tied to the end. A couple of years ago I found one of my favourite grayling swims festooned with the stuff, and when I pulled the whole mess out of the river, bushes, and an overhanging tree, I found a cheap telescopic "Boyz Toyz" rod and reel attached to the other end. They could atleast have left something decent for me.
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fishing wireSTOP CALLING IT THAT. IT'S NOT WIRE. LEARN THE DIFFERENCE. FFFFFFFUUUUUUUUUUUU-
she is fed up of finding fishing line around the water and open tin cans.Yeah I hate it when people violate my priceless collection open tin cans by wrapping line around them too. I feel her pain. Bloody hooligans.
past timeUgh.
I'm going to be joining the dole queue soon. Maybe I should offer the Bucks Free Press my services as a proof reader.
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currently the newer 'far East' version retails at £170+ ... you can get a UK-made reel for around 50 - 60 quid less!
My Bewick is one of the newer ones, and it didn't cost anywhere near that much (bought brand new from a bircks and mortar shop. I think it was about £100).
A more important point to keep in mind is that the older version doesn't have an adjustable grub screw at the centre of the spool. This is likely to cause problems should the reel ever need to be adjusted.
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I do have to agree with you on two counts. One of my handles was loose and the centre screw did keep tightening up (which means if you put line on other way it might come out instead).
As i brought mine off fleebay I was happy to just tighten the handle and set up the centre screw and apply a tiny drop of thread lock. She was a little stiff to start but I cleaned off the old oil, applied the Penn oil and set her up at work with an air line to spin her round. Now she runs like a dream. Only reel competing with her for smoothness and freerunning is the allcocks, leaving all the bearing reels in the shade.
My Bewick wasn't exactly perfectly set up when I bought it. The grubscrew was far too tight, and the retaining cap was misalligned. Very simple to fix though.
I also had the problem with the handles coming loose, which I solved by simply removing them. It's a much better reel without them - less mass near the rim of the spool, and nothing for the line to get wrapped round.
I've got the Bewick and my Match Aerial in front of me right now, and there isn't much between them in terms of startup inertia. The Aerial spins longer (I got it to spin for over 4 minutes once), but that's irrelevant when fishing. The Bewick is much easier to control during the cast.
As for bearing reels... I can't remember the last time I trotted with my Sheffield. The only thing I've used it for lately is fishing close in for ide with a waggler on a local club pond. I almost feel sorry for it.
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I'm not being funny but if i wanted a light weight reel with no extras like drag adjustment then i'd save even more money and pick the grey's Bewick. Mine is now as free running as the Allcocks Match Ariel and you can pick one up for under £100 off fleebay.
The Bewick is also much easier to Wallis cast with than the Okumas, at least in my experience anyway.
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The Alnwick operation, which has composite engineers on site, already has a contract to supply tube technology to the Ministry of Defence.
Applications include tank aerials, rocket motors, anti-tank missiles and protection for armoured vehicles.
Sounds like tank aerial rods are making a comeback.
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The perfect hookhold is one that falls out in the landing net, negating any need for the fish to be manually unhooked.
Getting a size 22 out of a lively 2lb grayling's scissors can be a devil of a job.
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Grayling. My local river is full of them, and I have a Match Aerial that needs breaking in.
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Meanwhile in America... http://www.tackletour.com/menuenthusiasttackle.html
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Sounds like a trout. I catch loads of them on float gear in my local river, and the behaviour you described is very common in my experience.
New pike species
in Coarse Fishing
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The "pointed" tail shape seems to be a common feature on Irish pike. Are you saying Irish pike are a different species?