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Originally posted by ajp:............ Berkeley Vanish .. is not a true 100% fluorocarbon ....
ajp,Really?! What actually is it then???? :confused:
DG
[ 05. June 2004, 07:42 PM: Message edited by: The Diamond Geezer ]
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Originally posted by Paul_D:Remind us what the Poledark method is for measuring please so we'll then be able to do some meaningful tests and come to some conclusions.
I try to dig-out the photo, but it's simplicity itself, involving a cross-bar, a calibrated spring-balance or load-cell, a bucket, and water.How do you normally check your line & knots, then, Paul?
DG
[ 05. June 2004, 07:45 PM: Message edited by: The Diamond Geezer ]
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Wet knot breaking strength: your satisfactory percentage?
In readiness for the new season, I've been doing some wet knot breaking strength tests à la mode de Den The Poledark and although I know there have been previous threads on this topic, I never really got a handle on what percentage of the original, wet, unknotted Breaking Strength of your mainline or hooklength (be it mainline to hooklength, swivel, lure etc., or hooklength to hook, spade or eyed), you regard as acceptable for your wet knot Breaking Strength, which of course is the only meaningful measure of true ultimate strength of your line while you're fishing?
So, would you accept 80%? And what knot do you use to achieve this?
Do you realistically ever hope to achieve 100% i.e. the wet strength of your line being totally unaffected by your knot?
DG :confused:
P.S. BTW, please post Don't knows and/or Don't cares elsewhere, please
[ 05. June 2004, 04:17 PM: Message edited by: The Diamond Geezer ]
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Originally posted by Cyranne 12:I shall hike off to the Southdowns hotel (out of shot unfortunately) shortly and see if I can spot a bovine or two.If not I shall just have to raise a glass of red plonk,with thanks to you for sparking an interest in the WESTERN Rother----not the Kent one.
BTW--how did you acquire the photo?
Yup, it'll be very interesting to know if there are cows in the field upstream of the bridge, on the south bank!Got a free CD from the Sunday Times, yonks ago, with aerial pix of quite a bit of England.
Still no reply from the EA despite my phoning and leaving a message again
DG
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Originally posted by Julian:Hmmm - Not sure I’d go along with bashing ESP Ghost.
To be honest I’ve found it to be better than most. Julian
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Originally posted by Julian:Hmmm - Not sure I’d go along with bashing ESP Ghost.
I moved of it for a while whilst trying other braided hook links but after a dramatic reduction in takes I moved back and immediately started hitting the fish again. To get it straight you just have to pre-stretch the rig before use. Once you’ve tied the rig, hold solidly at each end using scissor heads or baiting needles or whatever and then gently stretch the rig getting firmer and firmer, then just leave pinned in a rig wallet for an hour or so – job done.
Julian
You're talking purely about using Ghost as a hooklength, then? ... not a fluoro as a main-line?quote:
Originally posted by Julian:Hmmm - Not sure I’d go along with bashing ESP Ghost.
I used the 12lb version at first but was unhappy with the breaking strain I was getting on bench tests ..............
Julian
Julian, what BS results were you getting, then, with the bench-test of 12 lb Ghost, and what method do you use?DG
[ 05. June 2004, 05:57 PM: Message edited by: The Diamond Geezer ]
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Originally posted by Newt:Other fluoro lines I've tried were fine.
C'mon, Newt .. spit it out! Which ones ?????DG
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Originally posted by Anthony:Berkley Vanish as reel line and a couple of hooklength materials, most notably ESP Ghost.
Granted, I've only used them in the higher BS, but I find them very brittle and stiff (OK for certain rigs) and very thick for their Breaking Strength. I found coiling was a big annoyance with all those I've used.
Hmmm .. interesting .. many thanks. Vanish was the one I used. Not cheap. Had to be very careful with knots. Had some unexplained snap-offs.I've never tried Drennan ESP Ghost
Thanks for the warning
DG
[ 04. June 2004, 04:33 PM: Message edited by: The Diamond Geezer ]
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Originally posted by corydoras:Superglue (cyanoacrylate)was discovered by Kodak when they were doing some research into clear plastics for gun sights.
Yup .. by Dr Harry Coover in fact, who had borrowed some info from a Japanese company.Good bit of science that: when he couldn't get the those two NaCl mini-plates apart when he was running an IR spectrum of cyanoacrylate, he realised that he'd have to do something recover the high cost of the NaCl mini-plates some how
Similar to the discovery of Nylon 66: i.e. if you pour hexamethylene diamine down a sink which has adipic acid in it, you block the sink with white polymeric stuff
Elementary, my dear Carothers [ 04. June 2004, 04:29 PM: Message edited by: The Diamond Geezer ]
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Originally posted by Anthony:Not for me DG. I'll stick with what I know for now, fluorocarbons will have to improve vastly to earn my pennies.
Hmmmh! Anthony, the problem for me at least, is that how do I tell whether they've improved or not, without shelling-out many shekels to buy some and trying it? :confused:By the way, which one(s) have you tried-out, what problem(s) did you find with the first wave of fluoros? ... and what aspects would you need to see improved? .. you know .. before opening your wallet to buy them again
DG
[ 04. June 2004, 03:46 PM: Message edited by: The Diamond Geezer ]
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Originally posted by Dunk Fairley:Also, bear in mind that superglue .... will actually breakdown when wet.
Except the water-proof formulations of it, of course_______________________
... and I have to say that, even with the bog-standard cheapo versions e.g. from £land,
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12 tubes for a squid! Can't grumble at that. Maybe take a tad longer to cure than Loctite, but in fact the finished glue seems stronger (only a feeling in my water, though, no pukka tests to back that up }
I've never noticed any breakdown or weakening of superglue e.g. on mini-crimps where I fill them with superglue rather than crimp.
DG
[ 04. June 2004, 04:18 PM: Message edited by: The Diamond Geezer ]
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Fluorocarbon or fluoro-nylon co-polymer monos: would you give them another try?
I've been mulling-over whether or not to try fluoro mono (again) for the coming season. I, and I think many other anglers, have had bad experiences with the first rash of fluoro monos and their claimed invisibility in water (not forgetting, of course, that fish can sense them by other means as well!).
Browsing through some of the latest cataloques, especially my brand-new one from BassPro, there seem to be a new wave of fluoros that have been improved etc.
If you've tried and had a bad experience with fluoro monos, which aren't cheap, would you be inclined to give this improved second wave of them another go, a second chance?
From what I can see, they're not going to Vanish without trace
DG :confused:
[ 05. June 2004, 12:25 PM: Message edited by: The Diamond Geezer ]
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Originally posted by badexcuseforanangler:I see no cows
Well, just how big do the milkers have to be then ??!!_______
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Originally posted by Richard Capper:.... super glue ...
Never leave home without some
DG
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Originally posted by Cyranne 12:I can't say that I can even pick up the A272 on your picture.
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Originally posted by poledark:We could of course go right back to the beginning and use a short handline with a hook and the strongest bit of twine and dangle our baits in the edge and pull out the fish by hand...... Den
That's all we 'ad when I were a lad. No rod, no reel, just a stick and a bit of twine ... an' we were lucky ... an' after fishing, all we 'ad fer supper were't damp rag soaked in sulphuric acid to suck .. an' we were luckyIn fact, thinking about it, we di'n't have stick or twine either ... had to tickle every fish out
DG
[ 04. June 2004, 10:02 AM: Message edited by: The Diamond Geezer ]
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Originally posted by BUDGIE:28 stone! jeez makes me and Andy look anorexic
Thanks DG. That should give Andy confidence to go ahead and get one.
Yup ... but the down-side is that I'm afraid I shall have to give Chester the names of all/anyone who takes the Mickey out of him____________________________
DG
[ 04. June 2004, 08:16 AM: Message edited by: The Diamond Geezer ]
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Originally posted by Cyranne 12:Hi DG,
Had a look over the parapet of Shopham Bridge this afternoon. The river looks in beautiful condition----good flow----nice colour and lots of weed of all-sorts growing well.
That's good news!quote:
Originally posted by Cyranne 12:No-one spoken to seems to have spotted the bad colour that you took aboard at the week-end----could it have been the consequences of an active cow-drink?
Now that's a possibility that hadn't occurred to me. Maybe you can spot the cows responsible ....._________
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Originally posted by Cyranne 12:Anyway:thanks for taking the time to let the locals know----it has woken a few slumbering souls...
Well, I certainly wasn't dreaming ... my passenger said " Errr ..look at that! ..You wouldn't want to fish that ... ", which is what made me slow-down even more on the hump-backed bridge at Trotton and have a quick glimpse.All's well that ends well, then
DG
[ 04. June 2004, 10:05 AM: Message edited by: The Diamond Geezer ]
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Originally posted by Rob Ward:I'm planning a 48 hour session on either Orchid or St.Johns Lake after a new PB Carp (Currently 21 lb 8 oz) so I'm wondering which water to go for - any pointers?
Rob, if you're after the best chance of something over 25 lb, of the two (and I personally wouldn't necessarily pick either) I'd go for St Johns Lake at the Linear Fisheries BUT ... depending on exactly when you're going i.e. what day of the week, school hols etc etc, it can get v crowded.DG
[ 03. June 2004, 01:22 PM: Message edited by: The Diamond Geezer ]
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Originally posted by BUDGIE:28 stone! jeez makes me and Andy look anorexic
Thanks DG.That should give Andy confidence to go ahead and get one.
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Yup, he's built like one of those grey-back gorillas, and his nickname is Chester (Not Chesters), because he's like the bull-dog in the original politically incorrect Tom & Jerry. Top carper though .. has had loads of 30s .. and who's gonna argue with him
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DG
[ 03. June 2004, 01:14 PM: Message edited by: The Diamond Geezer ]
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Originally posted by poledark:By the way Red is good when you get back to the car and find one of your legs has fallen off!
Den
Den, Are you safe to drive?! I'd wondered why you paint your legs red. Hold on tightly to that Zimmer when one of your legs falls off .... I don't think Douglas Bader painted his at all DG
[ 03. June 2004, 09:53 AM: Message edited by: The Diamond Geezer ]
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Originally posted by Andrew Burgess:But who cares what colour is it anyway long as it does the job
Well, it depends just how fussy your sheep are!____________________________
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Originally posted by BUDGIE:More practical,DG you mentioned you had a stout mate (In prefer stout to fat) who had taken part in testing of this gear.Out of interest how "stout" was he? Serious not trying to wind anyone up.
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Originally posted by RUDD:I use an Octoplus main frame and would suggest to anyone who is going to fit one to their box to take the box to the tackle shop.
Then I would suggest getting the biggest frame possible that fits and the longest legs.
Some spare longer legs is a good idea.
When I put my kit on my box I did not get a spacer kit and only got short legs.
This has caused me problems on steep banks or when putting accesories on the legs as they are to close to the box.
Ace advice
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Originally posted by poledark:Crikey, Seatrout..Rother...Arun...that brings back some really GOOD memories.
Happy happy days
Den
... of the last MillenniumDG
P.S. Still no news from the EA ..so I'll phone them in a while
[ 02. June 2004, 09:40 AM: Message edited by: The Diamond Geezer ]
Fluorocarbon or fluoro-nylon co-polymer monos: would you give them another try?
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Originally posted by ajp:
..... Berkeley Vanish ...... is not a true 100% fluorocarbon
And here's a direct quote from Berkley themselves:
" Berkley ® Vanish ™ is 100% Fluorocarbon "
DG
[ 06. June 2004, 12:59 PM: Message edited by: The Diamond Geezer ]