Russell Fitzpatrick
-
Posts
1197 -
Joined
-
Last visited
Content Type
Profiles
Forums
Blogs
Gallery
Posts posted by Russell Fitzpatrick
-
-
boys n girls
I have recently purchased hyperloop barbel rod,wich i love dearly but i intened to fish for some big chub this year.i will be fishing a river but it also has a canal like,appearance in parts so not too much flow to contedn with.the barbel rod i think will be to heavy for chub(it has a 1.75 tc)and the quiver top supplied is a little too stiff i believe,so what should i buy?should i go for a medium?or light feeder rod with mulitple push in style tips or a lighter barbel rod?any suggestions on makes and models or rods you have used/owned?i will be looking to spend up to £80-90.
-
Bruno Broughton:
brilliant!!lolin the mid-60s I srtipped the school canteen of such spoons and caught lots of pollack & coalfish on the doctored handles. Never tried them for pike, but they should work, and I bet they are fantastic for sea trout.
-
i can relate to being a youngerster as it werent long ago for me(23 now),saving my paper round money so i could buy maggots and fresh casters,and the odd bits n bobs, trips on the bus,the blanks,the "monsters" we hooked and lost.i remember it well ...infact i still fish with my mate,whom i've fished with since i was 13-14,i was self taught as i lost my dad at a young age.(my earliset manual if ya like was "the art of fishing" weekly)remeber that? and i still do pass on that knowledge when i see youngsters out there today fishing altho as peter says some dont need it!
[ 23. July 2004, 06:41 AM: Message edited by: Ratty46 ]
-
chesters i cant believe poeplc omplained about a disabled angler...that really gets my goat...i wont start cos it really pisses me off.i hope you said a few choice words there way...
-
i remeber the late great peter stone, on one total fishing show,he was floatfishing for tench,anyway baisicly he knew there were tench in the swim feeding but no bite?so he thought about it...and came up with the idea of putting a sliver of cork on the hookshank...the result was bites instantly..why?well as he was fishing corn on the bottom and the bottom was silty,the weight of the hook was making it sink into the silt slightly, so when the browsing tench came over the hook bait (sucking up food off the bottom)the hook/bait remained where its was,by balancing it with a bouyant materail he overcame the problem he trimmed the cork so it just sank i have no doubt antonys thoery also apllies here.
-
true,but what about the cornmarrant ravaged waters?some of them(mainly rivers)havent been touched for years,maybe not "virgin" waters but still a bit of pioneering to do.to me that would be finding fish, areas they feed etc bit of "recon" if ya like not strictly pioneering i know but like you say you make your own magic...
-
eeerrrm i didnt say anything?...i would like to have seen him prosecuted.as klienboat said it is illegal that is the law,and the law must be upheld regardless of age etc.predator anglers sleeping....no no no no..done it once(early days-yes i nodded off in my chair) thank god i blanked....wouldnt do it again thought about it,but even staying awake...waiting for a run is not good.i have heard many a piker say oh i love pike...but if you love them you wouldnt fish for them...heard many say that too.
[ 22. July 2004, 06:55 AM: Message edited by: Ratty46 ]
-
there was something on the pike and predators website...ill have a look when ive got a mo see what i can find.
-
oh well...at least you know they are about..if the liners were barbel that is?
-
yes peter i was sure it does ive walked it from up near stratford all the way down to angel,that was at night tho so i didnt see anything!its good to hear the fish are stil there,and by the sounds of it,theres a few of em! to.nice article argyll sir they will all be writing articles now.
[ 21. July 2004, 06:30 PM: Message edited by: Ratty46 ]
-
i can only guess argyll lol....theres some big old carp down there....chuby i do agree,about then areas at night ,during the day tho it dont bother me im young myself ,and i have the gift of the gab :cool: and a mean irish right hook...hehe...intersting what peters is saying i never knew ther was tench in there!doesnt it run up o the angel?or is that a difrent cut?
-
a true cockney then argyll,viccy park lake holds some good carp now,and people even night fish it,not sure about the canal probably a few bream shaols n perch doubt much roach left oh n plenty of jacks mopeds n shopping trolleys!!you could alwyas go back just to reminise for a few hours...try it.i live in leyton mate,did you ever fish the real lea at the back of hackney marshes?
-
POINEERING!!i do on tghe regular mate lots of blanks, lots of groundwork..but the magic is there!this year i was going to join fishers green but ive decide not to,i am joining a diffrent river lea stretch,in the hope of tracking down a possible record chub,this fish is known,but there are a few others who could reach the same wieghts,for me the magic is there as these fish are truly wild crafty and not caught easily....fenboy:
You see, that's what's missing. fewer anglers go out into unchartered territory, in the hope of catching some huge fish that nobody else has ever caught before.
-
intresting,i know of the wandle,i dont fish it bit far for me too dangerous to go souf!
i fish a similar stream in east of london,and you would be suprised what lives there.sometimes if i tuck my self in a nice spot with some cover, i almost feel like im not in london.i ve caught some wonderfull fish in london give it a go cos you never know(and dont be put off by the areas there in!)
-
get well soon poach..little buggers..if you can get em back 1 by 1 son,"what goes around comes around" good effort on the typing!
-
well badexcuse how did ya get on??? heres my one caught earlier in the season.
me n boris posing!!!
-
or boris....and maybe chevin...
-
and infections and desieses(cants spel-too early!) are rife in fish shops(if that where you was intentding to by them)you might be able to use them as deads tho,not sure, anyone???
-
its not an ide,hhmm must be a hybrid then?
-
i beleive so,chub-rudd,roach-chub all is possible,i still think it could be an ide.thats the only thing that dont look chubby- that gob- your right,is not big enough!
-
argos mate, rod and reel(zebco) a score(£20) if it gets broke no-one cry's....or alternetivley give the boy one of your old rods and reels, pass it on as it were.ron thompson do some good sets too.
[ 17. July 2004, 10:30 AM: Message edited by: Ratty46 ]
-
hmmmmm well congrats on the fish,it looks too long to be a rudd,rudd have much deeper bodies,i thought it looked like a chub(look at dorsal postion and the redish anal fin+colour of the fish ), but the mouth is to upturned?it could infact be an ide,altho i have seen limted number of these.anyone else?i thinks its a chub or an ide mate.
[ 17. July 2004, 10:18 AM: Message edited by: Ratty46 ]
-
i kept it bit quite,but ive had one this season my first,10.9 i have photos but my scanner is buggered! as soon as its sorted i will post it.hear hear jeepster lets all get one!jeepster:
cheers everyone, it fell to a single halibut pellet, and as stewart says, lots of doubles seem to be coming out now, so lets all get one!
-
copy his tatics!!!seriously flurocarbon hooklengths(esp ghost,berkley vanish) good strong hooks(esp T raptors a fave in size 10 or 8)backleads(drilled bullets or coffin leads held in place with float stops-2-3ft back from lead,depending on conditions(low clear water-boilies/big baits can be ignored) you might have to use caster/hemp/maggot combo fed via an in-line blockend feeder(kamasan black feeder or fox ones) caster or maggot supergleud on a hair as hook bait.alternativley you can go for boilie/pellet hookbaits over hemp/pellets fished bolt rig style(in-lines or saftey clips) or free running,it does work in low conditions when it will and wont work is not clear,just do your best to camouflage your rig(backleads,flurocarbon) beat him at his own game!! im sure thats how he would go at it!
good luck lets know the score... [ 16. July 2004, 08:49 PM: Message edited by: Ratty46 ]
The future of fishing
in Coarse Fishing
Posted
couldnt agree more pangolin,i learnt that way,my fish have got bigger and the tackle better more sophisticated(and my skills too!).two of my mates (same age as me) fish for carp only, one is intrested in other species but mainly a carper, anyway,the other has only just started and he's got all the gear and yes hes caught several twenties,but i think hes missed that progression stage,wich is a shame as the other guy who goes with him hasnt he started with single figure carp at a younger age.
[ 23. July 2004, 06:59 PM: Message edited by: Ratty46 ]