Glasgowdan

I know it's possible to get a nice rod that does it all, erring on the lighter side knowing it will handle the big pollack as well. I have just broken my Ron Thomson Santana (don't be too quick to form a judgement on that! This was one of their posh rods, lovely action, top quality finish and about £60). Granted the corks did heave from time to time but the butt weas still stiffer than most of the rods I picked up in the angling centre last weekend. I hope to go back as I think they had the wychwood AND the prologic rods mentioned on this thread so I can do a wee comparison. Cheers D

I'm annoyingly not able to check any webcams etc, so can anyone advise me how it's looking for a sesh tomorrow evening?

Are any of you guys with either the bushwhacker or the wychwood able to actually weigh the rod and let me know please? I know it sounds daft but it's quite important to me! Cheers Dan

I'll check them both out. If the savage has heavier duty fittings but is still light then I'd be tempted to go for that due to using it in seawater for crash-diving pollack (often double figure fish - they put a lot more strain on a rod than any pike as it's so sudden and fast). The wychwood does look nicer though!

Both look good. I'll have a look at the savage - just thinking it might not be the lightweight rod that I'm looking for, but I could be wrong.

Hi, I'm looking for a spinning rod with a bit of poke, a stiffish butt section but still very light, casting up to maybe 40g max. It's mainly to be used for a bit of burn trout fishing, pike spinning with plugs and boat pollacking with 1oz leadheads. I had a good look about the GAC and there were a fair few roads there, but I'm loathe to spend my cash in that place as their customer service still hasn't bucked up (I asked about a new tip section for a rod I bought off them previously and the reply was "we've never stocked that model so we can't help"!). Has anyone got a spinning rod with a nice stiffish lower section and (maybe) cork handfle that they simply wouldn't part with? Cheers Dan

Hi all, Been a while but I'm geting itchy again. Does anyone know anyone who supplies decent lugworm at all? I'm looking at a trip to arbroath and haven't got a lot of time to go digging myself. Cheers D

For sale: Greys PZ Match Mark 1, £100 Daiwa BR 4050 baitrunner, £20 posted (rear drag knob cracked but this doesn't affect the reel) Abu 5500C3 CT Mag Elite, mint condition unused with twin handle. Original CT cage (not a modified one), £offers??? Carbon boat rod, 12-20lb class, lovely action, £10 Mustad large sea landing net, unused, £10 Mustad one-piece floaty suit, red, vgc and had little use, £35 Free: Bucket of sea leads, 3oz upwards, with some fish pirks. Medium cool box (non-fishing) - basic drill with bits, electric handsaw, mountain bike tyres, car steering wheel lock I'll only post the two reels... otherwise collect from southside Glasgow. Moving out soon and these are genuine items in good condition at very cheap prices.

Looks american to me, sick video. Why is anyone like that? What is it in someones mind that thinks that is something a human should do?

flying stingray! I can just picture it "Angler fishes, catches stingray and doesnt hold it properly, it jumps out of his hands and he gets spiked. angler doesnt want to admit dropping the fih, invents a story about flying fish" Hah! Another version says the fish jumped into his boat and he got stabbed as he tried to push it off again http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/arti...in_page_id=1770 At least some guys find this as laughable as I do http://www.thewarp.net/phpBB2/viewtopic.ph...e8a1bd4987a0c73

Is anyone gullible enough to actually believe that story???

I use an older silver 6600ld which has lasted 3 seasons fishing the deep waters of loch etive with 16lb braid, often hauling in triple shots of 4-6lb spurs. It has lasted great, although I have not caught any fast-running fish that have had to take line. It has a very large drag washer in comparison to most abus though which is why I think it has done so well.

Penn, daiwa and shimano multiplier drags are excellent and reels such as the charter special, tld10-15 and daiwas sloshes cast very well but have much more power on the retrieve than a fixed spool. The balance of a multiplier on the rod feels better (to me) than a fixed spool and the drags on these reels are better than on abus. Abu have always suffered poor drags compared to the opposition yet have never done anything about it. The washers need replaced every year to stay as smooth as a penn for example.

aye norrie - there's what they are worth, and then there's ebay prices! Two totally different things. I don't want one - I hate them as reels, so no I am not trying to get a bargain for myself. Bought a really tatty one a few years back for £8... they are not on the same line of quality as abu and penn's better offerings, especially as the design is something like 15 years old. They work and are good reels, but I was only saying what I feel the value of a second hand one is. New price is £70 in a lot of places... half that for second hand.

I would say about a fiver each and I'll buy them Chances are the rod is worth about £100 and the reel £30

Has anyone mentioned Kamasan Uptides yet? I use them for all of my rock fishing, after quitting Varivas due to their habit of losing their point (ie about 2mm of the point breaking off) when rock fishing. The kamasans can be reshaped, bent, sharpened and have a perfect combination of strength to lift large cod yet supple enough to bend out of snags with 30lb line.And they have a much stronger point then Varivas. I urge anyone who hasn't tried them yet to just give them a shot, nothing ventured nothing gained!

these are the best mackerel catchers in the world, and I would be willing to test the theory for anyone who doubts it

Kayak is gone now guys

I'm glad someones interested Got it very cheap in the fist place and have only managed to use it once in 4 months - not enough to warrant taking it to the ne flat basically! Steve (tobasco) you have first shout.

Well as some of you know I only recently got this, but now I am moving and haven't got space, so it has to go. I am asking for the price I paid including the repair, which was done professionally - £80 total. This includes the kayak, 2 paddles and 2 adult buoyancy aids. A very good bargain and great for paddling and fishing about the place. Collect in Glasgow or I will deliver within 20 miles for fuel costs. Some photos here

Put a slim light lead on the line 3 feet above it and slowly retrieve close to kelp and rocks for pollack - that's what I have done with mine and they work very well.

Fishing away yesterday when a nearby goon shouts me over... pointing at the water. I have a look and see this big fin flapping about. First thought is a surface-feeding tope, but after a second I realise that it's not - a big flat round body then swoons over onto its side on the surface. A damn sunfish! Not huge, maybe 10lbs or so, but a sunfish 20 yards from the beach in Loch Ryan!!! Made my day even if I hadn't caught anything. Same spot I caught a garfish last year from. Maybe next year I'll catch a trigger fish

I got an older style suveran 10-20 and this really is a fun rod! Super light, much more so than the newer 12-20 ones, and I can see my tld5 getting strapped to it. I would probably want a lever drag on this type of fishing outfit... look at an abu 6000 lever drag or a small avet one. D

a: Because he is weird (and they are not MY shorts ) b: Yes the nets are great... ps norrie can u send me your email address for paypal - we have some unfinished business re lead! Cheers Dan

First of all, sorry for cutting and pasting this from WSF forum, but thought I would anyway Well it has been an interesting day. Left Glasgow at around 7 this morning and didnt run into too many traffic problems. First stop was Adsa for fuel and food, a bit of effort trying to stop Louis buying raw meat with the plan of cooking it in the sun, hrm... But we got to Ardwell Marine in good time for bait. Apparently their Mackerel Shads have been getitng lots of pollack so I got a pack of them, along with sandeels. At £4 for 4 I had high hopes for them... more later. We started out on a 30 minute walk after asking the caravan chap if we could park, with the promise of a freshly caught pollack. Nice enough guy so this got us on the right foot. Louis then spied the coil of rope tied to my backpack and a few swearwords came next The boy obviously is no christian! The first glimpse of the sea close-up made me smile, flat as a mirror. We arrived at low tide so we could see all the kelp bands running around for several hundred yards. The point in front of us had a clearing in the kelp so we decided on that, so we could still cast to the sides but not have great problems landing fish. We teetered our way down to the mark (no rope neede din the end), had a swig of water and got set-up, one rod with float-fished sandeel side/fillet, and one rod with the great fantastic mackerel shad ( ! ). Louis got the first fish after 5 minutes or so, a nice pollack and his first on the float. I focussed on the shad, feeling its way down to the bottom, mind-mapping every time it bumped or caught on weed to get an idea of the sea floor. A couple of small nibbles proved unsuccessful but I perservered. After another fish from Louis and 30-40 minutes of nothing I turned to other methods, casting the shad into the bag without a second glance! It was a couple of smal spinners for five minutes, before I remembered I had broug a few lures made by Snatcher... "Hrm..." was the thought that encouraged me to tie one on. A 1/2 oz lead went 5ft above it stopped by a telephone wire crimp. Having an idea of the features already I went right to it and *BANG* it worked! I was into pollack steadily now, although not as big as Louis' second fish which was about 4lbs, they did average over 2lbs whcih put a good bend in the spinning rods we used. We realised how much pressure we were going to have to use to keep the fish out of the ledge in front of us, and did get a few fish getting stuck fast, but I stuck with them and 5-6 minutes later they all came free (very lucky!). The float kept dipping under and we stayed with it - the spinning rod went onto some 1-2oz light pink and white spoons which picked up more pollack. The only thing I didn't try was the leadheads and jellyworms, although I am sure they would have done the trick too. As the day went on and the fish continued to come in on the rising tide we tried our best to stay hydrated. The t-shirts were off with the burning sunshine, bars of chocolate had melted after 10 minutes so were forgotten, bottles of water tasted horrid at 40 degrees, and the cheese baguettes were well on their way to cheese-on-toast! Approaching high tide the non-angler (Louis) started cursing at the swells which were giving him the heeby-jeebies. I tried to explain to him they were not as scary as he found them and convinced him eventually to come down from his new-found perch 25ft up the cliff to carry on fishing (sorry but it's true). The only factor that crept into the scene to spoil it a bit was the uv penetration - we both started to fry! Several layers of sun cream had failed to do it's job, and despite having middle-eastern heritage I too was turning lilac. A short lull in the fishing sealed the fate of our day and we hurriedly packed up, fearing that another minute in the sun would kill us. My backpack hurt like hell, feeling like it was lined with sandpaper rubbing on my skin, We sweated our way back up the cliff, through the fields and along the road back to the car, duly handed in the chapped pollack to caravan man and then I sat down in the driver seat. AAARGH!, damn that seat was hot! Got home an hour ago and had a look at my lobster-like complexion in the mirror, tutting and shaking my head! Wat a good day fishing, around 30 fish, mainly from 2-3lbs, one about 4 and a couple smaller. Snatchers lures were tested with success, my landing net was put to use for the first time, the spinning rods were bent till the cork creaked and held up, plus I managed to hand in Nicky's bass rod at Ardwell Marine (sorry it's taken so long!). I have attached a couple of links at the bottom. It was worth it and I would go again tomorrow if I could... http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v242/gla...%20Portpatrick/