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Does everyone get this? particularly when it's windy.

 

I put on a new bait, and then discover that the line has got hooked over the first or second ring from the tip. Occasionally I can flick it over, but usually i have to pull the rod in like a pole so the butt is 12 feet behind me. Not too big a problem in most swims, but if you're trying to fish through a little gap in the trees the scope for getting caught up in brambles etc is big.

 

I can't imagine there are any easy answers, but thought I'd ask.............

john clarke

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Yep, happens all the time! Usually while I'm untangling the tip rings the line is wrapping around the pin...

 

and me, I recall that first few times that I untackled everything so that I could undo it - I didn't realise you could just unloop it!

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its just one of the joys of Tangling ...err i mean angling .this helps when it happens more than once in a session ,sometimes after netting a fish i stick the rod tip in the water while unhooking & returning the fish .then re bait ,i chuck the hook & bait out into the water then pick up the rod and lift the line off the water too cast again and i always give the line a little tug too check it moves freely through the tip eye before casting out .

 

it is annoying though when it happens ,often accompanied by a rather loud cry of bollards

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Happens to me sometimes too :angry: I usually try to untangle it by rolling the rod over or by a quick underarm cast, one of them normally works.

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Species caught in 2016: Alder, Blackthorn, Common Ash, Crab Apple, Left Earlobe, Pedunculate Oak, Rock Whitebeam, Scots Pine, Smooth-leaved Elm, Swan, Wayfaring tree.

Species caught in 2015: Ash, Bird Cherry, Black-Headed Gull, Common Hazel, Common Whitebeam, Elder, Field Maple, Gorse, Puma, Sessile Oak, White Willow.

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Species caught in 2011: Blackthorn, Crab Apple, Elder, Fir, Hawthorn, Horse Chestnut, Oak, Passing Dog, Rowan, Sycamore, Willow.
Species caught in 2010: Ash, Beech, Birch, Elder, Elm, Gorse, Mullberry, Oak, Poplar, Rowan, Sloe, Willow, Yew.

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Yep, it happens to us all.

 

However, if it is happening a LOT, there might be a problem with ring spacing.

 

The distance between tip ring and the next ring should on most rods be less than five inches (four to four and a half is common) Any more than five, and there is a tendency for ring-wrap. The tendency to wrap is more marked if you are fly-fishing.

 

The very worst offenders are telescopic rods, which by their very nature are designed with too big a distance from tip ring to next ring.

 

Before the days of properly designed travel rods, telescopics were the only option. When using teles, I even used to carry a spare ring and sellotape it in the right place every trip - a hassle as of course you had to take it off again at the end of each trip. It was a great day when I was able to replace my last tele with a proper travel rod.

 

PS. Have just about learnt how to walk about upside-down again after 30 hours travelling. and have this morning (it is now 11am Queensland time) been teaching a great-nephew (Nick, aged 9) how to catch catfish on the Brisbane River (we are well upstream of Brisbane itself)

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PS. Have just about learnt how to walk about upside-down again after 30 hours travelling. and have this morning (it is now 11am Queensland time) been teaching a great-nephew (Nick, aged 9) how to catch catfish on the Brisbane River (we are well upstream of Brisbane itself)

 

 

That's a wooey thing,

 

Shivering in darkness on the end of a pier in Chatham the other evening, with the town lights mixing with the river lights and reflected in the darkness of the river water, for some reason my mind went back to standing on a similar structure in Brisbane, fishing the river for catfish some 45+ years ago (I wasn't shivering then!).

 

(I hope that you caught more than I did)

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Yep, it happens to us all.

 

However, if it is happening a LOT, there might be a problem with ring spacing.

 

The distance between tip ring and the next ring should on most rods be less than five inches (four to four and a half is common) Any more than five, and there is a tendency for ring-wrap. The tendency to wrap is more marked if you are fly-fishing.

 

The very worst offenders are telescopic rods, which by their very nature are designed with too big a distance from tip ring to next ring.

 

Before the days of properly designed travel rods, telescopics were the only option. When using teles, I even used to carry a spare ring and sellotape it in the right place every trip - a hassle as of course you had to take it off again at the end of each trip. It was a great day when I was able to replace my last tele with a proper travel rod.

 

PS. Have just about learnt how to walk about upside-down again after 30 hours travelling. and have this morning (it is now 11am Queensland time) been teaching a great-nephew (Nick, aged 9) how to catch catfish on the Brisbane River (we are well upstream of Brisbane itself)

 

 

Thats a long way to go to catch nuisance fish....and anyone who's come across those channel catfish will know what i am on about.....a right pain, they have a huge gob and three spikes, in dorsal and both pectoral fins. Caught them in france and on thames river in london ontario, where I

ended up targeting "proper" river carp (no fat belly's in sight) and suckers which are carp with an under slung mouth similar to a barbels...used to trot a float down for them which was interesting..suppose the brisbane river will have carp too...

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PS. Have just about learnt how to walk about upside-down again after 30 hours travelling. and have this morning (it is now 11am Queensland time) been teaching a great-nephew (Nick, aged 9) how to catch catfish on the Brisbane River (we are well upstream of Brisbane itself)

 

Strike a light! And you still find time to tune into Anglers Net! Thanks for the info.

john clarke

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Had the problem a few times today with the heavy winds :(

Stephen

 

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Zander, Pike, Bream, Roach, Tench, Perch, Rudd, Common Carp, Mirror Carp, Eel, Grayling, Brown Trout, Rainbow Trout

Species Caught 2013

Pike, Zander, Bream, Roach, Eel, Tench, Rudd, Perch, Common Carp, Koi Carp, Brown Goldfish, Grayling, Brown Trout, Chub, Roosterfish, Dorado, Black Grouper, Barracuda, Mangrove Snapper, Mutton Snapper, Jack Crevalle, Tarpon, Red Snapper

Species Caught 2012
Zander, Pike, Perch, Chub, Ruff, Gudgeon, Dace, Minnow, Wels Catfish, Common Carp, Mirror Carp, Ghost Carp, Roach, Bream, Eel, Rudd, Tench, Arapaima, Mekong Catfish, Sawai Catfish, Marbled Tiger Catfish, Amazon Redtail Catfish, Thai Redtail Catfish, Batrachian Walking Catfish, Siamese Carp, Rohu, Julliens Golden Prize Carp, Giant Gourami, Java Barb, Red Tailed Tin Foil Barb, Nile Tilapia, Black Pacu, Red Bellied Pacu, Alligator Gar
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Zander, Tench, Bream, Chub, Barbel, Roach, Rudd, Grayling, Brown Trout, Salmon Parr, Minnow, Pike, Eel, Common Carp, Mirror Carp, Ghost Carp, Koi Carp, Crucian Carp, F1 Carp, Blue Orfe, Ide, Goldfish, Brown Goldfish, Comet Goldfish, Golden Tench, Golden Rudd, Perch, Gudgeon, Ruff, Bleak, Dace, Sergeant Major, French Grunt, Yellow Tail Snapper, Tom Tate Grunt, Clown Wrasse, Slippery Dick Wrasse, Doctor Fish, Graysby, Dusky Squirrel Fish, Longspine Squirrel Fish, Stripped Croaker, Leather Jack, Emerald Parrot Fish, Red Tail Parrot Fish, White Grunt, Bone Fish
Species Caught 2010
Zander, Pike, Perch, Eel, Tench, Bream, Roach, Rudd, Mirror Carp, Common Carp, Crucian Carp, Siamese Carp, Asian Redtail Catfish, Sawai Catfish, Rohu, Amazon Redtail Catfish, Pacu, Long Tom, Moon Wrasse, Sergeant Major, Green Damsel, Tomtate Grunt, Sea Chub, Yellowtail Surgeon, Black Damsel, Blue Dot Grouper, Checkered Sea Perch, Java Rabbitfish, One Spot Snapper, Snubnose Rudderfish
Species Caught 2009
Barramundi, Spotted Sorubim Catfish, Wallago Leeri Catfish, Wallago Attu Catfish, Amazon Redtail Catfish, Mrigul, Siamese Carp, Java Barb, Tarpon, Wahoo, Barracuda, Skipjack Tuna, Bonito, Yellow Eye Rockfish, Red Snapper, Mangrove Snapper, Black Fin Snapper, Dog Snapper, Yellow Tail Snapper, Marble Grouper, Black Fin Tuna, Spanish Mackerel, Mutton Snapper, Redhind Grouper, Saddle Grouper, Schoolmaster, Coral Trout, Bar Jack, Pike, Zander, Perch, Tench, Bream, Roach, Rudd, Common Carp, Golden Tench, Wels Catfish
Species Caught 2008
Dorado, Wahoo, Barracuda, Bonito, Black Fin Tuna, Long Tom, Sergeant Major, Red Snapper, Black Damsel, Queen Trigga Fish, Red Grouper, Redhind Grouper, Rainbow Wrasse, Grey Trigger Fish, Ehrenbergs Snapper, Malabar Grouper, Lunar Fusiler, Two Tone Wrasse, Starry Dragonet, Convict Surgeonfish, Moonbeam Dwarf Angelfish,Bridled Monocle Bream, Redlined Triggerfish, Cero Mackeral, Rainbow Runner
Species Caught 2007
Arapaima, Alligator Gar, Mekong Catfish, Spotted Sorubim Catfish, Pacu, Siamese Carp, Barracuda, Black Fin Tuna, Queen Trigger Fish, Red Snapper, Yellow Tail Snapper, Honeycomb Grouper, Red Grouper, Schoolmaster, Cubera Snapper, Black Grouper, Albacore, Ballyhoo, Coney, Yellowfin Goatfish, Lattice Spinecheek

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