When is enough, enough?

[The Diamond Geezer]

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Originally posted by Mark L:

I have now lost count of the money i have spent on fishing tackle. Some of the stuff i know i will never use, yet still when i go the local tackle shop for a pint of maggots it costs me £20 a time.Cheers Mark.

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Why not take-up lure-fishing then?! You'll catch almost as many species, probably a lot bigger sepcimens if you're lucky, and not a single maggot to be bought! Of course, getting a good selection of lures will cost you .....

 

DG :cool:

 

[ 09. April 2003, 02:07 PM: Message edited by: The Diamond Geezer ]

[Steve Burke]

The Diamond Geezer:

{b}Of course, getting a good selection of lures will cost you .....[/b]

DG :cool:

...... but unlike maggots can be used again and again.

[Newt]

Alan Taylor:

Hi Newt, at least you won't have to buy a disgorger, there are 2 in the post for you to field test

Thanks Alan. But dunno how much I'll need em. I rarely deep hook a fish these days and when I do it us usually a catfish that has swollowed the hook down to around it's tail and there is no part showing so I cut the line and hope for the best. You gotta remember I'm too far south for Pike or Zander. The only fish around here with teeth are bowfin and gar and I can't remember the last time I caught either one.

[The Diamond Geezer]

Steve Burke:

Steve Burke:

{b}Of course, getting a good selection of lures will cost you .....[/b]

 

DG :cool:

...... but unlike maggots can be used again and again.

..... until, Steve, you hit an underwater mega-snag

DG

[Newt]

DG - spool up with 50 or 80 lb b/s spectra line and if you get snagged, you can pull loose with nothing worse than a set of hooks that will need changing.

 

PowerPro, for instance

50lb b/s = 12lb mono = .355mm

80lb b/s = 18lb mono = .43mm

[Apache]

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Originally posted by Apache:

Nope I do it too, in fact I get a discount now in my local because i spent so much!

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Tackle shop or pub

 

Alan(nl)

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Only the tackle shop unfortunately.

[Allan]

Hi all,

I know how you all feel I have this thing about reels, I am a great beliver in only using one rod at a time. So why is it i cannot resist buying reels in pairs? I have no need of them I use a Swallow centre pin for a bulk of my fishing, but cannot stop myself from buying Shimano fixed spool reels. It is worse than a drug adiction.

[The Diamond Geezer]

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Originally posted by Newt:

DG - spool up with 50 or 80 lb b/s spectra line and if you get snagged, you can pull loose with nothing worse than a set of hooks that will need changing.

 

PowerPro, for instance

50lb b/s = 12lb mono = .355mm

80lb b/s = 18lb mono = .43mm

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True enough, Newt

although I tend to use 30 and 20 lb BS braid most of the time, 30 for sink & draw and 20 for lures.

 

And when you say Spectra which I thought was Allied Signals's TM, do you mean a braid based on Spectra like this?

DG

 

[ 12. April 2003, 04:32 PM: Message edited by: The Diamond Geezer ]

[Newt]

DG - I did indeed mean a line made mostly or completely of Spectra which, as you noted, is a trademark name.

 

But braid doesn't fit either, exactly. PowerPro is a spectra line but not braided at all.

[chris parker]

Newt,

 

Power Pro is not available on this side of the pond as yet. I get people to bring it back for me when they are visiting the States. I showed the last spool to my local tackle shop and he is going to import some. To say he was impressed is an understatement.