Which camo gear? Is it worth having?

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[poledark]

It's not camo gear you need where I fish, it is a "silent" mallet for banging in the rod rests and bivvie pegs. Two guys in camo gear turned up about 8pm last night and proceeded to spend 15 mins banging spikes into the ground.

 

Den

[Apache]

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Originally Posted by Poledark:

It's not camo gear you need where I fish, it is a "silent" mallet for banging in the rod rests and bivvie pegs. Two guys in camo gear turned up about 8pm last night and proceeded to spend 15 mins banging spikes into the ground.

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Could be worse, they could then lob out 2oz leads will-nilly and use bbqs, radios etc, and spend 20 minutes messing with optonics very loudly.

 

[ 13. September 2003, 10:02 AM: Message edited by: Apache ]

[The Diamond Geezer]

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Originally posted by poledark

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It's not camo gear you need where I fish, it is a "silent" mallet for banging ....... the Two guys in camo gear (who) turned up about 8pm last night and proceeded to spend 15 mins banging spikes into the ground.

 

Den

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[The Diamond Geezer]

Apache:

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Wotcha Apache mate

 

Yup been on me hols

 

Hope you's bin keepin outa trouble

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Me, get in trouble????? Honestly, ok, so I swear to drunk I'm not God! LOL

 

I'm ok thanx mate, how was hols?

Not too bad ... only one double though but at 14 lb 7 oz, it was OK ... can't tell you the exact venue in Norfolk or old PW'd be round there in a flash ... he's uses them as live-bait for catching his 30s

 

DG

[The Diamond Geezer]

chesters1:

blimey it IS good

Yup, but dang me if I didn't leave my rod & line behind , and in mid-air too

 

[ 13. September 2003, 07:28 PM: Message edited by: The Diamond Geezer ]

[The Diamond Geezer]

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Originally posted by Peter Waller:

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Originally posted by The Diamond Geezer:

Cheers

 

How sad am I then?!

Or more to the point, where am I?

 

DG :confused:

 

 

P.S. So DPM isn't Dried Poultry Manure after all

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By the cringe DG, is that really you? I thought you were a mere youngster! How wrong can a fella be!!

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Well, I may be getting-on a tad, though not of your advanced years, Peter, and at least I still have all my faculties I bet you can remember Liz II's coronation

[Leon Roskilly]

Because of the way that light bends when it enters water, apart from an area almost above an underwater observer, all that can be seen is the silver surface of the water.

 

(Go and try it in your local swimming pool, wearing goggles).

 

The area that can be seen above the water line is only a few feet across at most.

 

Unless you are stalking fish in the margins, you can wear yellow, red, orange and purple for all the difference it will make!

 

Tight Lines - leon

[The Diamond Geezer]

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Originally posted by Leon Roskilly:

Because of the way that light bends when it enters water, apart from an area almost above an underwater observer, all that can be seen is the silver surface of the water.

 

(Go and try it in your local swimming pool, wearing goggles).

 

The area that can be seen above the water line is only a few feet across at most.

 

Unless you are stalking fish in the margins, you can wear yellow, red, orange and purple for all the difference it will make!

 

Tight Lines - leon

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I think you're confusing refractive index, with the plane-polarisation of light and/or total internal reflectance

 

If you're wearing goggles, your eyes are not in contact with the water as are a fish's eyes

 

Pike aside, which also have binocular vision like humans, most other fish have bilateral vision

 

Depth is of course a factor with respect to the sub-surface point of view

 

Generally, if you can see your quarry, there's a very good chance that it can see you, and so if you are stealthy, keep a low profile, are not silhouetted, and merge with the surrrounding vegetation or whatever, then there's less chance your quarry will hear or see you ... this applies to fish in the middle of a river, close-to the surface, as well as in the margins ... you know it makes sense ... unlike anthropomorphism

 

DG

 

[ 13. September 2003, 07:26 PM: Message edited by: The Diamond Geezer ]

[Leon Roskilly]

http://www.exploremaine.com/~trout/fishsenseIII.html

 

 

the-fishing-network.com/magazin...08/tvo-08g0.htm

 

 

 

 

 

and talking of polarisation:

 

upenn.edu/pennnews/current/feat...5/fisheyes.html

 

 

TL - leon