What tackle do you prefer?

[Ken L]

Whatever suits the situation. Might be a fly rod, lure rod, boat rod or whatever.

[Phone]

Denis,

 

Nowdays, since catching isn't as important, I like a very slow rod and very very stretchy mono. I feel like it is the ultimate challange. It is by no means the most efficient. It matters, what the purpose of angling is. I no longer add "chum" either. Of course, I think it is important to "do as the Romans do" when fishing with a group.

 

Phone

 

(I doubt brand names would be of little use since we have only limited access to European/UK style gear.)

Edited October 24, 2011 by Phone

[BoldBear]

Hi everyone.

 

Of course all of us like to fish. And, I think, we use various types of tackle, but, just for info, I want to know What tackle do you like and why.

 

For instance, I like to fish with extra heavy feeder, because that tackle allows me to struggle with little roach as like as with big carp on powerful rivers like Dnepr, Seversky Donets and so on.

 

I'll be waiting for your explanations.

 

Thank you.

Light Float Work:

My favourite is an old 15 year old 13ft Diawa Amorphous whisker light float rod: An old favourite of mine that is very light and crisp and allows hooklengths from 3lb down to 8oz.

 

Heavier Float Work:

I usually use a 13ft Drennan MKIV Tench Float rod, I use this for trotting on small streams for Barbel & Chub; and for still waters for Tench, Crucians and small Carp.

(This may be supplemented by a 15' Harrison trotter if the wife gets me one this xmas)

 

Legering:

I usually use either a Greys Specialist Multi-tip or a Greys Prodigy Barbel rod; or a couple of old John Wilson Avon/quiver rods; depending on the fish I m after and the venue; mainly because they have the perfect actions for the fish I am after at the time and I know how much pressure I can give them while playing a fish.

 

Carp:

My favourites are a couple of old 2lb tc Diawa Powermesh Carp rods that have a nice progressive through action and are Ideal for close to medium range on the top or bottom.

 

I do use other rods but the above are my favourite rods which I use 98% of the time.

Edited October 25, 2011 by BoldBear

[love my fishing]

I like fishing with my whip after i haven't fished for a while as there is so much more sensitivity and even playing a pound fish is like playing a carp and playing a carp on the whip is so much fun

[Denis Skorikov]

It was interesting to read your articles. Thank you, guys.

[Black Rabbit]

I prefer to use a 'full on' rugby tackle. guaranteed to stop a fleeing assailant.

[Newt]

7ft fast action rod with a low profile baitcaster reel & lures is my first choice because black bass is my preferred quarry.

 

However, my choice would change drastically if I were targeting fish with different habits. The above would not survive even one take by a flathead catfish and trying to fish 50-80 feet deep for blue cats would also call for a very different rig as would high speed trolling for stripped bass in fresh or salt water. Even trying to cast the heavier rigs or troll a lipped plug at 20 foot depths would pretty well destroy the rod.

 

The question is sorta like asking a golfer what is his favourite club.

[Phone]

putter

[PeterNE1]

Favourite kit of all time?

Has to be a Hardy Fibalite spinning rod - No. 1 - (teamed with a Mitchel 300) I've owned and regularly used for over 30 years.

Why? They've never let me down. The rod is rated to take line to a maximum of 6lb BS, is usually loaded lighter and has accounted for double figure fish including trout, salmon and pike. I can walk all day with it, need carry with me little more than I can stuff into pockets ... tie on a 4g / 6g ABU Droppen and I can hit a dinner plate out to around 35 yards most casts ... it's the gear that got me into serious lure fishing way before it became 'trendy', and it's never lost its attraction, though more recent 'toys' are an ever increasing battery of centrepin reels

[Paul-H]

What I buy depends on how much I have in my pocket when I enter a tackle shop, vary rarely do I leave the shop with much less and most of what I buy is probably not needed if I am totally Honest. Like the time I left the shop with a Youngs Purist II Centre Pin Reel for long trotting when at the time I had never fished on a river. I did use it for roach bashing in a lake just to justify buying it.

 

Paul