Archaic angling practice

[Chris Plumb]

There seem to be a few topics turning into the dreaded livebait argument at the moment, and I thought it would be interesting to get a list of old angling practices that we now look on as outdated. I'll start:

 

- Gaffs

- Throwing zander up the bank

- Double hook rigs

- Killing and stuffing specimen fish

 

Any more?

 

Gorge tackle. I well remember my Great Grandfather leaving out night lines for pike - which were always for the pot!

 

 

C.

[BoldBear]

Pike Gags. (as well as Gaffs which have already been listed).

 

Fishing for Carp while getting boozed up and sleeping it off in the bivvie (otherwise known as modern Carp technique)

Edited July 23, 2008 by BoldBear

[maxaldo]

Catching stickleback with a little net attached what seemed to be a piece of bamboo , classic times, and some monsterous catches. I'm thinking about this now and it makes me feel old..i'm 20. Fishing really reminds you how you are, tut tut.

[terry t shirt]

Not owning anything in camo colours.

Fishing waters that move (i think they were once called rivers)

Stalking your quarry (you mean you dont sit there a week for one bite)

Taking your children fishing

your local tackle shop

Bloodworm as bait and hooks smaller than size 22

[cobra]

Float fishing for carp

actually i won a match float fishing for carp at a local water just last week so perhaps not so outdated

[cobra]

actually i won a match float fishing for carp at a local water just last week so perhaps not so outdated

also i must be really old

1 i still take my kids fishing

2 i have no camo gear (open to freebies)

3 ok dennets cant be classed as a tackle shop

4 unfortunatly alot of places dont allow you to move spots

 

but my outdated thing is real lakes ( not mud puddles eg borough hill daventry)

[chesters1]

completely draining a lake and taking just one fish

a thermo nuclear device to catch fish

dynamite strapped to a specimen seeking gudgeon type fishing

damming a river then laughing watching fish die

eating fish on friday

not eating fish 7 days a week

using a fleet of taxi's to rust away in a pond to catch fish

using stilts to watch girls fishing over a hedge

wearing spedo's with a potato down the back and sporting a huge mexican moustache and fishing

whistling lady in red whilst your mate accompanies you on a comb with tracing paper on and fishing

threatening fish with an obscenely shaped carrot whilst standing on a horse wearing a trilby (horse or person can be hatted)

winching every part of the titanic up then welding it back together and using it as a bait boat

Edited July 23, 2008 by chesters1

[Tony U]

Split cane rods and centre pin reels!!!!!

 

At this point Tony reaches for his steel helmet and heads off to the woods.

 

[poledark]

I feel really terrible...saddened beyond hope....

 

 

I have used gaffs (never harmed a single fish).......float fished for carp........used gags (very usefull)..............I wore ex army camo in the 60's..............stalked fish (not just carp)............cane rods (whole and split)..............centre pins (brought up on them).......................half bale FS reels (I bet not many remember them).................In fact, I seem to have indulged in just about every bad practise you can think of.................wish I could turn the clock back and do it all again.

 

Den

[Pescador Pablo]

Poldark,

You're supposed to be listing things you've done wrong, not right!!