Hooking yourself !!!

[John E Ashford]

Just making a list of Who not to go Fishing with.

 

Oh yes, I've felt a likkle prick, but thats me.

[Ken Davison South Wales]

Whilst float fishing from the lower deck of Bournemouth Pier an over head cast connected with the hat of a woman who was leaning over the top deck to watch us in action.

 

The well hooked hat was recovered from the briney and we both made appologies.

[tonyfromalnwick]

Tying some rigs on Sunday, I ended up with a 4/0 in my thumb, just beside the nail, and past the barb.

 

Loads of sympathy from the wife..."just keep that blood off the carpet"

 

Still swollen, and still bl00dy sore.

[Tony U]

Got a Dog Nobbler right in the chin at Walthamstow Reservoirs, a few years back and had to pull the hook through and crimp the barb to get it out.

I carried on fishing with it and landed a trout on the now barbless hook.

I also got a big pike fly in the back of the head when I was fishing a very windy Killy Lake an old school friend was passing by and took me to the RVI to get it cut out.

Incidentally, I believe hooks are no longer cut out or pushed back round and out of the skin so the barb can be cut out; a loop is pulled on to the hook shank at the bend and the hook is quickly pulled back out through the entry wound.

 

[ 16. August 2005, 10:29 AM: Message edited by: Tony U ]

[bryan]

My 7 year hooked my glasses last year out mackeral fishing,

 

It was to say the least rather close

[Shonzy.]

Fortunatley never happened to me but have seen it, My dad put a 6/0 straight through his finger 15 miles out at sea and had to build up the bottle to cut the barb off and pull it back through :mad:

My mate cast out just missed someones eye and cast their hat out (could've been very nasty).

Oh and another mate got the lead stuck in the mud... one big heeve and a 2 oz lead and size 2 in the spam wasn't funny at the time but is now.

Reading all these posts u dont realise how dangerous casting can be

[Zigs]

originally posted by shonzy

 

quote:

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Reading all these posts u dont realise how dangerous casting can be

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thats why i value the free £5 million public liability insurance you get when you join the N.F.S.A.

[bryan]

Ello Ziggy

[ourwullie80]

fishing with 2 mates on sandhead shore, one a novice who new everything there was to know , he was not the best caster , me and my other mate tried to give him a wide berth but he kept coming over next to us to cast, so sixth cast he put all his strenth into it as he pulled it over his head my mate next to me seen his rod move oh he said ave got a bite , before he could say jack frost his rod and reel were flying into the sea never to be seen again , i have never seen anybody cast 2 rod's at once before

[chesters1]

still got a large scar on my hand resulting from some idiots casting (if i hadent put my hand up it would have been my face) extremly painfull and moreso when the lead was abruptly stopped mid flight when the git realised his error (being on a sliding boom it just slid along the line ) barsteward