fishing in the dark

[Dick Dastardly]

Yes me too.I thought ColinW about summed it up. One thing I would add though is to chose a swim that you know well for your first dark session.

[Steve Burke]

A fishing friend has got a red LED headtorch (cheap from Argos, as it happens - I think Steve Burke did a review on it?) which is brilliant - it gives you plenty of light to rebait and find bit and pieces but doesn't ruin your night vision.

 

My review is at http://www.anglersnet.co.uk/Tackle-And-Bai...head_torch.html

[Dick Dastardly]

Red beams are also much better for worm hunting as well. If youve allready got a "white light" headlamp you can easily adapt it by putting a bit of red film over the lens.Even one of those red cellophane sweet wrappers will do the trick.

[DavidWliilamson]

hi looking to do a eve session say 6pm till midnight 1 night over the weekend never really fished in the dark but gonna give it a go .gonna be carp fishing we no the pond quite well but was wondering what we needed to take for fishing in dark and if anyone has any tips on lights we can use and things .cheers

 

 

you can get a good wind up head light at asda for £6.00 and will save you a fortune on batteries

 

you get 90 min on one led for a min winding

 

david

[JV44]

I have the head torch that Steve Burke was talking about and agree its brilliant.

The red led setting is great for close work without ruining your night vision,I also have them in the 6 led version and the batterys lasts ages Steve.

Edited March 20, 2008 by JV44

[Newt]

Re: colour of headlamp - I prefer green since it has very little effect on night vision (more than red but not much), offers much greater visibility, and is very unobtrusive to fish and to other anglers.

 

Probably not a major consideration for UK freshwater use but you can read a map or chart /w green while you really cannot with red.