A few hours out yesterday.....

[Phone]

TIGGER,

Few would understand and I have lost my chart from the 70's. The breaking strain has little to do with the weight of the fish. A fish weight in the water and one in the net are quite different.

 Fish propulsion in the water is achieved by-  duh – swimming. The thrust power for locomotion comes primarily from the tail of CYPRIDS. They do not have a powerful launch but plenty of stamina. Since neutral buoyancy is the natural state of affairs you are really the power generated by the fishes ability to swim.  MAXIMUM LOAD I EVER TESTED FOR CARP WAS 12LBS.  The fish was in the upper 40's.  We don' have barbel but the more forked the more speed (think yellow fin tuna).

All I was really going to say when I started out was I fished very similar to your rig. ONE KNOT 12lb mainline to hook. Ohh, and since I never learned - put braid where the sun don't shine

Phone

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[Tigger]

I had an hours trotting on the river today, conditions were not good as the river was to high for trotting in my chosen spot and was crashing through. Anyhow, I did catch some fish, a couple of chub, a huge dace and a small barbel....

 

 

 

[Tigger]

A quick hour on the river today, quite a few smal chub and dace and a few decent chub also. The river is wide here and the rocks are coated in seriously slippy slime so I couldn't be botherd wading back to take pic's, just this one...

 

[Martin56]

Good shootin' Ian - Nice to see the rod has a hook keeper, beats sticking the hook into the cork handle!!

[Tigger]

Thank's Martin :).

Yeah, the keeper is handy. 

I do have a few rods without them and just hang the hook of the bottom guide leg (not over the actual eye). 

Fuji do a removeable hook keeper and I keep threatening to get one, I have for years now lol.

[Phone]

TIGGER,

You are a dependable angler to keep AN a fishing forum. Thanks for keeping up.  (ohh, use the grass}

Phone

[Tigger]

 

Thanks Phone :).

I normally use the grass to lay fish on, that particular spot only had thin/sparse patches of wierd type grass growing in patches on gravely sand, the towel was more for my reel.

If the sand/gravel goes begind the drum it grinds and crunches interfeering with the reels performance and then you have to mess about cleaning it out, I find it best to try and avoid it getting behind the spool rather than have the hasstle of cleaning it out.

[Mikench]

Cracking fish Ian. The mere thought of you putting your hook in the cork makes me laugh. I have a spare hook holder I can give you when I see you.

[Tigger]

 

Hey Mike, thanks for that :).  I haven't seen you on AN for a spell, good to see you looking in.

Be nice to see some of your catch reports on here when you get back out on the banks .

How long have you got left on house arrest , are you tagged up?

[Mikench]

One week to go and then I'm free. Nobody checked anyone on my flight so the system cannot possibly work but I did my bit.