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Treacodactyl
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Posted: Tue Feb 08, 11 8:28 pm Post subject:

Brownbear wrote:

Why not go to a fishing tackle shop and talk to the staff? You could probably get some tips as well as tackle.

There's none near me for a start. Whenever I happen across one I will pop in and have a chat, hopefully they'll be friendly and helpful but if they'll like other specialist shops some will be very helpful and others will not have the time of day for you. Anyway, I often find it helps if you have some idea before you ask.

Treacodactyl
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Posted: Tue Feb 08, 11 8:32 pm Post subject:

Bodger wrote:

Here are a selection of the seafishing floats that I use for fishing off the rocks. The humble coloured bubble float often comes good in calm conditions. I've put a biro in the picture as a gauge to size.

Thanks for the details. I've just been looking at bubble floats, I've not really seen them before - worth getting for calm seas then or is it tempting fate?

jamanda
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Posted: Tue Feb 08, 11 10:24 pm Post subject:

Treacodactyl wrote:

Brownbear wrote:

Why not go to a fishing tackle shop and talk to the staff? You could probably get some tips as well as tackle.

Which near you do you mean? There's one in Westward Ho! and two in Barnstaple.

alison
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Posted: Wed Feb 09, 11 7:47 am Post subject:

Jamanda wrote:

Treacodactyl wrote:

Brownbear wrote:

Why not go to a fishing tackle shop and talk to the staff? You could probably get some tips as well as tackle.

Which near you do you mean? There's one in Westward Ho! and two in Barnstaple.

and 2 in Ilfracombe!

dpack

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Posted: Thu Feb 10, 11 3:25 pm Post subject:

sliding floats are easiest to cast as they are on the end when chucked and slide up to the knot once they hit water
a fixed float has to be cast with a full length of terminal tackle flapping about which is never fun as it will tangle and a nightmare to chuck from rocks

i use a 3 metre tele carbon fibre rod built to cast 50 to 250 gms and a good 30 kg multiplier reel for nearly all shore fishing ,float ,on the floor ,dangling or spinning a biggish thing the combo works

not as far as a beachcaster or as sporty as a spinner but very practical in a bag when climbing down cliffs and strong enough for a big wrass ,small conger or perfect bass ,sensitive enough to twitch at a mullet or two small fighting crabs

the rod was about �30 and the reel�50

for years i used an old penn multiplier which cost a fiver and some wd40 on a �10 tele fibreglass caught lots of fish but the carbon fibre is far better for a low stress day on a moody slippery ledge

Bodger

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Posted: Thu Feb 10, 11 4:48 pm Post subject:
You can't beat a bit of rubber. I use a piece of thin rubber band and tie it tightly on to my main line where I want my sliding float to stop.

dpack

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Posted: Thu Feb 10, 11 4:51 pm Post subject:
me too ,even from 15 m up the line it will run through the hoops when cast

Jonnyboy

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Posted: Thu Feb 10, 11 4:54 pm Post subject:
Great tip, I'll remember that one.

Bodger

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Posted: Thu Feb 10, 11 4:54 pm Post subject:
It will have to get quite a lot warmer before you see me out on the rocks.

dpack

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Posted: Thu Feb 10, 11 4:57 pm Post subject:
a good knot for the band is an austrian butterfly started around the line a prussic will do but the extra turns of the above reduce slip a good line is important for a stress free life strong ,high abrasion resistance ,low stretch cos even low stretch is a bit bungy at distance and the rod should absorb any jerks shore fishing from a deckchair or a belay is ace

dpack

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Posted: Thu Feb 10, 11 5:00 pm Post subject:
wd 40 on the line helps lots

Bodger

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Posted: Thu Feb 10, 11 5:23 pm Post subject:
I've got this sea fishing kayak to have a go at this year. I only went out on it a few times last summer. I usually spin from it but a bit of float fishing in those hard to reach spaces might be fun.

dpack

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Posted: Thu Feb 10, 11 7:30 pm Post subject:
maybe better than a belay in and out of the place never used a kayak to fish but it seems a good tool

Dabinett

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Posted: Thu Feb 10, 11 9:13 pm Post subject:

Bodger wrote:

It will have to get quite a lot warmer before you see me out on the rocks.

Very wise.

Jonnyboy

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Posted: Fri Feb 11, 11 7:21 am Post subject:

Bodger wrote:

I've got this sea fishing kayak to have a go at this year. I only went out on it a few times last summer. I usually spin from it but a bit of float fishing in those hard to reach spaces might be fun.

I'm saving for one, which did you get?

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