mikench
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Brill! I do like innuendo! **** Emery was very funny! Cheers Ian!
Brill! I do like innuendo! **** Emery was very funny! Cheers Ian!
Binka kindly sent me a photo of his rod bending under strain.
John, all.
Binka kindly sent me a photo of his rod bending under strain.
****y.
Hand If thats not enough someone will give him another!.I'm sure his spare hand would be drafted into use and save the day mg:
John, all.
May I ask a polite question. Do you then have another set of tackle you use on the non tidal Trent? I expect you do.
The thread poster has all my support, I agree 100% too many carbabelers use far too heavy gear, and get all defensive about it. They use it exclusively on all the Trent, even in places where a ounce would suffice. They do simply yank the fish in, not play them. Barbel have little chance on 15lb line and 20lb hooklink. Most fish on the middle Trent are not doubles, so why use such tackle ALL the time. Yes you could hook a 20 but that's called sport.
Binka kindly sent me a photo of his rod bending under strain. When I get a new rod I almost always test its capacity against the line I'm using. I know 8lb line will not break on my three current Trent barbel rods. So why would I use much heavier?
People don't seem to want a fight anymore, just a photo to admire. For me it's the bite, and then the protracted fight, not always knowing who will win. Yes, shot me I like to give a fish a sporting chance
No offence given or taken, just my view. Well done thread starter.
****y.
For me it's the bite, and then the protracted fight
****y do you think that a protracted fight is good for the fish considering how hard they fight and the resulting build up of lactic acid or is it just about what the angler wants?
This is not a dig but a genuine enquiry because I would sooner not have a protracted fight with any species of fish.
Hi tigger. I said 6lb line tired the fish out too much mainly because of me being paranoid of it snapping and taking too much care landing the fish. With a 0.28lb mainline I use now I can put all the pressure I want on the fish. Maybe I could of back then. 6lb line straight through does take some breaking.
they start off saying due to the stretch in mono you cant put much pressure down the line to the fish, then go about doing a comparison and use mono on one rod and braid on the other.That's a bit of a red herring right there. A test curve is a measure of how much weight it takes to bend a rod through ninety degrees. It gives no indication of how much pressure can be applied by that rod. Rods do not get to their test curve and suddenly do no more. It's also true that, in some situations, you can apply more pressure with lower test curve rods.
Hardly scientific, but it's a reasonable demonstration of why test curves alone are a bit of a waste of time.
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