sam vimes
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We may be similarly obsessive, but I'm a bit more scattergun with my brands. I don't have a thing for green and a stylized castle logo.
How did you get on?
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We may be similarly obsessive, but I'm a bit more scattergun with my brands. I don't have a thing for green and a stylized castle logo.
Tee-Cee
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Sam has just asked the one question I forgot to ask - the name of the reel!!
(I'm assuming this is 'tiggers' model we're talking about??)
(I'm assuming this is 'tiggers' model we're talking about??)
sam vimes
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Tigger's reel is a Kingpin Zeppelin, as are both of mine. Colour schemes vary as specified by the customer. There are also two different sizes of Zeppelin out there, 4.75 and 4".
https://kingpinreels.squarespace.com/zeppelin/
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Yeah Tee-Cee, Chris's are the same as mine but not quite so good as mine, my ones are the "super Zepp" version made to a higher standard
.....mine catch lots more fish than Chris's also ....
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What a completely unexpected and slightly bizarre day!
I mentioned early on in ‘The Morning Thread’ that it was white over with snow here and as I loaded the car up in the dark it was still coming down, enough to start sticking to the roads and I picked up a mate at around ten to seven this morning before we headed off to a lake.
We were surprised to find that the lake wasn’t frozen over even though it was zero degrees and snowing quite hard by now and this meant that Plan B and the river could be put aside but it didn’t really bode well, all things considered.
Brollies up on adjoining pegs and it was light wagglers, small hooks and fine hooklinks which in my case consisted of a 2BB Middy Silver Fish waggler and a size 22 spade end tied to 0.09/2.2lb bottom.
A small nut of groundbait and three or four maggots each put in with a single on the hook was about the best I could come up with in terms of a plan, as the snow continued to fall well into daylight… If that’s what you could call it.
About fifty minutes in and I had a bite which was an almost slow motion melting away of the float tip which was well dotted down anyway and faithful old Mr Perch, the best blank saver in the business, was swung to hand.
All one ounce of him!
Surprisingly, considering the conditions, the next put in resulted in a blade roach and this continued for the next few minutes until a small skimmer came along.
That was the sign to up the feed slightly and three small balls of groundbait went in and the bites continued with tiny perch and blade roach the main culprits though I have to say I was more than grateful.
I then struck into something slightly bigger which turned out to be a decent skimmer…
It was mid-morning by now and although the snow had let up it was bitterly cold, I’ve been out on far colder days temperature wise but that sapping combination of heavy, damp air really got through to the bones and I don’t recall ever feeling as cold in myself as I did today.
Things then got really bizarre.
The float disappeared and I was into what I at first thought was a decent perch, it was pulling back much harder and I remember saying to my mate that it felt like a tench?
Low and behold it turned out to be just that…
It wasn’t the only one either as I netted three in total albeit only small ones, I’ve had winter tench over the years but don’t ever remember catching any when it was so cold with snow on the ground!
A few decent quality roach added to the tally…
To say that I was initially going out for a bite as a mark of achievement it turned out to be a decent day all things considered, I reckon I ended up with a couple of dozen fish but after eight hours of it it’s taking some getting warm again.
We deliberately chose a sheltered corner out of the wind but early afternoon we both went for a walk around the lake just to get the circulation going and feeling back in our toes and the opposite bank was absolutely bitter, I reckon we would have struggled to do an hour in it.
Hats off to any other nutters who ventured out today!
Roll on Spring… :w
I mentioned early on in ‘The Morning Thread’ that it was white over with snow here and as I loaded the car up in the dark it was still coming down, enough to start sticking to the roads and I picked up a mate at around ten to seven this morning before we headed off to a lake.
We were surprised to find that the lake wasn’t frozen over even though it was zero degrees and snowing quite hard by now and this meant that Plan B and the river could be put aside but it didn’t really bode well, all things considered.
Brollies up on adjoining pegs and it was light wagglers, small hooks and fine hooklinks which in my case consisted of a 2BB Middy Silver Fish waggler and a size 22 spade end tied to 0.09/2.2lb bottom.
A small nut of groundbait and three or four maggots each put in with a single on the hook was about the best I could come up with in terms of a plan, as the snow continued to fall well into daylight… If that’s what you could call it.
About fifty minutes in and I had a bite which was an almost slow motion melting away of the float tip which was well dotted down anyway and faithful old Mr Perch, the best blank saver in the business, was swung to hand.
All one ounce of him!
Surprisingly, considering the conditions, the next put in resulted in a blade roach and this continued for the next few minutes until a small skimmer came along.
That was the sign to up the feed slightly and three small balls of groundbait went in and the bites continued with tiny perch and blade roach the main culprits though I have to say I was more than grateful.
I then struck into something slightly bigger which turned out to be a decent skimmer…
It was mid-morning by now and although the snow had let up it was bitterly cold, I’ve been out on far colder days temperature wise but that sapping combination of heavy, damp air really got through to the bones and I don’t recall ever feeling as cold in myself as I did today.
Things then got really bizarre.
The float disappeared and I was into what I at first thought was a decent perch, it was pulling back much harder and I remember saying to my mate that it felt like a tench?
Low and behold it turned out to be just that…
It wasn’t the only one either as I netted three in total albeit only small ones, I’ve had winter tench over the years but don’t ever remember catching any when it was so cold with snow on the ground!
A few decent quality roach added to the tally…
To say that I was initially going out for a bite as a mark of achievement it turned out to be a decent day all things considered, I reckon I ended up with a couple of dozen fish but after eight hours of it it’s taking some getting warm again.
We deliberately chose a sheltered corner out of the wind but early afternoon we both went for a walk around the lake just to get the circulation going and feeling back in our toes and the opposite bank was absolutely bitter, I reckon we would have struggled to do an hour in it.
Hats off to any other nutters who ventured out today!
Roll on Spring… :w
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You are a better man than I Gunga Din(Binka )
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@Steve
I've been reading many reports of "Summer" fish being caught over the past week or so, my local lake has given up a pb carp to over 20lb but it's small but exclusive number of big Perch have gone on the missing list all Winter. The times they are a changing.
BTW not head the term "blade Roach"..........a tiddler of a roach?
I've been reading many reports of "Summer" fish being caught over the past week or so, my local lake has given up a pb carp to over 20lb but it's small but exclusive number of big Perch have gone on the missing list all Winter. The times they are a changing.
BTW not head the term "blade Roach"..........a tiddler of a roach?
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I doubt that very much Mike
That's right mate, a tiddler roach.
It's a fairly common term in these parts and one that matchman seem to be especially fond of, not sure where it originated from but it just sounds right to me as a way of describing them.
Actually, thinking back I'm wondering if Frank Barlow was the first person I heard referring to 'em as that during his latter match fishing days on the Birmingham Fazeley Canal?
Could well be wrong though, I usually am
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I doubt that very much Mike
That's right mate, a tiddler roach.
It's a fairly common term in these parts and one that matchman seem to be especially fond of, not sure where it originated from but it just sounds right to me as a way of describing them.
Actually, thinking back I'm wondering if Frank Barlow was the first person I heard referring to 'em as that during his latter match fishing days on the Birmingham Fazeley Canal?
Could well be wrong though, I usually am
I've only heard the term in reference to tiny skimmers previously; no idea where it originates but I'm sure that someone on here will know...
maggot_dangler
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Ventured out briefley this afternoon onto the canal not too many yards away .
Bitter cold damp orrible but stuck it out for a couple of hours before the cold got at me had a few half decent roach no doubts with these ones 1 perch just about fish all of 2 inches long couple of skimmers .
Thatwas it im outta here and heading home double quick time . hopefully out tomorrow but not made my mind up where yet may just stick to the local canal as it is close by and easy to bolt from ..
PG ...
Bitter cold damp orrible but stuck it out for a couple of hours before the cold got at me had a few half decent roach no doubts with these ones 1 perch just about fish all of 2 inches long couple of skimmers .
Thatwas it im outta here and heading home double quick time . hopefully out tomorrow but not made my mind up where yet may just stick to the local canal as it is close by and easy to bolt from ..
PG ...
Keith M
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Sounds like you had a brilliant day Binka with the temperatures being so cold and Tench and Bream and Roach and Perch all showing themselves, what a great day.
Are you sure that was a true Roach Binka? I would have expected it to have red eyes and its fins to have a lot more red in them like the one in the photo below.
A very nice fish whatever it is though, and on a freezing cold day like today too.
Great fishing
Keith
A few decent quality roach added to the tally…
Are you sure that was a true Roach Binka? I would have expected it to have red eyes and its fins to have a lot more red in them like the one in the photo below.
A very nice fish whatever it is though, and on a freezing cold day like today too.
Great fishing
Keith
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Thanks Keith.
There's a good chance of hybridisation given what else is in the water and the clear hybrids which often show in warmer weather.
It's not untypical of many waters in that the fish, more noticeably perch than any other, appear very pale when the water is well coloured as it was today and then revert to their vivid colours at times of clarity.
I certainly wouldn't rule out mixed parentage though.
I will settle for 'mungrel'
Mark Wintle
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They look like true roach to me.Thanks Keith.
There's a good chance of hybridisation given what else is in the water and the clear hybrids which often show in warmer weather.
It's not untypical of many waters in that the fish, more noticeably perch than any other, appear very pale when the water is well coloured as it was today and then revert to their vivid colours at times of clarity.
I certainly wouldn't rule out mixed parentage though.
I will settle for 'mungrel'
mikench
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Too cold, wet and windy for me today. It is blowing a gale and 3c here but feels a lot colder. The fishing can wait !
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Yup. Roach also.
Brave man Binka. Deserved good day.
Brave man Binka. Deserved good day.
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"Decent skimmer"
Explain please ?
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As far as i'm aware the name "skimmer" was given to small bream/fish that skimmed across the waters surface as you wound them in, much like a flat stone can be skimmed across the surface when thrown....if you get me meaning .
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I think its the "decent" bit that needs explaining
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I think its the "decent" bit that needs explaining
Quite so my corvid friend. Skimmer I understand...It's the prefix decent that escapes me.
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I got up knowing that I would be fishing yesterday morning & had narrowed down my choice of venues to 4 but still hadn't decided which it would be even as got to the tackle shop to get some maggots. I asked John if he'd had any reports on Sidings Lane - a newish water on the St Helens card which I fished [& struggled on] a couple of times last year. Not a word seemingly, but the implication that it might not have seen too much activity swung it for me, although I was already mentally chastising myself for not opting for a more 'productive' venue.
Sidings Lane is a very mature, man-made pool within the confines of a nature reserve with a fairly even depth of about 5'. There is apparently a good head of Crucian & historically some sizeable Perch, but it was Roach that I was hoping for today.
Being in the middle of a nature reserve means a plentiful array of birdlife, so although I got off to a quiet start on the fishing front I had a pair of Robins keeping me company & more unusually a couple of Wrens hopping around by my feet, but they were rather more camera shy than the cheeky redbreasts!
Finally some sign of life in the form of a slight lift on my float which stayed 'up' for a few seconds so I struck & happily [in light of recent form] connected to a respectable Roach that had been hooked literally by the skin of it's teeth - I'm amazed it stayed on
This started a run of perhaps a dozen Roach all of a similar size plus one random small Skimmer all on the waggler on double maggot, with 1 red & 1 bronze proving to be the favoured combo.
I had also set up a feeder rod starting on bread flake [a bait I really need to build up my confidence on] but switching to caster after a couple of hours without a twitch. In truth casters didn't appear to be faring any better but I stayed with them & finally had a twitch resulting in a somewhat better skimmer but that was it for the feeder rod [although this was a better result than on my previous visits, both last summer]
So... not exactly a red letter day, but a day on the bank is cause for smiling nonetheless. It wasn't warm & despite BBC weathers 'promise' of white cloud there was quite a bit of that light rain that isn't worth putting up a brolly for but still gets you & your kit somewhat damp, but it sounds like I got off lightly compared to some of you in other parts of the country. Already looking forward to next week end...
Sidings Lane is a very mature, man-made pool within the confines of a nature reserve with a fairly even depth of about 5'. There is apparently a good head of Crucian & historically some sizeable Perch, but it was Roach that I was hoping for today.
Being in the middle of a nature reserve means a plentiful array of birdlife, so although I got off to a quiet start on the fishing front I had a pair of Robins keeping me company & more unusually a couple of Wrens hopping around by my feet, but they were rather more camera shy than the cheeky redbreasts!
Finally some sign of life in the form of a slight lift on my float which stayed 'up' for a few seconds so I struck & happily [in light of recent form] connected to a respectable Roach that had been hooked literally by the skin of it's teeth - I'm amazed it stayed on
This started a run of perhaps a dozen Roach all of a similar size plus one random small Skimmer all on the waggler on double maggot, with 1 red & 1 bronze proving to be the favoured combo.
I had also set up a feeder rod starting on bread flake [a bait I really need to build up my confidence on] but switching to caster after a couple of hours without a twitch. In truth casters didn't appear to be faring any better but I stayed with them & finally had a twitch resulting in a somewhat better skimmer but that was it for the feeder rod [although this was a better result than on my previous visits, both last summer
]
So... not exactly a red letter day, but a day on the bank is cause for smiling nonetheless. It wasn't warm & despite BBC weathers 'promise' of white cloud there was quite a bit of that light rain that isn't worth putting up a brolly for but still gets you & your kit somewhat damp, but it sounds like I got off lightly compared to some of you in other parts of the country. Already looking forward to next week end...