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Post by tubefly on Mar 17, 2015 19:22:38 GMT
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Post by springerman on Mar 17, 2015 20:18:43 GMT
Your going to need a bigger net!
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Post by flatsghost on Mar 18, 2015 12:56:14 GMT
A great feat to get the fish in but, the end part was not good for me. Throwing it out on the bank and then all the manhandling was not at all impressive. His friend should have helped him out with the landing. Sorry to be a party pooper but the fish must have lost loads of slime with all the bear hugs it was getting.
Glyn
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Post by tubefly on Mar 18, 2015 20:04:36 GMT
Glyn You are not party pooping it was the rod and "reel" i was interested in. If you look at his left hand you will see the line container is what I used for crabbing as a lad.
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Post by flatsghost on Mar 19, 2015 8:05:56 GMT
Harry
I could see that he was doing some kind of hand lining and see what it is that you noticed now. Very unusual indeed and I wonder why a crab line with all the difficulties of managing it is any better than a reel? There was a post a few weeks back on the Welsh Dee where a chap had a reel mounted on his chest to leave the rod free plus the reduction in weight which sounds a better idea than a crab line!
Hell of a fish though!
Glyn
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Post by phil on Mar 19, 2015 17:20:50 GMT
I agree with Glyn on the man-handling of the fish. The hand-line combo with a rod rests on a spectrum of popular bait fishing methods in europe. In France call Peche au Toc. Here's a video, apologies in French, demonstrates a key aspect, take detection via the line hand: Much to go at on the web if you would like to explore more. Lots of variations in rod and tackle setup but the principles remain the same. It resembles, in principle, the fixed line bait fishing method in Japan called Keiryu. Not to be confused with the Keiryu description of what we would expect a typical tenkara water to look like. Like Keiryu, the angler will take live bait direct from the river or bring live bait with them, worms for instance. Jon Beer wrote about the technique in 2001 here. I remember holidays in France fishing in such a style. Simple, elegant and super effective, bit like tenkara  Happy tenkara Phil |
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Post by chriscreeler on Mar 20, 2015 12:33:47 GMT
'La pendule fait tic-tac-tic.
Les oiseaux du lac pic-pac-pic-pic.
Glou-glou-glou font tous les dindons,
Et la jolie cloche ding-dang-dong.
Mais Boum!
Quand notre coeur fait Boum!?'
But back to 'au toc'; buy a keiryu rod, or a whip if you feel like spending a tenner instead of a hundred and fifty pounds.It opens the door to all kinds of ancient angling delights. As Phil says, 'bit like tenkara'.
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Post by phil on Mar 21, 2015 22:43:24 GMT
Awwwwwh, now I've got to post the English version of Boum! by Charles Trenet: A jolly tune to go fishing to  Phil |
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