CarpCatcher86
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You guys must have come across a few corkers in your time, I know I have.
I'm curious to know, how did you respond to any mistake you have witnessed? Did you offer advice in an attempt to correct the mistake in question, or did you sit back and say nothing? How was your advice received, with thanks, gratitude, embarrassement, anger?
I only ask as a chance encounter with an old friend ended with me returning to one of my old local waters today. Old local water meaning it was before I moved.
During the session I came across an old guy who I used to see on one particular water on a regular basis. Watching him was fascinating. He always fished with a waggler on rod and line, nothing unusual about that, but what was unusual was what he did after casting. As his waggler hit the water, instead of closing the bail arm and lowering the rod tip under the water in order to sink the line and tighten up to the float, he would keep the bail arm open, lower and then sharply raise the tip of the rod, as if he was striking at a bite.
The result as you can probably guess was a lot of slack line between rod tip and float tip. I watched him strike at and miss almost every bite, apart from the odd time he got lucky with a fish that quickly swam away, taking up the slack and hooking it's self. I did suggest that it's a good idea to keep a tight line between float and rod tip, which would result in him hitting a lot more bites and catching a lot more fish. With the way he was fishing, a fish would be hitting it's head on the far bank before he managed to take up all the slack line and set the hook. His responce was part laugh part grunt followed by the line, I've always done it that way.
Other mistakes include underfilled spools which is very common, as is people trying to float fish with line that is far too thick/strong or old line that is worn out and snaps every time you try to tighten a knot. Incorrect shotting patterns when waggler fishing is another I see a lot, as is fishing way over or under depth.
I saw a lad on a canal a few years ago fishing with a 5m whip with a 6ft ish pole rig on the end. Another lad I saw a few years back had three bite alarms on a pod the wrong way round. I have even seen two people fishing with rods the wrong way round, as in eyes up like you would see with a bait caster or boat rod.
Another mistake which I think I read about on this forum described a young lad fishing with lures, but not in the conventional way. Instead of casting and retrieving as normal, he simply cast the lure out and left it sat on the bottom of the lake with the rod on a rest.
As I said at the start, you guys must have heard/seen some real corkers in your time. So lets hear them
I'm curious to know, how did you respond to any mistake you have witnessed? Did you offer advice in an attempt to correct the mistake in question, or did you sit back and say nothing? How was your advice received, with thanks, gratitude, embarrassement, anger?
I only ask as a chance encounter with an old friend ended with me returning to one of my old local waters today. Old local water meaning it was before I moved.
During the session I came across an old guy who I used to see on one particular water on a regular basis. Watching him was fascinating. He always fished with a waggler on rod and line, nothing unusual about that, but what was unusual was what he did after casting. As his waggler hit the water, instead of closing the bail arm and lowering the rod tip under the water in order to sink the line and tighten up to the float, he would keep the bail arm open, lower and then sharply raise the tip of the rod, as if he was striking at a bite.
The result as you can probably guess was a lot of slack line between rod tip and float tip. I watched him strike at and miss almost every bite, apart from the odd time he got lucky with a fish that quickly swam away, taking up the slack and hooking it's self. I did suggest that it's a good idea to keep a tight line between float and rod tip, which would result in him hitting a lot more bites and catching a lot more fish. With the way he was fishing, a fish would be hitting it's head on the far bank before he managed to take up all the slack line and set the hook. His responce was part laugh part grunt followed by the line, I've always done it that way.
Other mistakes include underfilled spools which is very common, as is people trying to float fish with line that is far too thick/strong or old line that is worn out and snaps every time you try to tighten a knot. Incorrect shotting patterns when waggler fishing is another I see a lot, as is fishing way over or under depth.
I saw a lad on a canal a few years ago fishing with a 5m whip with a 6ft ish pole rig on the end. Another lad I saw a few years back had three bite alarms on a pod the wrong way round. I have even seen two people fishing with rods the wrong way round, as in eyes up like you would see with a bait caster or boat rod.
Another mistake which I think I read about on this forum described a young lad fishing with lures, but not in the conventional way. Instead of casting and retrieving as normal, he simply cast the lure out and left it sat on the bottom of the lake with the rod on a rest.
As I said at the start, you guys must have heard/seen some real corkers in your time. So lets hear them
