I have just been reading with some interest the article written by ROY MARLOW in the midland angler in the article he is going on about elastics and mainly margin fishing and he came to the conclusion that most elastics stretch to 5 times there original size so if he was fishing in the margins or next to a snag and the snag was 5 feet from the pole tip then he would use 1 foot of elastic in his pole to stop the fish reaching the snag ,makes sense dont it.
But also in the same article he says that he is totally against people bullying fish with doubled up 12 laccy and i know from the entry details to the total fishing BB match at the GLEBE which MR MARLOW owns that he has a maximum elastic rating of a 12 to be used on his waters to stop people skull dragging or bullying his fish .
So the double standard to me is what is the diffrence between fishing 1 foot of number 12 laccy to fishing with 5 foot of 16 laccy set soft through a top kit .
I know at ROLFS LAKE where I do a lot of my fishing that they have the no bullying rule and if you fish 1 foot of 12 laccy in your top kit and only 3 feet came out the end (allowing for 2 feet in the pole when fully stretched) the only thing that you would be landing is yourself in trouble with rolf as he would politly ask you to change the top kit or he will ask you to leave(and he has asked people to leave before now as well).
So getting back to my original point if you were a fishery owner what you prefere people fishing really tight 12 laccy or a soft 16 laccy cuz it seems to me that MR MARLOW has double standards .
KEV THE PEOPLES BOOKIE
But also in the same article he says that he is totally against people bullying fish with doubled up 12 laccy and i know from the entry details to the total fishing BB match at the GLEBE which MR MARLOW owns that he has a maximum elastic rating of a 12 to be used on his waters to stop people skull dragging or bullying his fish .
So the double standard to me is what is the diffrence between fishing 1 foot of number 12 laccy to fishing with 5 foot of 16 laccy set soft through a top kit .
I know at ROLFS LAKE where I do a lot of my fishing that they have the no bullying rule and if you fish 1 foot of 12 laccy in your top kit and only 3 feet came out the end (allowing for 2 feet in the pole when fully stretched) the only thing that you would be landing is yourself in trouble with rolf as he would politly ask you to change the top kit or he will ask you to leave(and he has asked people to leave before now as well).
So getting back to my original point if you were a fishery owner what you prefere people fishing really tight 12 laccy or a soft 16 laccy cuz it seems to me that MR MARLOW has double standards .
KEV THE PEOPLES BOOKIE