Today was my first day using a pole. 8m Middy White Knuckle Thriller Margin Pole.
And I struggled a bit to be honest. Caught a few fish, mainly skimmers and roach, but couldn’t really get comfortable if that makes sense?
I was perching sort of sideways on my chair (no seat box), and using my hold-all instead of a roller, but twisting my head sideways to watch the float made my neck hurt after a couple of hours, and now my right shoulder is pretty sore.
I was fishing 8m, straight in front, knees pointing at 2 o’clock, shipping back to 5 o’clock. Right elbow on end of pole, weight of the pole on my left thigh.
Probably bad seating position, or bad technique I would imagine, although I tried to replicate how I’ve seen the pro’s do it.
Probably made worse by not getting a bite in 3 hours of method feeder this afternoon....
Question to regular pole anglers..... When you started did you get aches and pains? And what advice would you have for a novice in terms of seating position?
Thanks in advance
Stewie
And I struggled a bit to be honest. Caught a few fish, mainly skimmers and roach, but couldn’t really get comfortable if that makes sense?
I was perching sort of sideways on my chair (no seat box), and using my hold-all instead of a roller, but twisting my head sideways to watch the float made my neck hurt after a couple of hours, and now my right shoulder is pretty sore.
I was fishing 8m, straight in front, knees pointing at 2 o’clock, shipping back to 5 o’clock. Right elbow on end of pole, weight of the pole on my left thigh.
Probably bad seating position, or bad technique I would imagine, although I tried to replicate how I’ve seen the pro’s do it.
Probably made worse by not getting a bite in 3 hours of method feeder this afternoon....
Question to regular pole anglers..... When you started did you get aches and pains? And what advice would you have for a novice in terms of seating position?
Thanks in advance
Stewie