On Aug 16, 12:54 pm, Dave LaCourse wrote:

If you do go night fishing, buy one of those led head lamps, the kind
where you can adjust the amount of light.

Dave

The Led head lamps are good, I like the Petzl tikka,

http://en.petzl.com/petzl/LampesProduits?Produit=555

Very light, gives good light,can be worn on a hat, and has a very long
battery life.

but if you want to use them when fishing for browns at night, it is
best to put a red filter over the lens. Big browns ( and sea-runs)
spook very easily, and shining your light on the water, or anything
like that, must be avoided. Even on very dark nights, you can still
usually see a little bit, once your vision adjusts, and the red filter
ensures that you don´t lose your night vision from the white LED
light if you have to tie knots, change flies etc. When you do this,
even with a red light, point it away from the river!

After catching a large fish in a pool or run, I usually move to the
next, as the disturbance it causes usually scares off any other big
ones in the immediate area, and for landing the fish, you can of
course then use your light.

There may be a couple of big fish in a small pool now and then, but
usually, really big browns are solitary creatures. Here, and in
summer, it is usually best to fish pool tails, as the big fish often
hang around there looking for minnows etc. I suppose that will be
much the same everywhere.

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Regards and tight lines!

Mike Connor

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