"Charlie Choc" schrieb im
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On Wed, 14 Apr 2004 16:32:33 -0700, wrote:

Very cool, I've never seen anything like that before.

I saw Mike use them in the Baltic a few years ago when he, Herman and
I went up to Denmark one evening. He definitely boomed out some casts.
--
Charlie...

I remember that evening well Charlie. I was more than somewhat disappointed
that we did not catch anything. That has always been one of my most reliable
spots in really cold conditions. One does not get a seatrout every time, but
a few cod are usually hanging around. Sometimes even a garfish.

Whatever, I was up in Denmark recently with quite a large group of people.
The same thing happened to us which jinxed the Denmark clave. The weather
changed, deteriorating rapidly, the wind direction changed, and the water
temperature in the shallows went down below 3°C. Of the twelve of us
fishing, ( a few really top class anglers as well!), only three people
caught anything, two people a small ( undersized), seatrout each, and I got
a small cod. Considering the time and effort involved, it was a disaster in
terms of fish, but we all had a great time anyway.

I was using the sbirulino rod, and if I had moved to a spot with deeper
water, I would have got a few cod, but seatrout were extremely unlikely, to
say the least. I did not want to leave the group though. They would not
have been able to reach the fish with conventional fly gear at all. This is
the greatest single advantage of such gear, one can simply cover far more
water, even under adverse conditions. This is not always a guarantee of
fish of course, but it certainly does increase the chances a very great
deal.

For stream fishing and the like, I would not advocate it, but for lakes, or
the salt, it really is a very good addition to one´s armoury.

TL
MC