Sometimes Catching Fish Isn't About Your Fishing Method

W. D. Grey wrote:
In article , Dave Lane
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W. D. Grey wrote:
In article , Dave Lane
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W. D. Grey wrote:
In article , Andy Lawson
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"W. D. Grey" wrote in message
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In article , Dinac

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Many anglers don't realize that sometimes catching fish isn't
about your
fishing method, it's about something completely different.

http://fishing-hint.blogspot.com/



Yeh!...Luck - ask Andy :-)
-- Bill Grey


'scuse me? Wot you inseminatin' ? ;o)

Andy


Hi Andy - you doin Ok ?
Is Alec treating you well ?



no, but he's outfishing him...... :+)

Dave


OK lads! What's Santa brining you ?


that 14 ft salmon rod wot I bought on Ebay last night.... :+)


Don't forget - Use two hands :-)

I always do, Bill. D'you think that this is where I could be going
wrong? Hmm, now all I need is a reel to go with it..

In article , Dave Lane
writes
W. D. Grey wrote:
In article , Dave Lane
writes
W. D. Grey wrote:
In article , Dave Lane
writes
W. D. Grey wrote:
In article , Andy Lawson
writes

"W. D. Grey" wrote in message
...
In article , Dinac

writes
Many anglers don't realize that sometimes catching fish isn't
about your
fishing method, it's about something completely different.

http://fishing-hint.blogspot.com/



Yeh!...Luck - ask Andy :-)
-- Bill Grey


'scuse me? Wot you inseminatin' ? ;o)

Andy


Hi Andy - you doin Ok ?
Is Alec treating you well ?



no, but he's outfishing him...... :+)

Dave


OK lads! What's Santa brining you ?


that 14 ft salmon rod wot I bought on Ebay last night.... :+)

Don't forget - Use two hands :-)

I always do, Bill. D'you think that this is where I could be going
wrong? Hmm, now all I need is a reel to go with it..

Attach the reel just below your elbow - this virtually extends the
length of the rod :-0

I'd love to cast a two handed salmon rod.!
--
Bill Grey

In article , W. D. Grey
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I'd love to cast a two handed salmon rod.!

You don't =have= to wait for a chance at a salmon to use double hander.

OT
I use one in the sea sometimes and they can be useful for pike too. In a
tideway with a decent shoal of fish in front of you you want to get the fly
out there again before the shoal moves.

A Spey is great for getting the fly out again as long as there isn't a fish
already on. If you're getting one a chuck you discover that Spey casting is
much more about casting than about catching fish.

And with pike you find that the standard advice to release a yard of line,
count to three and tighten is a sure way to fail. Instead strike hard or
the hook won't move among all those teeth until the fish decides it tastes
wrong and ejects it.
/OT

Then when you can eventually afford a squillion quid to stand up to your
armpits in melting ice you have to unlearn the above.

Cheerio,

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In article , Derek Moody
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I'd love to cast a two handed salmon rod.!

You don't =have= to wait for a chance at a salmon to use double hander.

You're getting ahead of me Derek. I'm not interested in salmon or any
other fish - I just would like to cast a two handed rod.

Happy Xmas
--
Bill Grey

In article , W. D. Grey
wrote:
In article , Derek Moody
writes
I'd love to cast a two handed salmon rod.!

You don't =have= to wait for a chance at a salmon to use double hander.

You're getting ahead of me Derek. I'm not interested in salmon or any
other fish - I just would like to cast a two handed rod.

Er, yes. Actually I forgot to tell you to scrape the worst of the fish
scales off the corks before taking it on an upmarket beat - some people
don't understand you know.

As for the casting you just waggle it around a lot and hit the forward cast
a bit harder than you'd expect. You don't actually do anything you couldn't
do with a single hander. Admittedly the long rod gives you more time to set
the line up...

for eg the double spey with a #10 and a 15' rod....
....this way, that way, swing the loop behind lift the rod and punch as
opposed to whipwhipswishwhip which is how it goes with a 6' #4.

Happy Xmas

Have a cool Yule,

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In article , Derek Moody
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for eg the double spey with a #10 and a 15' rod....
....this way, that way, swing the loop behind lift the rod and punch as
opposed to whipwhipswishwhip which is how it goes with a 6' #4.

Yeh! Yeh. Spey cast indeed - a name invented to make someone loadsa
cash teaching gullible anglers the "correct" method.

There is soooo much hype spoken/written about the SPEY cast !!! Any
angler with half a brain will know it is pretty obvious what needs to be
done to retrieve the line and cast in the right direction.

An example of the "naming" of a particular cast reminds me of when I was
a lad. I was performing a roll cast years before I heard the name
"Roll" cast. It just naturally became part of fishing for me.
--
Bill Grey

In article , W. D. Grey
wrote:

Yeh! Yeh. Spey cast indeed - a name invented to make someone loadsa
cash teaching gullible anglers the "correct" method.

On this occasion I'll take exception - usually you'd be right to debunk.
The Spey casts have the huge advantage of needing very little space behind
the angler which originally came from the very bushed-in banks of the river.
It's not as good as an overhead when there is room behind but it's quicker
than setting up a roll cast from scratch. I really notice the difference
when fishing in the sea with vertical rock behind: I can get an empty hook
back out much faster with a Spey but if I'm taking a fish (or a lump of
seaweed) a chuck then it's back to rolling.

You don't need lessons for the double spey, for the single it might help if
a mate videos you in action and you'll see at once where timing errors
occur.

There is soooo much hype spoken/written about the SPEY cast !!! Any
angler with half a brain will know it is pretty obvious what needs to be
done to retrieve the line and cast in the right direction.

Of I agree, the really hard part is working out which is the right directon.

An example of the "naming" of a particular cast reminds me of when I was
a lad. I was performing a roll cast years before I heard the name
"Roll" cast. It just naturally became part of fishing for me.

I have been asked 'What sort of cast do you call that?' - so there must be
some interest ;-)

Cheerio,

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