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    Giles
    IHUK Crew
    Joined: 22 Sept 2009

    5 am start. Nothing at the first mark, so we stopped for coffee on the way to the next place....

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    "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

    last edited by Giles 28 Sept 2024, 12:41 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 10
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      Giles
      IHUK Crew
      Joined: 22 Sept 2009

      It's blowing an absolute hoolie out there today, but I think I will go down to where I caught yesterday, so see what gives....I think the wind should be behind me at that particular mark...

      "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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        Tago Mago
        Mod Squad
        @Giles
        Joined: 16 Jan 2021

        @Giles you don’t say

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          Peter
          啓蒙家
          Joined: 6 Mar 2010

          @Giles what kinda gear are you using for sea bass, and what are some of your favourite baits? Wish we had them where I live, but I'll settle for some good talk about tackle 🙂 Cool fish, pretty sure it's similar to the coastal fishing for sea trout we do here in Sweden and Denmark!

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            Giles
            IHUK Crew
            Joined: 22 Sept 2009

            My go-to rod in the creeks around here is:

            https://yamaga-blanks.com/early-plus-92xml-combined/?lang=en

            I use this for open beach fishing:

            https://yamaga-blanks.com/ballistick-102mh-tznano/?lang=en

            I pair the 92 with a 3000 size reel and the 102 with a 4000.

            PE2 mainline and 18lb Fluoro leader.

            Baits:

            Soft plastics for weedy snaggy waters, my fave being :

            https://www.highstreettackle.co.uk/megabass-spindle-worm-5-inch-2359-p.asp

            But needless to say, I have bzillions in different colours/lengths. I'll use different weight belly weighted hooks depending on how deep the water is and where I want to fish in the water column.

            Top water, I use loads, but this is always with me:

            https://www.mrfishjersey.com/products/xorus-patchinko-85-metal-ayu?variant=40649785933992&currency=GBP&gad_source=1&gclid=Cj0KCQjwu-63BhC9ARIsAMMTLXQII5XFuPSUfzaWsrvBSIvZb-eepqYq9UEqooa1l1oIDO_W1hxtvC0aAlm3EALw_wcB

            Mid-water hards, I have loads depending on where in the column I want to fish. But I use a variety of these and other brands:

            https://www.megabass.co.jp/site/saltwater/sw_lure/

            And I'm slowly getting into creature baits, like these:

            https://www.anglingdirect.co.uk/z-man-trd-crawz?gad_source=1&gclid=Cj0KCQjwu-63BhC9ARIsAMMTLXTkIOimWKEpIu9HKzZXXPYJgg74JFEOZ5JsfrY1g-Whtp7W2MQM7IgaAvOREALw_wcB

            "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

            last edited by Giles 10 Jan 2024, 17:20 1 Oct 2024, 17:18 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 1
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              Peter
              啓蒙家
              Joined: 6 Mar 2010

              Good stuff Giles! Always fun when you get to use different gear and methods. Not so good for the inner tackle junkie though.. I'm a big fan of Megabass as well, I use their soft plastics and jerkbaits all the time.

              I've been on a chatterbait bite for roughly a month, but the water is getting colder pretty fast now and the grass is dying off.

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                Giles
                IHUK Crew
                Joined: 22 Sept 2009

                Just sorting out some of my fly fishing gear. Found a few boxes of nymphs that a good friend tied decades ago. The only reason I got them was because he thought they were not good enough for his box 🙂

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                "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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                  goosehd
                  Mod Squad
                  @Giles
                  Joined: 8 Apr 2016

                  @Giles If those were the rejected ones, I would love to see his acceptable ones 🙂

                  "I don't give a shit what anyone else is doing, we will do what is best for us and our customers" - Giles P. :)

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                    Giles
                    IHUK Crew
                    Joined: 22 Sept 2009

                    Exactly, his dry and wet flies are amazing too.....

                    "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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                      motojobobo
                      啓蒙家
                      Joined: 22 Aug 2015

                      Not a fisherman myself so amazed to see these handcrafted beauties. How long does it take an expert like to your friendo to make one of these? He must be 700 years old if he tied all those together, and they are only his rejects.

                      The journey is the objective.

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                        Giles
                        IHUK Crew
                        Joined: 22 Sept 2009

                        Probably 5-10 mins

                        "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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                          Giles
                          IHUK Crew
                          Joined: 22 Sept 2009

                          Here some of his "Grade 1" dry flies....I have 100's of his "Grade 2's"....

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                          "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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                            motojobobo
                            啓蒙家
                            Joined: 22 Aug 2015

                            Very, very cool handiwork.
                            Whoever gets into making them will fill up his home with all sorts of different stuff (strings, nylons, beads…..and on and on) to imitate the myriad insects flying around water bodies.

                            The journey is the objective.

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                              Giles
                              IHUK Crew
                              Joined: 22 Sept 2009

                              I dont tie much (mainly salt water flats flies), and I have got a shit load of stuff.....

                              "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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                                Mizmazzle
                                見習いボス
                                @Giles
                                Joined: 29 Jun 2021

                                @Giles wow! Those are quite lovely! A well tied dry fly is a work of art. Hell, I have framed paintings of them on the wall.

                                In the easy chair with my boots on, melted whiskey in my hand. Could'na been asleep for more than three hours...time to go to work again...

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                                  Giles
                                  IHUK Crew
                                  Joined: 22 Sept 2009

                                  My typically Gosportian access to the foreshore....

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                                  "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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                                    goosehd
                                    Mod Squad
                                    @Giles
                                    Joined: 8 Apr 2016

                                    @Giles that’s sad and far too common. Our waterways around shopping centres are the same.

                                    "I don't give a shit what anyone else is doing, we will do what is best for us and our customers" - Giles P. :)

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                                      Tago Mago
                                      Mod Squad
                                      @Giles
                                      Joined: 16 Jan 2021

                                      @Giles not one of your bikes I guess

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                                        Giles
                                        IHUK Crew
                                        Joined: 22 Sept 2009

                                        It's been built to access MoD (US = DoD) owned, and very restricted foreshore, the alternative is a 2 mile walk/scramble/wade. It is surprising stable.

                                        When my mate got back to his bike after fishing, some local shits had slashed his tyres. I told him to add it to the "fast access pile"....

                                        "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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                                          goosehd
                                          Mod Squad
                                          @Giles
                                          Joined: 8 Apr 2016

                                          @Giles misunderstood the purpose…our local shits have an affinity of pushing shopping carts (trolleys?) into the local waterways for no good reason. Thankfully, they are too busy doing so, to spend time on slashing tires.

                                          "I don't give a shit what anyone else is doing, we will do what is best for us and our customers" - Giles P. :)

                                          last edited by 26 Oct 2024, 11:50 G 1 Reply Last reply 26 Oct 2024, 12:18 Reply Quote 0
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