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I went out last night to a mark where I thought I would find JP. (Wakeford). He wasn't there but I started anyway, after half an hour I had 3 pollack on the board and then JP and mate turned up.
We had a chat about internal van design and my hame made rod rest system then got fishing.
Both using small lures but me on the lightweight rod.
Didn't it make a difference!! I took another 4 fish and JP blanked. So 7 for me and nowt for him :-D:evil:
As he had a go with my rod, it became clear what made the difference. THE ROD!!!!
He was amazed by the bite detection, even fishing into a F7 NE headwind with slack braid. Every single little bump from fish was felt.
So there we have it. In a completely unscientific test using similar size and weight lures, the light rod and braid made ALL the difference.
Best fish about 1.25lb and smallest about 4 inches... And even the baby pollack had inhaled the lure!!
We had a chat about internal van design and my hame made rod rest system then got fishing.
Both using small lures but me on the lightweight rod.
Didn't it make a difference!! I took another 4 fish and JP blanked. So 7 for me and nowt for him :-D:evil:
As he had a go with my rod, it became clear what made the difference. THE ROD!!!!
He was amazed by the bite detection, even fishing into a F7 NE headwind with slack braid. Every single little bump from fish was felt.
So there we have it. In a completely unscientific test using similar size and weight lures, the light rod and braid made ALL the difference.
Best fish about 1.25lb and smallest about 4 inches... And even the baby pollack had inhaled the lure!!