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  1. Why No Fly Fishing Forum?

    in TECHNICAL SUPPORT

    Posted

    Robert,

    A Brit, President / VP - highly doubtful (I think some would likely die in horror at the thought!) - perhaps in a few years time when I have a lot more knowledge and experience of the modern sport especially here in the USA ... thanks though...

    However, Robert, you'd make a great VP, though I understand your time is limited somewhat - that's likely most great candidate's problem, limited time, certainly not passion!

    Of course, for my future consideration, the positions would need to be rebranded as "King" and "Prince" for VP,

    JF

    Bite Alarms

    in Ontario

    Posted

    Delkim's are like Apple products. They do the job. They cost a fortune. They work. They are good quality. Will another vendors product the same job at half the price?, for sure they will. Will people continue to pay the high prices for Delkim's, oh yes - just to see those that Delkim badge on their tackle.

    John

    ps: Will I get some Delkim's when finances allow, of course - no different form the majority of other consumers here !

  3. Why No Fly Fishing Forum?

    in TECHNICAL SUPPORT

    Posted

    :offtopicicon:

    Ironic, rarely drink tea nowadays, since moving to the US - I have become a coffee addict, infact, lack of coffee is almost worse than lack of nicotine for me ! I do occasionally sip a cup of tea, white, sugar and still get a smile from the horror folks here have at the sight of pouring some "milk" in there. btw, what the heck is "ice tea" ? some tea like syrup concoction!!

    I know, off topic, but hey, it's always tea time somewhere!

    John

  4. Why No Fly Fishing Forum?

    in TECHNICAL SUPPORT

    Posted

    Being both a newcomer to these forums this year and a tech geek, I can say 100% that what goes out there in Social Media space, is out there for all to see and very hard to take back once you hit "post". When looking for source of Carp'ing information I searched, Google, Youtube, Facebook, read posts on both CAG and "other" websites forums to get a feel of what the community via. that portal was like. I must say, some of the older CAG "vids" still on youtube even made my sick sense of humor raise an eyebrow.

    After joining, paying my dues, I must say that the people in this community are are outstanding, helpful, knowledgeable and generally gracious with the advice they offer. For me, it was certainly worth the membership fee and my knowledge, catch rate and PB are growing almost monthly.

    Individuals need to decide for themselves if the value of membership, private forums, etc, is worth it to them. If they don't want to pay, then don't. There are as has been mentioned a ton of "vendor" sponsored or even hosted sites out there with information - you get in life typically what you pay for. Personally I prefer the lack of overt advertising here and the community spirit offered.

    As far as fly fishing goes, I know there is an avid group of carp fly fishermen here in Colorado, generally up in Denver where they just had the Carpslam event. Knowledgeable and skillful for sure - would I like to see most information on Fly fishing here (private or otherwise) ? of course. That would be a _value add_, again certainly worth the membership dues to learn from others with more skill and knowledge than I. Is it going to be the end of the world?, solve world hunger, prevent the hext hurricane, if there isn't, no! I have a browser, search engines, if I am that interested in finding out information on fly fishing for carp, pretty easy to facilitate with the tools vailable - just type in "carp fly fishing" into youtube and see how many hits you get!

    Would it be great to have ALL the Carp communities and information in one place, one happy family, all playing nicely together, yes ! Will that ever happen, very doubful ! My 10 british pennies worth of thoughts, FWIW.

    John

    Bite Alarms

    in Ontario

    Posted

    I have an RTA alarm, from Resistance Tackle - it's basic, it goes "beep", and is cheap enough $20 or less, that if it breaks it is basically disposable and just get another one ! It has a couple of sensitivity controls and volume/tone. Given how hard I am on equipment, a perfect alarm for this Brit !

    I Am Addicted To Carp Tackle

    in Beginning Carping

    Posted

    Robert, i've been telling you you're an addict for month's now ! You are making good progress though, admitting you have a problem is the first step to a cure ! Not sure a support group would help though, especially as you all will likely hold the meetings at the bank side, to get a few hours fishing therapy in at the same time! multi-tasking eh ?

    How Often Do U Re-Ty Rigs?

    in Beginning Carping

    Posted

    I use a 12lb flurocarbon hooklinks. After each cast/wind back in/catch I check the link for crimps or any sign of damage - the slightest nick then it gets replaced. Hooks are checked on the same schedule - but at the end of a session I typically toss the hooks and start anew. The lake I mostly fish does have some rocks so it is not uncommon for the hook to get blunted on occaison, requiring a re-rig mid session. Couple of times a session, when there isn't much action, I cast out away from my swim and then reel the mainline back in between my fingers trying to feel for any nicks, etc - you'd be surprised how abrassive those nasty rocks can be at times. If the mainline is nick'd then it gets cut-off below the nick - and respooled next time I am home. Only had to respool each reel once this season so far due to damage to mainline.

    My 5 british pennies worth.

    John

    Rainbow Lake Carping - Extreme Style!

    in International

    Posted

    Rainbow Part 1 - Very entertaining - thanks for posting the links.

    May want to recommend next time they wear shorts, rather than briefs, for their in water excursions - almost too much "tackle" showing or coming out. Did they need to use the boat to get every fish in ? (must be one hell of a snag fest down here!)

    I particularly enjoyed some the 80's music they used - for those who don't remember or perhaps were not even born before then, or are just an 80's music fan, here's the list of the tracks I recalled,

    "Talking Heads - Road to Nowhere"

    "Visage - Fade to Grey"

    "Billy Idol - Dancing with Myself"

    Rainbow - Part 2, still to see...

    John

    24 Lb Common (Pb) From Pikeview Reservoir

    in CO

    Posted

    Sunday 7/28/2012.

    What better way to get out from being under the weather with a cold - head out at 6:30am in the morning and catch yourself a few carp !

    So after devouring a box of tissues overnight to stem the the tide from my nose, and against the sensible warnings of my wife, I decided to "British-up" and head out to the local lake for a few hours fishing.

    The hot weather of the past few weeks has died down, was a nice 70F and little wind when I arrived at the lake. Sadly the car park was pretty full which is never a good sign. One would think, Sunday morning, 6:30am, most people would be sleeping ! Obviously the local trout fishing crowd were out in full force.

    My favorite spot, about half way down one bank between the piers was taken. I usually don't like to fish off the pier, no where to stabilise the rod and as the pier is "floating" can almost feel sea-sick if the weather picks up and the jetty is bouncing around. However, with no where else to setup, I made my way down to the far pier. Think i've only fished from that pier a couple of times and so far had little success.

    I setup my 8ft rod, with the Sealine Black Reel, spooled with 17lb Berkley XT. A 1oz pear attached to a safety clip. 8" of 12lb fluro leader. A size 6 curve hook loaded with my favorite "out the can sweetcorn". Hook bait was encased in 2" ball of simple packbait. Tossed this out about 30ft from the bank, trying to get as close to my favorite spot - and waited - rod propped precariously against the railings. At least the baitrunner was on so if I had a good take then hopefully this would save me from a swimming trip into the lake to retrieve my gear.

    About 7:15am the reel let loose that exciting scream of line being ripped off. A challenging 10 minute battle later, trying to prevent the fish from heading under the pier, finally got the fish to the surface and close in. Luckily my work colleague and his son had just arrived so I had someone to deploy the net. On the downside the pier deck is a good 20" off the water and there are small gaps in the railings to get a net through. However with much dexterity my work colleague got the net out there and grabbed the handle firm as I guided the fish inside.

    My joy was short lived as my friend attempted to lift the net from the water - the handle of which, snapped clean at the collar! Thankfully some remnants of metal held the net head still to the handle and we manged to carefully lift the remains up and over the railings to unhook the fish. Whew!

    For me, it was one 24lb beauty of a common, a new PB, for the price of a $24 ranger net. I know folks here were not fans of that clunky device - at least it died it's final death landing one last carp ! RIP Ranger Net - you served me well !

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