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by Will
Mon Aug 05, 2019 11:15 am
Forum: Flycasting
Topic: Reducing bounce from backcast shoot
Replies: 19
Views: 8947

Re: Reducing bounce from backcast shoot

Great stuff! Glad to be of help. 👍
by Will
Thu Jul 25, 2019 7:53 pm
Forum: Flycasting
Topic: Reducing bounce from backcast shoot
Replies: 19
Views: 8947

Re: Reducing bounce from backcast shoot

I’ve just read James’s FP from today. Could’ve saved my fingers and just directed you to that! 😁

Yep, same dangling end (or BDB as James christens them).

Quite pleased that Tracy and James came to similar conclusions as me. Phew! 🙂
by Will
Thu Jul 25, 2019 7:18 pm
Forum: Flycasting
Topic: Reducing bounce from backcast shoot
Replies: 19
Views: 8947

Re: Reducing bounce from backcast shoot

Mmmm... Is this 100ft from feet to fly? If so then a pick up with 55ft of fly line out of the tip, with a 15ft leader and (say) a 15ft rod, takes you to 85ft, requiring a shoot of just 15ft. That shouldn’t be a major problem. Are you sure the leader is kicking? It could be something else causing the...
by Will
Thu Jul 18, 2019 9:04 pm
Forum: Flycasting Physics
Topic: Excellent FP on modeling
Replies: 45
Views: 20851

Re: Excellent FP on modeling

AstroTurf James? 🤔😁
by Will
Thu Jul 18, 2019 9:05 am
Forum: Daily Planet
Topic: Squeezing fish for the pic
Replies: 37
Views: 22851

Re: Squeezing fish for the pic

Cool Jonathan

Similar to (but more refined than) the old T-bar unhooking tool that we used to use to unhook tope and smoothound at the side of the boat.

Will
by Will
Tue Jul 16, 2019 3:45 pm
Forum: Daily Planet
Topic: Squeezing fish for the pic
Replies: 37
Views: 22851

Re: Squeezing fish for the pic

Yep, more info definitely needed.

I remember talking to Mike Ladle about Mackerel years ago. He was asked to catch some fish for the local sea aquarium (rod & line).

He said that the only way he could get the transferred fish to survive long term was to not touch them at all.
by Will
Sun Jul 14, 2019 9:15 pm
Forum: Daily Planet
Topic: Squeezing fish for the pic
Replies: 37
Views: 22851

Re: Squeezing fish for the pic

Not sure what the slide showing the tagging is showing. That looks like a pretty nasty wound. Is it a post-mortem shot?
by Will
Sat Jul 13, 2019 8:51 pm
Forum: Daily Planet
Topic: Squeezing fish for the pic
Replies: 37
Views: 22851

Re: Squeezing fish for the pic

Yep, I think that well-intentioned anglers used to one species (say carp, tench) often apply the same handling techniques to more sensitive species. If you treat trout and grayling the same way as carp, it’s not going to end well.

Education, and a precautionary principle is a good thing.
by Will
Sat Jul 13, 2019 8:26 pm
Forum: Daily Planet
Topic: Squeezing fish for the pic
Replies: 37
Views: 22851

Re: Squeezing fish for the pic

Yep, there’s jumping out of the water, and then there’s being held out of the water for 30 seconds. I also suspect that this gets more critical the nearer to spawning time. Another reason for not fishing on redds and for well managed closed seasons. Note we’re only talking about steelhead and maybe ...
by Will
Sat Jul 13, 2019 5:54 pm
Forum: Daily Planet
Topic: Squeezing fish for the pic
Replies: 37
Views: 22851

Re: Squeezing fish for the pic

A real slap in the face for me was reading some research on steelhead which showed that, irrespective of future survival of the fish that was handled, taking the fish out of the water even only briefly results in a massive reduction in egg viability (from memory something like a 50% reduction). So i...

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