View from your swim part 2

[Leo Sayer 3,513]

5 hours ago, Borr said:

3-10gm rod, 1000 reel, 0.13 braid, with mono leader or trace with tiable wire 10lb , and then a selection of soft plastic lures on a jighead hook, straight retrieve or bounced around the bottom.

Cheers pal fancy a crack at this myself. Never done a great deal of fishing. And I think this would suit me for a bit of sport on the canals near me

[Leo Sayer 3,513]

Tbh never really done much fishing. Been sea fishing on a boat a few times snd enjoyed that . Went tope fishing off Scotland in a tiny boat and really enjoyed that. Pottered about with the dogs poaching a few trout , my old collie cross used retrieve the fish back. But I do fancy the this soft lure or spinning for pike lark. As not reliant on bait and on the move rather than stationary would suit me better . Got a little telescopic pike spinning kit , would that be suitable to start ? Any advice welcome thanks . 

[Leo Sayer 3,513]

My dog retrieving fish back 

 

[TRUEBRIT66 1,982]

On the docks again 

[Daniel cain 47,583]

18 hours ago, Leo Sayer said:

Tbh never really done much fishing. Been sea fishing on a boat a few times snd enjoyed that . Went tope fishing off Scotland in a tiny boat and really enjoyed that. Pottered about with the dogs poaching a few trout , my old collie cross used retrieve the fish back. But I do fancy the this soft lure or spinning for pike lark. As not reliant on bait and on the move rather than stationary would suit me better . Got a little telescopic pike spinning kit , would that be suitable to start ? Any advice welcome thanks . 

Nice little ultralite rod and reel,cost you £25/£50 ,a box of jellies and your away...take a look on Temu for your braid ,wire traces and lures, fraction of the shop prices

[Leo Sayer 3,513]

49 minutes ago, Daniel cain said:

Nice little ultralite rod and reel,cost you £25/£50 ,a box of jellies and your away...take a look on Temu for your braid ,wire traces and lures, fraction of the shop prices

I've ordered sum lures and stuff from Temu. Are you better with a flurocarbon or wire trace as a leader ? Cheers mate 

[Leo Sayer 3,513]

54 minutes ago, Daniel cain said:

Nice little ultralite rod and reel,cost you £25/£50 ,a box of jellies and your away...take a look on Temu for your braid ,wire traces and lures, fraction of the shop prices

The pike set up I have , the reel came with 15lb braid on. Is that too much for soft lure fishing 

[Daniel cain 47,583]

8 minutes ago, Leo Sayer said:

I've ordered sum lures and stuff from Temu. Are you better with a flurocarbon or wire trace as a leader ? Cheers mate 

If there's no pike about,then I would use the fluro for trout,perch,chub-the wire you can buy today too make your own traces/leaders is supper supple and behaves the same as the fluro15 lb braid should be ok,maybe get some in 8/10 lb for the super lite lures,it's a great way to fish your always moving and busy,cover lots of ground, highly addictive

[Leo Sayer 3,513]

4 minutes ago, Daniel cain said:

If there's no pike about,then I would use the fluro for trout,perch,chub-the wire you can buy today too make your own traces/leaders is supper supple and behaves the same as the fluro15 lb braid should be ok,maybe get some in 8/10 lb for the super lite lures,it's a great way to fish your always moving and busy,cover lots of ground, highly addictive

It’s my local canal system, so am assuming there is pike. I had a dabble the other day with this lure and the 15lb braid on with wire tracer.probably me , but that lure seemed to light to cast ? Is that normal ? 

[Leo Sayer 3,513]

With this ? 
 

[Daniel cain 47,583]

What rod you using? The super lite lures ,work best with a little baitcaster type reel from personal experience,or you want a 1000/2000 size fixed reel with say 6/8 lb braid.5g-30 g rod..... little trick is to use backing underneath and attach the braid,you want about 50/60 yards,not put on too tight so it imbeds into itself and causes you bird nests

[Daniel cain 47,583]

Leo,there's a good thread further down , with lots of good information on soft lure fishing,I'm not the best at explaining stuff,I'm just able to do it

[Leo Sayer 3,513]

10 minutes ago, Daniel cain said:

What rod you using? The super lite lures ,work best with a little baitcaster type reel from personal experience,or you want a 1000/2000 size fixed reel with say 6/8 lb braid.5g-30 g rod..... little trick is to use backing underneath and attach the braid,you want about 50/60 yards,not put on too tight so it imbeds into itself and causes you bird nests

It's a 10 foot telescopic 10 to 60 gram mate 

[Leo Sayer 3,513]

7 minutes ago, Daniel cain said:

Leo,there's a good thread further down , with lots of good information on soft lure fishing,I'm not the best at explaining stuff,I'm just able to do it

Cheers av read it 

[WataWalloper 2,549]

1 hour ago, Leo Sayer said:

It's a 10 foot telescopic 10 to 60 gram mate 

Need a lighter rod mate, or even lighter line will help ye get it a bit further, for little lures tho ye want a little rod with a real light casting weight