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LING_BASHER
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Yes Dave thats all i use.There good once you get the hang of the heating and bending of them.
Give them ago there cheap and work well,i use them for flowing rigs,leadheads and so on.
Give them ago there cheap and work well,i use them for flowing rigs,leadheads and so on.
jason
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dave
i always use them when bait fishing from boat with large baits for ling or cod as it holds the bait away from the line on the drop. What i do is tie a trace at home with a swivel on the top 8 inches below this tie a muppet or hokkai dropper then put your boom on then a bead and then tie a snap swivel below this. the length i use is about 3 foot altogether which gives you enough movement through the boom for bite detection and you feel the bites on the muppet or what ever. to keep them all tidy i put my rigs on pole winders that the coarse anglers use(they come in large sizes big enough for boom to sit alongside.
Hope this give you some more ideas.
regards
jason
i always use them when bait fishing from boat with large baits for ling or cod as it holds the bait away from the line on the drop. What i do is tie a trace at home with a swivel on the top 8 inches below this tie a muppet or hokkai dropper then put your boom on then a bead and then tie a snap swivel below this. the length i use is about 3 foot altogether which gives you enough movement through the boom for bite detection and you feel the bites on the muppet or what ever. to keep them all tidy i put my rigs on pole winders that the coarse anglers use(they come in large sizes big enough for boom to sit alongside.
Hope this give you some more ideas.
regards
jason
Bob,
Thanks , I will borrow that if it\'s ok . Probably see you next week at marina .
Jason ,
Thanks for that , sounds like you get the best from both worlds , bait and lures . The reason for the interest in booms is I always use the killer rig , but............some of the lads I\'ve had on the boat this year have had some excellent catches with bait ( you know who you are ! ) and have hammered me every time . So , change of tactics required .
Thanks , I will borrow that if it\'s ok . Probably see you next week at marina .
Jason ,
Thanks for that , sounds like you get the best from both worlds , bait and lures . The reason for the interest in booms is I always use the killer rig , but............some of the lads I\'ve had on the boat this year have had some excellent catches with bait ( you know who you are ! ) and have hammered me every time . So , change of tactics required .
LING_BASHER
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lol Dave Well there is the odd site on the net selling twin tails (there the best---orange or red) but if your just after a hand full then most main dealers such as veals, Bazand and so on sell 10 for about £4 for the 4\" or you can get the bigger 6\".I use both and find the larger ones last longer but the catch rates or still the same.
I also find that the lead heads work best for cod but they still work well for the ling on a slow drift.I dont need to tell you there results lol you have seen for yourself.
Well there is the odd site on the net selling twin tails (there the best---orange or red) but if your just after a hand full then most main dealers such as veals, Bazand and so on sell 10 for about £4 for the 4\" or you can get the bigger 6\".I use both and find the larger ones last longer but the catch rates or still the same.I also find that the lead heads work best for cod but they still work well for the ling on a slow drift.I dont need to tell you there results lol you have seen for yourself
.Topecatcher
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Dave have a look for a plastics firm locally, you can get something like 12 meters of stiff tube in 3 meter lengths for a tenner and then you can make them as long as you like (the kit ones arn\'t long enough). Easy to bend just pass them over a blowlamp whilst bending, it only takes a second.
Try fishing a two ounce 6 inch storm wild eyed shad off the boom deadly for cod, bit expensive though when the big ling start biting them off.
Try fishing a two ounce 6 inch storm wild eyed shad off the boom deadly for cod, bit expensive though when the big ling start biting them off.
E
Ell
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My hapenny\'s worth. A Boom is a bit of kit designed to help in bait presentation, mainly by trying to keep your snood off your rig body. No one has been able to invent a similar similar land based product! Your tackle will always get tangled!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The on;y way around these problems is to use as net! Swimming crab a;arm bells!
ayde taht an arll .\';.l\'
[Edited on 27/9/2003 by Ell]
ayde taht an arll .\';.l\'
[Edited on 27/9/2003 by Ell]
Topecatcher
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The storm shads have the weight inside them and are simply tied to the snood fished off the boom carrying a five or six oz lead. Masterline are the uk distributers of storm made by rapala they are bloody expensive though unless you can find a trade outlet or buy from the states.
As rich says twintails are very good and also avaliable in lumi, fish using a leadhead or simply slide a drilled bullet onto the snood.
Old mouldy will spply twintails in bulk and also leadhead moulds.
As rich says twintails are very good and also avaliable in lumi, fish using a leadhead or simply slide a drilled bullet onto the snood.
Old mouldy will spply twintails in bulk and also leadhead moulds.
Topecatcher
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Leadhead size 1 to 2 oz I have moulds that make leadheads 6to12 oz which are fished direct to the mainline they do catch fish but you seem to loose 50% of fish hooked so stick with the light ones off a boom.
Make up your rig and try it out just under the surface with different weights, you soon see which is the best way to work the lure and which size leadhead works the best with which lure.
If you fancy a look come down to brid at the weekend and hop aboard, promise I wont go over 8kts lol there is some wrecking techniques I\'d like to show you top secret like.
Don\'t know what to do over the winter Dave will probably wait and see how the weather fans out and try and fit a few trips in when I\'me not fishing the winter beach matches.
Make up your rig and try it out just under the surface with different weights, you soon see which is the best way to work the lure and which size leadhead works the best with which lure.
If you fancy a look come down to brid at the weekend and hop aboard, promise I wont go over 8kts lol there is some wrecking techniques I\'d like to show you top secret like.
Don\'t know what to do over the winter Dave will probably wait and see how the weather fans out and try and fit a few trips in when I\'me not fishing the winter beach matches.
Topecatcher
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Will look forward to it Dave lets hope the weathers kind to us.
Don\'t think rich has bough any of the gear for them before?
I get the powder coat from Old Mouldy,
the eyes from Harris angling (3-d eyes(SUPERB)),
boom tubes ad snaps from UK-Hooks,
twintails from n e where, Roger Bayzand, Gerry\'s OF Morcambe and even Rutherfords have quite a few bits in.
My shad head mould that Rich uses is from gerrys, but I\'m going to get a round head one next season. The shad head has 1oz,1/2,2,3oz cavities, but the lighter ones are best. Lighest lead off the boom I\'ve been able to get away with wrecking out the tyne was 8oz. on 28lb braid.
UK hooks do longer boom tubes now, but I\'m not sure they\'re stiff enough 4 me, I\'d be interested if you can locate some stiffer tubing locally. want stuff about 3mm o/d with a 1.25mm bore.
I get the powder coat from Old Mouldy,
the eyes from Harris angling (3-d eyes(SUPERB)),
boom tubes ad snaps from UK-Hooks,
twintails from n e where, Roger Bayzand, Gerry\'s OF Morcambe and even Rutherfords have quite a few bits in.
My shad head mould that Rich uses is from gerrys, but I\'m going to get a round head one next season. The shad head has 1oz,1/2,2,3oz cavities, but the lighter ones are best. Lighest lead off the boom I\'ve been able to get away with wrecking out the tyne was 8oz. on 28lb braid.
UK hooks do longer boom tubes now, but I\'m not sure they\'re stiff enough 4 me, I\'d be interested if you can locate some stiffer tubing locally. want stuff about 3mm o/d with a 1.25mm bore.
Here\'s the link for Harris.........
http://www.harrisangling.co.uk/
Can\'t seem to find the eye\'s? optic 3-d they were called and yellowy green and black in clour, 8mm dia i think. But they have daily offers on and there\'s occasionally good (half price) on worms, shads etc........
and they have the shad Dave B was talking about, here
http://www.harrisangling.co.uk/harr...9KPU7D77R79M6R5C3VMA&dept_id=&pf_id=stormswim
Mind you, i\'m almost certain Malcolm @ ABC have some in his bargain baskets when I was there so it might be worth giving him a ring first as they were around half that price at Harris Angling.
Ring ABC on: 01248 810009
Ah back to sticky 3D eyes yes, this is what i mean, and if you stay under $30 there should be no import duty VAT but at those prices it wouldn\'t matter!!!!!!! I think I\'ll be gettering mine from here in the future he has moulds, paint everthing.....
http://www.barlowstackle.com/fishing-lure-eyes.html
Here\'s the eyes link.................
http://www.barlowstackle.com/acb2/s...055204&st3=210067872&Product_ID=1604&CATID=58
This is the company that make the ones i was using
http://www.wtp-inc.com/3d_eyes.html
Another eye distributor......
http://www.wolfffishing.com/sticonlurey.html
LOL, looking at the prices, i think I paid around £1/12 eyes (ON SPECIAL OFFER TOO!!)
. Needless 2 say they are \"slightly\" cheaper across the pond.........
Here\'s what a selection of mine look like when done n e way........
Close up.....
and here\'s what they look like to Ell...................
Mould wise, has Chuckles not offered u our superzoom 4 u 2 knock some out?
http://www.harrisangling.co.uk/
Can\'t seem to find the eye\'s? optic 3-d they were called and yellowy green and black in clour, 8mm dia i think. But they have daily offers on and there\'s occasionally good (half price) on worms, shads etc........
and they have the shad Dave B was talking about, here
http://www.harrisangling.co.uk/harr...9KPU7D77R79M6R5C3VMA&dept_id=&pf_id=stormswim
Mind you, i\'m almost certain Malcolm @ ABC have some in his bargain baskets when I was there so it might be worth giving him a ring first as they were around half that price at Harris Angling.
Ring ABC on: 01248 810009
Ah back to sticky 3D eyes yes, this is what i mean, and if you stay under $30 there should be no import duty VAT but at those prices it wouldn\'t matter!!!!!!! I think I\'ll be gettering mine from here in the future he has moulds, paint everthing.....
http://www.barlowstackle.com/fishing-lure-eyes.html
Here\'s the eyes link.................
http://www.barlowstackle.com/acb2/s...055204&st3=210067872&Product_ID=1604&CATID=58
This is the company that make the ones i was using
http://www.wtp-inc.com/3d_eyes.html
Another eye distributor......
http://www.wolfffishing.com/sticonlurey.html
LOL, looking at the prices, i think I paid around £1/12 eyes (ON SPECIAL OFFER TOO!!)
. Needless 2 say they are \"slightly\" cheaper across the pond.........Here\'s what a selection of mine look like when done n e way........
Close up.....
and here\'s what they look like to Ell...................
Mould wise, has Chuckles
not offered u our superzoom 4 u 2 knock some out?
