Derek Gibson
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This aspect has always played a major role in my fishing. So much so that we even rubbed down the high gloss varnish on any new rod's in an attempt to reduce flash. Lines were also dyed in sections along their length to eliminate visibility, ledgers were painted in order to merge in with the bottom content.
Clothing was chosen for the exact same reasons, ''nothing'' garish or brightly coloured. The sale of ex army parka's during the sixties through to the eighties bear testimony to this. Complete the set up with a pair of polarized glasses and you were good to go, always providing of course any potential swim was approached with caution
These are tenants that I follow to this very day, and they have served me extremely well. Though I appreciate that to the long range guys (and my goodness it does seem highly popular doesn't it).
Fluoro carbon lines I'm told eliminate the need for faffing around dying lines, ledgers are commercially produced that mimic pebbles, and rods with a matt finish. Clothing and footwear are now produced in all manner of foliage patterns. Yes, todays angler is well catered for.
All is for nothing however if your chosen swim is approached like a bull elephant in must, as I have witnessed several times recently. Hence my reason for typing this.
Clothing was chosen for the exact same reasons, ''nothing'' garish or brightly coloured. The sale of ex army parka's during the sixties through to the eighties bear testimony to this. Complete the set up with a pair of polarized glasses and you were good to go, always providing of course any potential swim was approached with caution
These are tenants that I follow to this very day, and they have served me extremely well. Though I appreciate that to the long range guys (and my goodness it does seem highly popular doesn't it).
Fluoro carbon lines I'm told eliminate the need for faffing around dying lines, ledgers are commercially produced that mimic pebbles, and rods with a matt finish. Clothing and footwear are now produced in all manner of foliage patterns. Yes, todays angler is well catered for.
All is for nothing however if your chosen swim is approached like a bull elephant in must, as I have witnessed several times recently. Hence my reason for typing this.