John Ledger (ACA)
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Had a phone call from my old mate Ron Clay yesterday and one of the things we got on about was centrepins,Ron like me has had them since the fifties.
I told Ron in my opinion they have become nothing more than a fashion statement from the new breed of angler who says "Look at me dont i look good" Too many have been watching good old Mr Wilson on TV
Lets be honest the pin is only any good when the situation demands and if i use mine four times a year that about it. They are no good with an upstream wind diabolical with a skating wind or a wind in your face yet we still get them using them in these conditions getting in all sorts of tangles yet sayinf "I would never fish without my trusty pin"
Then we have the purist angler who always has the line coming off the bottom,why because tradition says so,what a load of rubbish im a realist not a traditonlist and have mine off the top.
The only reason people have line coming off the bottom is because some wag states its much better because the pin runs in a clockwise direction,bloody piffle.
On my local River Idle i have seen a major iflux of the pin in the last 3years or so and anglers getting into allsorts of problems and tangles.
I have fished this little river for over fifty years and below Bawtry it is not a centrepin river due to the fact it stops and starts all the time.
The centrepin is a reel for the use of a heavier float not a four number four and i reckon i can outscore someone using a pin by five fish to one with an open face reel.
Would you use a pin under the far bank fishing for chub in snaggy conditions,i would not because you cannot retreive fast enough,would you use one with the waggler once again no.
The best exponent of the pin ihave seen was Dave Thomas and Dave would only use if conditions suited. The pin is part of an anglers amoury and should be used as so,a Turner would not use a Knife tool for parting off would he or a parting tool for his final cut
I told Ron in my opinion they have become nothing more than a fashion statement from the new breed of angler who says "Look at me dont i look good" Too many have been watching good old Mr Wilson on TV
Lets be honest the pin is only any good when the situation demands and if i use mine four times a year that about it. They are no good with an upstream wind diabolical with a skating wind or a wind in your face yet we still get them using them in these conditions getting in all sorts of tangles yet sayinf "I would never fish without my trusty pin"
Then we have the purist angler who always has the line coming off the bottom,why because tradition says so,what a load of rubbish im a realist not a traditonlist and have mine off the top.
The only reason people have line coming off the bottom is because some wag states its much better because the pin runs in a clockwise direction,bloody piffle.
On my local River Idle i have seen a major iflux of the pin in the last 3years or so and anglers getting into allsorts of problems and tangles.
I have fished this little river for over fifty years and below Bawtry it is not a centrepin river due to the fact it stops and starts all the time.
The centrepin is a reel for the use of a heavier float not a four number four and i reckon i can outscore someone using a pin by five fish to one with an open face reel.
Would you use a pin under the far bank fishing for chub in snaggy conditions,i would not because you cannot retreive fast enough,would you use one with the waggler once again no.
The best exponent of the pin ihave seen was Dave Thomas and Dave would only use if conditions suited. The pin is part of an anglers amoury and should be used as so,a Turner would not use a Knife tool for parting off would he or a parting tool for his final cut