"Back to the lures, and I am particularly taken by Dave Kelbrick as he proceeds to show us what he considers to be a lifelike roach imitation in black/gold glitter finish. There are not many roach that look like that in my neck of the woods, unless they are friends of Dorothy, if you catch my drift. But I find I cannot take my eyes of the heavily chromed bicycle chain that Dave is wearing as a bracelet and can't help wondering if such a glittering article wouldn't make a far more attractive pike lure than the stuff he is showing us………"……Well Kevin you may be into checking out blokes jewelrey but I'm not, and the black/gold glitter lure that as you know contains just a few specks of gold glitter wouldn’t be as affective as his bracelet (assuming it’s the black/gold glitter replicant) has caught me and blokes I know loads of fish to upper twenties this season…it’s a really, really, top lure. So you stick to a bracelet and I'll use the rep!
"And some might take issue with DK's statement that 80lb braid is essential to avoid crack-offs when using bigger lures"…then some may be wrong, you chuck a big replicant, rooter, dawg or similar weighted lure, have an ovverun on your multiplier and 65lb power pro will snap like cotton…I know, its happened to me. I too use a minimum on 80lb for the bigger lures on jerk rods.
"A small section on spoons was included and amongst the selection of spoons shown are some with hooks fitted to the middle of the spoon blade, which according to DK is to help with pike coming up short to the bait. If the pike are failing to hit the treble at the back of the spoon, fitting one even nearer to the angler isn't going to help a lot, is it?"….agreed in principle, although he could be refering to the pike nipping the middle rather than engulfing the spoon, Still for the record I've told Dave this, in fact I'd go further and say a fish hooked on the middle treble could 'lever' itself off, that’s why I remove the middle treble on my fox spoons.
"In conclusion, it's easy to be flippant"….yes it is, and normally I'd read this and just ignore some of the things in it but I believe at one point you actully belittle some pretty good pike welfare practices, which really needs pointing out.
"or am I just talking b*ll*cks, as usual…..!!"……I wouldn't go that far mate, but there are a few incorrect and quite, petty comments in this latest piece.
Finally "Deano's"…Dave is one of the most honest, down to earth, genuine blokes, let alone anglers I've ever met, I'm sure he'd be less than impressed with your comments.