In reply to Post #30
If your having to splice lead core in the dark, then, you are not properly prepared to be fishing in the dark. I have a small plastic box, about 2"x 1"x 12", cost me less than £2 from the "Range" I think but I even saw Aldi's selling them this year, it has 8 compartments in, each compartment will hold a rig, ie leadcore leader, rig bits threaded on and a lead attached, all it needs doing, is unwinding, tieing onto the main line and a premade hook rig attaching. In the box, I usually have 3 x Helicopter rigs, 3 Inline rigs, and 3 x lead clip rigs. The compartments are big enough to fit two or even 3 rigs in each compartment depending on lead size used.
So, if a rig gets damaged etc, especially after landing an eel, I can just cut it off and retie a whole new rig on in minutes.
I also have a matchmans hook rig wallet with about a dozen lead core leaders already spliced, coiled up and ready to use in there own individual plastic sleeve inside the wallet ready to go.
>>>>"Sometimes you have to have some sort of light on and red screws your night vision up less once you switch it off."<<<<
Nobody is saying not to have a light on! Somethings you do need a light on, but a lot off things you do not need one, ie checking your rods, answering a call of nature or wandering down to the next swim. If you need a light on to do these things then you have to question how well you really are capable of being out in the dark. I have two lights velcroed to the roof of my bivvy, both cost about £3 from Aldi's with a dimmer switch, one red, one white and I will use the one that I deem more suitable for what I am doing. Precision work, white light, and cooking, rummaging, about etc, red light
In the 60's and 70's. I never used to take a torch with me. I may not even have had one in the 80's either as I cannot recall taking one with me. I could tackle up in the dark and even tie a hook on and bait up if need be. But in those days, anglers were anglers.
And as stupid as it may sound, when I am at home on a night, occasionally I will not turn on the lights to move from room to room, but close my eyes to make it darker and navigate my self based on touch and memory, learning where all the trip hazards are, weighing slales, even the odd brad poking out in the floorboards so you do not stand on it etc. Only training yourself to be able to livein a dark enviroment will make life easier on the bank.
If your having to splice lead core in the dark, then, you are not properly prepared to be fishing in the dark. I have a small plastic box, about 2"x 1"x 12", cost me less than £2 from the "Range" I think but I even saw Aldi's selling them this year, it has 8 compartments in, each compartment will hold a rig, ie leadcore leader, rig bits threaded on and a lead attached, all it needs doing, is unwinding, tieing onto the main line and a premade hook rig attaching. In the box, I usually have 3 x Helicopter rigs, 3 Inline rigs, and 3 x lead clip rigs. The compartments are big enough to fit two or even 3 rigs in each compartment depending on lead size used.
So, if a rig gets damaged etc, especially after landing an eel, I can just cut it off and retie a whole new rig on in minutes.
I also have a matchmans hook rig wallet with about a dozen lead core leaders already spliced, coiled up and ready to use in there own individual plastic sleeve inside the wallet ready to go.
>>>>"Sometimes you have to have some sort of light on and red screws your night vision up less once you switch it off."<<<<
Nobody is saying not to have a light on! Somethings you do need a light on, but a lot off things you do not need one, ie checking your rods, answering a call of nature or wandering down to the next swim. If you need a light on to do these things then you have to question how well you really are capable of being out in the dark. I have two lights velcroed to the roof of my bivvy, both cost about £3 from Aldi's with a dimmer switch, one red, one white and I will use the one that I deem more suitable for what I am doing. Precision work, white light, and cooking, rummaging, about etc, red light
In the 60's and 70's. I never used to take a torch with me. I may not even have had one in the 80's either as I cannot recall taking one with me. I could tackle up in the dark and even tie a hook on and bait up if need be. But in those days, anglers were anglers.
And as stupid as it may sound, when I am at home on a night, occasionally I will not turn on the lights to move from room to room, but close my eyes to make it darker and navigate my self based on touch and memory, learning where all the trip hazards are, weighing slales, even the odd brad poking out in the floorboards so you do not stand on it etc. Only training yourself to be able to livein a dark enviroment will make life easier on the bank.
In reply to Post #31
Splicing leadcore was just an example of something that's tricky in the dark. If you want to walk around your house in the dark then go for it
Splicing leadcore was just an example of something that's tricky in the dark. If you want to walk around your house in the dark then go for it
In reply to Post #31
I take it you haven't got kids (or dogs!) leaving toys around the house for you to find whilst using your Jedi powers in the dark!
Each to their own but for me the whole purpose of a headtorch is so that I don't have to move around in the dark
I take it you haven't got kids (or dogs!) leaving toys around the house for you to find whilst using your Jedi powers in the dark!
Each to their own but for me the whole purpose of a headtorch is so that I don't have to move around in the dark
Never used to take a head torch or any form of light with me when I went poaching but when I'm fishing why not, Fox halo is half decent, comfortable enough with red/green/white option of colours and various lumen strengths the only downside is it's not USB rechargeable but battery life is pretty decent and no bother to take three spare triple A batteries.
In reply to Post #32
Splicing leadcore in the dark is not an example of something tricky that you need a light to do, whatever tint of colour Iight.
It's an example of, incompetence, inexperience, lack of preparation, cluelessness, basically a "Redneck".
In reality, there are only a few things that you need to use a light for and it's usually something that cannot be planned for. Most nights, I never use one for anything.
Even playing and landing a fish, no need for a headtorch, even when netting the fish, unhooking mats and slings should be in a place where you know they are so you can find them just by touch etc, camera can be set up in the dark, the "On" button is always in the same place so find it by touch along with all the other buttons set the timer by using the display screen, tare the scales using it's built in light and same with weighing it, know the distance from unhooking mat to camera in paces. About the only real issue is unhooking the fish if it is an odd hook hold and you cannot do it by touch so then you need a light to work out how the hookhold is.
Splicing leadcore in the dark is not an example of something tricky that you need a light to do, whatever tint of colour Iight.
It's an example of, incompetence, inexperience, lack of preparation, cluelessness, basically a "Redneck".
In reality, there are only a few things that you need to use a light for and it's usually something that cannot be planned for. Most nights, I never use one for anything.
Even playing and landing a fish, no need for a headtorch, even when netting the fish, unhooking mats and slings should be in a place where you know they are so you can find them just by touch etc, camera can be set up in the dark, the "On" button is always in the same place so find it by touch along with all the other buttons set the timer by using the display screen, tare the scales using it's built in light and same with weighing it, know the distance from unhooking mat to camera in paces. About the only real issue is unhooking the fish if it is an odd hook hold and you cannot do it by touch so then you need a light to work out how the hookhold is.
In reply to Post #31
Just because you choose to prep bits in advance,it doesn't mean another person isnt "prepared to fish properly in the dark". Many prefer to tie things up as needed. Who are you to say that's wrong? Night vision varies from person to person, and changes with age. I used to be able to tie rigs with no light during the darkest of nights, now 30 years later I cant, and need a light. So what?
Just because you choose to prep bits in advance,it doesn't mean another person isnt "prepared to fish properly in the dark". Many prefer to tie things up as needed. Who are you to say that's wrong? Night vision varies from person to person, and changes with age. I used to be able to tie rigs with no light during the darkest of nights, now 30 years later I cant, and need a light. So what?
In reply to Post #35
WOW! This is hobby fishing in the UK. Motorway, A road, drive round lake to swim, electric barrow. Shop, shower, toilet, cafe, prepared swim and Wi-Fi.
Barbecue, radio, TV, tablet, phone. Drive for 10 minutes, take away, pub, hospital.
It's safe, it's easy, it's a non challenging highly controlled environment where anglers pursue a largely hazard free gentle hobby in as much comfort as they desire.
Do it your way and enjoy but let's not try and make it what it isn't.
DIY to Patagonia, Siberia, Alaska or Greenland would be different perhaps. But not Cheshire, Surrey or the Cotswolds.
What do you need to protect your night vision for. Turn on the light, do what you have to do and turn it off. 3 minutes later, hey presto, night vision.
WOW! This is hobby fishing in the UK. Motorway, A road, drive round lake to swim, electric barrow. Shop, shower, toilet, cafe, prepared swim and Wi-Fi.
Barbecue, radio, TV, tablet, phone. Drive for 10 minutes, take away, pub, hospital.
It's safe, it's easy, it's a non challenging highly controlled environment where anglers pursue a largely hazard free gentle hobby in as much comfort as they desire.
Do it your way and enjoy but let's not try and make it what it isn't.
DIY to Patagonia, Siberia, Alaska or Greenland would be different perhaps. But not Cheshire, Surrey or the Cotswolds.
What do you need to protect your night vision for. Turn on the light, do what you have to do and turn it off. 3 minutes later, hey presto, night vision.
In reply to Post #35
Stop it
Stop it
In reply to Post #36
I can do most of the normal angling chores in the dark, using a red light when necessary.( not often). However I have white bivvy lights and torch just in case something goes tits up and I need to do something intricate and unexpected. Or there is an emergency situation. To fail to prepare is to prepare to fail.
I can do most of the normal angling chores in the dark, using a red light when necessary.( not often). However I have white bivvy lights and torch just in case something goes tits up and I need to do something intricate and unexpected. Or there is an emergency situation. To fail to prepare is to prepare to fail.
In reply to Post #35
Wow
Wow
In reply to Post #37
"Barbecue, radio, TV, tablet, phone. Drive for 10 minutes, take away, pub,hospital"
What pubs do you go to? And why are you going to the pub while fishing? Surely a 24 crate of tennets on the bank would suffice??
"Barbecue, radio, TV, tablet, phone. Drive for 10 minutes, take away, pub,hospital"
What pubs do you go to? And why are you going to the pub while fishing? Surely a 24 crate of tennets on the bank would suffice??
In reply to Post #41
Only the best ones mate but when they started to paint and carpet them and serve safely cooked food I started to lose interest.
I personally use very few of these facilities while fishing because I have no need usually.
Drinking used to be serious business that required dedication and commitment and I kept it separate from my more gentle and harmless pursuits. I will be collecting the first installment of my old age pension this month and have given up the pursuit of the grain and hops.
Only the best ones mate but when they started to paint and carpet them and serve safely cooked food I started to lose interest.
I personally use very few of these facilities while fishing because I have no need usually.
Drinking used to be serious business that required dedication and commitment and I kept it separate from my more gentle and harmless pursuits. I will be collecting the first installment of my old age pension this month and have given up the pursuit of the grain and hops.
In reply to Post #1
Grumpy old man alert!
I don't understand the need for all this light... I fish regular long sessions and find that I only use a couple of sets of batteries each year in a pretty ordinary relatively dim headtorch which suits my needs. in 45+ years I've never used light to land fish at night and find the dim red light of my head torch is fine for most anything I need to do at night. often there is enough natural light to function any way... I've noticed that the green and red lights of the latest headtorches are unneccessarily bright.
I fish a busy venue and regularly encounter massive beams of light scything across the lake .... I often see multiple bright headtorches used to illuminate an island to get baits across to
.We always believed that excessive light would put the fish down or scare them off ..... nowadays I don't suppose the overweight pets in the majority of our lakes give a toss.
Thank goodness I will not physically be able to do this for much longer.
Grumpy old man alert!
I don't understand the need for all this light... I fish regular long sessions and find that I only use a couple of sets of batteries each year in a pretty ordinary relatively dim headtorch which suits my needs. in 45+ years I've never used light to land fish at night and find the dim red light of my head torch is fine for most anything I need to do at night. often there is enough natural light to function any way... I've noticed that the green and red lights of the latest headtorches are unneccessarily bright.
I fish a busy venue and regularly encounter massive beams of light scything across the lake .... I often see multiple bright headtorches used to illuminate an island to get baits across to
.We always believed that excessive light would put the fish down or scare them off ..... nowadays I don't suppose the overweight pets in the majority of our lakes give a toss.
Thank goodness I will not physically be able to do this for much longer.
In reply to Post #43
In full agreement. A low level of light is all that is needed and that infrequently.
In full agreement. A low level of light is all that is needed and that infrequently.
Personally I struggle to see the acquired colour of my brew without the use of white light. 😜