The Fly Fishing - And Now All Types of Fishing Thread!
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So one small problem I noticed yesterday, and it’s mostly down to my age and eyesight, is a problem I have tying knots.
Yesterday I decided I would like to be able to see into the water a bit better, so thought I would try out my Oakley Polarised sunglasses.
And this is where my problem starts.
I am near sighted, but need glasses for distance, so when driving a car etc.
My eyesight is almost perfect close up, so for most work like tying knots have no issues, I just take my glasses off.
But to use my polarised sunglasses I need to put contact lenses in, and them my close up work vision sufferers.
Especially when tying the fly onto the clear line at the fly end, I could hardly see a thing.
My optician had me try varifocal contact lenses, but I just couldn’t get on with them.
I think one of those know tying tools that grabs the line might help for that situation.
But I suppose the best solution is to just get a pair of new glasses that are Polarised!
Just wondered if any of you had another solution to the age old ( literally! ) eyesight issues.
Yesterday I decided I would like to be able to see into the water a bit better, so thought I would try out my Oakley Polarised sunglasses.
And this is where my problem starts.
I am near sighted, but need glasses for distance, so when driving a car etc.
My eyesight is almost perfect close up, so for most work like tying knots have no issues, I just take my glasses off.
But to use my polarised sunglasses I need to put contact lenses in, and them my close up work vision sufferers.
Especially when tying the fly onto the clear line at the fly end, I could hardly see a thing.
My optician had me try varifocal contact lenses, but I just couldn’t get on with them.
I think one of those know tying tools that grabs the line might help for that situation.
But I suppose the best solution is to just get a pair of new glasses that are Polarised!
Just wondered if any of you had another solution to the age old ( literally! ) eyesight issues.
nigelpugh7 said:
Right my zen is high today, ( is that a correct phrase? )
But I feel a force tonight, a force that is strong and needs to be shared too.
So I have more Rods, Reels and lines than I will ever really need or use , so Andy, I want you to have one of them,as my gift to you.
I don’t want anything for them, I just want you to use them and enjoy them like we all do.
It’s my gift to you, and you have to use it and tell us what you have done to enjoy them too.
So let me know where we can meet up and I will hand them over to you.
Your call, it’s over to you.
Thanks bud, for a great gesture. I'll take you up on that. I'm going past your neck of the woods a few times in the next few weeks actually!But I feel a force tonight, a force that is strong and needs to be shared too.
So I have more Rods, Reels and lines than I will ever really need or use , so Andy, I want you to have one of them,as my gift to you.
I don’t want anything for them, I just want you to use them and enjoy them like we all do.
It’s my gift to you, and you have to use it and tell us what you have done to enjoy them too.
So let me know where we can meet up and I will hand them over to you.
Your call, it’s over to you.
Gosh- what fabulous photos of the kingfisher. I may see two or three a week . often more, but it is always a privilege . Only once have I had one land on a rod and that obviously wasn't while fly fishing , but on a pike rod. The public perception of kingfishers is extraordinary - I recall some walkers , breathless with excitement , telling me they'd seen one - 'so rare aren't they?' . Err ..not really was my reply , but you are only ever going to see them over or very near a river and we 'brothers of the angle' , in Walton's words, tend to be stealthy and observant , and if we aren't we should be !
Two close encounters I had last week were with a young roe deer and an otter . The deer crept in to a shallow stretch of river 50 yards in front of me and waded slowly upstream as I fished , over the next 20 minutes . I think it was enjoying the respite from the sun . The otter - I saw a big swirl upstream , of a magnitude bigger than any trout in that beat . I was mid river and kept stock still as a line of bubbles came to within 3 feet of me , when in the coloured water I saw a long dark shape do an emergency stop , leaving a huge boil on the surface. And despite it being a small river , it simply dematerialised , as otters do . Eat your heart out Packham...
Nigel - bag and two rods ? I adopt the Chapman mantra of simplifying and adding lightness (except where the fat b
d angler is concerned). MY river fishing will usually cover a mile of riffle and pool , with nearly all of it waded through necessity rather than choice . Everything I need including lunch is in a Simms waistcoat , or , on a wet day , in my wonderful (and reassuringly pricey) Guideline wading jacket and a small chest pack. I don't have to get out of the river to collect a bag or spare rod, as I am toatlly self contained . On the net front the key criterion is that it' s with me all the time and I use a large diameter shorthandle net on an elastic cord . Folding nets are treacherous things , I found , and the last thing I want is to dick around unfolding the bloody thing as I play a big wild brownie.
Two close encounters I had last week were with a young roe deer and an otter . The deer crept in to a shallow stretch of river 50 yards in front of me and waded slowly upstream as I fished , over the next 20 minutes . I think it was enjoying the respite from the sun . The otter - I saw a big swirl upstream , of a magnitude bigger than any trout in that beat . I was mid river and kept stock still as a line of bubbles came to within 3 feet of me , when in the coloured water I saw a long dark shape do an emergency stop , leaving a huge boil on the surface. And despite it being a small river , it simply dematerialised , as otters do . Eat your heart out Packham...
Nigel - bag and two rods ? I adopt the Chapman mantra of simplifying and adding lightness (except where the fat b
d angler is concerned). MY river fishing will usually cover a mile of riffle and pool , with nearly all of it waded through necessity rather than choice . Everything I need including lunch is in a Simms waistcoat , or , on a wet day , in my wonderful (and reassuringly pricey) Guideline wading jacket and a small chest pack. I don't have to get out of the river to collect a bag or spare rod, as I am toatlly self contained . On the net front the key criterion is that it' s with me all the time and I use a large diameter shorthandle net on an elastic cord . Folding nets are treacherous things , I found , and the last thing I want is to dick around unfolding the bloody thing as I play a big wild brownie. nigelpugh7 said:
So one small problem I noticed yesterday, and it’s mostly down to my age and eyesight, is a problem I have tying knots.
Yesterday I decided I would like to be able to see into the water a bit better, so thought I would try out my Oakley Polarised sunglasses.
And this is where my problem starts.
I am near sighted, but need glasses for distance, so when driving a car etc.
My eyesight is almost perfect close up, so for most work like tying knots have no issues, I just take my glasses off.
But to use my polarised sunglasses I need to put contact lenses in, and them my close up work vision sufferers.
Especially when tying the fly onto the clear line at the fly end, I could hardly see a thing.
My optician had me try varifocal contact lenses, but I just couldn’t get on with them.
I think one of those know tying tools that grabs the line might help for that situation.
But I suppose the best solution is to just get a pair of new glasses that are Polarised!
Just wondered if any of you had another solution to the age old ( literally! ) eyesight issues.
Yesterday I decided I would like to be able to see into the water a bit better, so thought I would try out my Oakley Polarised sunglasses.
And this is where my problem starts.
I am near sighted, but need glasses for distance, so when driving a car etc.
My eyesight is almost perfect close up, so for most work like tying knots have no issues, I just take my glasses off.
But to use my polarised sunglasses I need to put contact lenses in, and them my close up work vision sufferers.
Especially when tying the fly onto the clear line at the fly end, I could hardly see a thing.
My optician had me try varifocal contact lenses, but I just couldn’t get on with them.
I think one of those know tying tools that grabs the line might help for that situation.
But I suppose the best solution is to just get a pair of new glasses that are Polarised!
Just wondered if any of you had another solution to the age old ( literally! ) eyesight issues.
Easy as these. I use them with regular contacts on my sunglasses. Can be trimmed if desired.https://www.amazon.co.uk/Stick-Bifocal-Magnifying-...
One Amp Andy said:
And I thought RC heli's and marine aquariums were bad....
I will have to be honest I have looked at buying a fly tying vice ( or is it vise? ) and starting the process of learning to tie my own.But then there is so much choice, in just the vise (?) choice, you can spend £30 and all the way up to £300 for just the vise.
So recently I have been buying bundles of flys when they are of offer at some of the online shops.
The last bundles from the fishing megastore were £6 for 20 flys.
So at 30 pence a fly, I doubt I will ever beat that even tying them myslef.
Cheap flies are tied on bad hooks. The hook will be the first thing that corners are cut on. Kamasan & Fulling Mill make really good, dependable hooks.
You can get a decent Super AA vice on ebay for around a tenner. This should last years. Just work out what flies you want to tie & get the materials for those. Sportfish or ebay are good sources.
You can get a decent Super AA vice on ebay for around a tenner. This should last years. Just work out what flies you want to tie & get the materials for those. Sportfish or ebay are good sources.
coppice said:
Gosh- what fabulous photos of the kingfisher. I may see two or three a week . often more, but it is always a privilege . Only once have I had one land on a rod and that obviously wasn't while fly fishing , but on a pike rod. The public perception of kingfishers is extraordinary - I recall some walkers , breathless with excitement , telling me they'd seen one - 'so rare aren't they?' . Err ..not really was my reply , but you are only ever going to see them over or very near a river and we 'brothers of the angle' , in Walton's words, tend to be stealthy and observant , and if we aren't we should be !
Two close encounters I had last week were with a young roe deer and an otter . The deer crept in to a shallow stretch of river 50 yards in front of me and waded slowly upstream as I fished , over the next 20 minutes . I think it was enjoying the respite from the sun . The otter - I saw a big swirl upstream , of a magnitude bigger than any trout in that beat . I was mid river and kept stock still as a line of bubbles came to within 3 feet of me , when in the coloured water I saw a long dark shape do an emergency stop , leaving a huge boil on the surface. And despite it being a small river , it simply dematerialised , as otters do . Eat your heart out Packham...
Nigel - bag and two rods ? I adopt the Chapman mantra of simplifying and adding lightness (except where the fat bd angler is concerned). MY river fishing will usually cover a mile of riffle and pool , with nearly all of it waded through necessity rather than choice . Everything I need including lunch is in a Simms waistcoat , or , on a wet day , in my wonderful (and reassuringly pricey) Guideline wading jacket and a small chest pack. I don't have to get out of the river to collect a bag or spare rod, as I am toatlly self contained . On the net front the key criterion is that it' s with me all the time and I use a large diameter shorthandle net on an elastic cord . Folding nets are treacherous things , I found , and the last thing I want is to dick around unfolding the bloody thing as I play a big wild brownie.
Yes I had managed all I needed into my little shoulder bag you see in that photo including my lunch and a drink too, so I was more than happy with that.Two close encounters I had last week were with a young roe deer and an otter . The deer crept in to a shallow stretch of river 50 yards in front of me and waded slowly upstream as I fished , over the next 20 minutes . I think it was enjoying the respite from the sun . The otter - I saw a big swirl upstream , of a magnitude bigger than any trout in that beat . I was mid river and kept stock still as a line of bubbles came to within 3 feet of me , when in the coloured water I saw a long dark shape do an emergency stop , leaving a huge boil on the surface. And despite it being a small river , it simply dematerialised , as otters do . Eat your heart out Packham...
Nigel - bag and two rods ? I adopt the Chapman mantra of simplifying and adding lightness (except where the fat b
d angler is concerned). MY river fishing will usually cover a mile of riffle and pool , with nearly all of it waded through necessity rather than choice . Everything I need including lunch is in a Simms waistcoat , or , on a wet day , in my wonderful (and reassuringly pricey) Guideline wading jacket and a small chest pack. I don't have to get out of the river to collect a bag or spare rod, as I am toatlly self contained . On the net front the key criterion is that it' s with me all the time and I use a large diameter shorthandle net on an elastic cord . Folding nets are treacherous things , I found , and the last thing I want is to dick around unfolding the bloody thing as I play a big wild brownie. The only reason for the two rods was to see what worked best as I moved along the bank and tried new locations.
For that stretch of the Alne, it’s a tough call, but I’m pretty sure I going to stick in future to the little 7ft Normark, it’ just worked so well, so light and beautifully simple too.
Bonefish Blues said:
Easy as these. I use them with regular contacts on my sunglasses. Can be trimmed if desired.https://www.amazon.co.uk/Stick-Bifocal-Magnifying-...
One question though, once stuck can they be easily removed?
nigelpugh7 said:
Bonefish Blues said:
Easy as these. I use them with regular contacts on my sunglasses. Can be trimmed if desired.https://www.amazon.co.uk/Stick-Bifocal-Magnifying-...
One question though, once stuck can they be easily removed?
Bonefish Blues said:
Easy as these. I use them with regular contacts on my sunglasses. Can be trimmed if desired.https://www.amazon.co.uk/Stick-Bifocal-Magnifying-...
So they can be easily removed and reused!
Thanks again will give them a try.
Only question is, what strength would I need, as I said I don’t need readers, so have never had to buy any,
Any wise words?
As someone mentioned Jack Hargreaves I have spent a very happy morning ( I get up these days at 5 o’clock !) watching his videos on YouTube.
https://youtu.be/_qE01OITvzs
What wonderful memories, there is something very timeless and peaceful about the man and his presentation style.
Used to watch them on tele with my dad as a we knipper!
I wonder what channel they would have been aired on? BBC2 or ITV, I think we probably only had 3 channels Back then, I think even Ch4 hadn’t started?
https://youtu.be/_qE01OITvzs
What wonderful memories, there is something very timeless and peaceful about the man and his presentation style.
Used to watch them on tele with my dad as a we knipper!
I wonder what channel they would have been aired on? BBC2 or ITV, I think we probably only had 3 channels Back then, I think even Ch4 hadn’t started?
[quote=Bonefish Blues]I have the boxed set (why is it 'box set'?) of Out of Town 
]
How marvellous, is that on DVD, or on classic VHS, which seems like the way it should be enjoyed?
I also smiled to myself when I’m noticed that it was all filmed back on Super 16MM film too, the glory days!
Just watched this one, most enjoyable!
https://youtu.be/kT7IxhAg71w
]How marvellous, is that on DVD, or on classic VHS, which seems like the way it should be enjoyed?
I also smiled to myself when I’m noticed that it was all filmed back on Super 16MM film too, the glory days!
Just watched this one, most enjoyable!
https://youtu.be/kT7IxhAg71w
nigelpugh7 said:
So one small problem I noticed yesterday, and it’s mostly down to my age and eyesight, is a problem I have tying knots.
Yesterday I decided I would like to be able to see into the water a bit better, so thought I would try out my Oakley Polarised sunglasses.
And this is where my problem starts.
I am near sighted, but need glasses for distance, so when driving a car etc.
My eyesight is almost perfect close up, so for most work like tying knots have no issues, I just take my glasses off.
But to use my polarised sunglasses I need to put contact lenses in, and them my close up work vision sufferers.
Especially when tying the fly onto the clear line at the fly end, I could hardly see a thing.
My optician had me try varifocal contact lenses, but I just couldn’t get on with them.
I think one of those know tying tools that grabs the line might help for that situation.
But I suppose the best solution is to just get a pair of new glasses that are Polarised!
Just wondered if any of you had another solution to the age old ( literally! ) eyesight issues.
Had exactly the same problem. Tried all the work arounds but finally bit the bullet and ordered Oakley prescription glasses. Not cheap - I’ll dig out where I got them from. It was all done online.Yesterday I decided I would like to be able to see into the water a bit better, so thought I would try out my Oakley Polarised sunglasses.
And this is where my problem starts.
I am near sighted, but need glasses for distance, so when driving a car etc.
My eyesight is almost perfect close up, so for most work like tying knots have no issues, I just take my glasses off.
But to use my polarised sunglasses I need to put contact lenses in, and them my close up work vision sufferers.
Especially when tying the fly onto the clear line at the fly end, I could hardly see a thing.
My optician had me try varifocal contact lenses, but I just couldn’t get on with them.
I think one of those know tying tools that grabs the line might help for that situation.
But I suppose the best solution is to just get a pair of new glasses that are Polarised!
Just wondered if any of you had another solution to the age old ( literally! ) eyesight issues.
nigelpugh7 said:
As someone mentioned Jack Hargreaves I have spent a very happy morning ( I get up these days at 5 o’clock !) watching his videos on YouTube.
https://youtu.be/_qE01OITvzs
What wonderful memories, there is something very timeless and peaceful about the man and his presentation style.
Used to watch them on tele with my dad as a we knipper!
I wonder what channel they would have been aired on? BBC2 or ITV, I think we probably only had 3 channels Back then, I think even Ch4 hadn’t started?
OOT was on ITV.https://youtu.be/_qE01OITvzs
What wonderful memories, there is something very timeless and peaceful about the man and his presentation style.
Used to watch them on tele with my dad as a we knipper!
I wonder what channel they would have been aired on? BBC2 or ITV, I think we probably only had 3 channels Back then, I think even Ch4 hadn’t started?
I used to occasionally see Jack in the Green Dragon at Brook and it wouldn't be an unusual sight for him to arrive in a pony and trap. Rumour had it that he was a mediocre shot (at best) and the program makers employed a professional shooter when they filmed him out blasting the wildlife, or missing in his case!!
Wouldn't be shown now particularly as the program was aired before the watershed and if I recall correctly, it was broadcast at 7.30pm!
Those were the days, long gone now, when such practices were considered normal, and he didn't stray far from his pipe either ... tut tut!
And it's vice, by the way, both the grippy thing and those human, wicked and immoral behaviours!!
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