Make your own Mackerel feathers

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Make your own Mackerel feathers

#1 Post by spindlefist »

Know it's only february,but stumbled upon this the other day, works pretty well, got most the stuff required on ebay for little or nothing,made a few already.
figured time to make em now, have em all sorted for Mackie bashing time :P

Save you all a few quid on them this season

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Re: Make your own Mackerel feathers

#2 Post by hugo »

Been doing this myself for years and years. Used to use strips of silvered plastic packaging, but now use use silver gift wrap cord from Eason's, it lasts longer. Great satisfaction from catching with self-made tackle.

Shouldnt this be under Tips and Tricks?
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Re: Make your own Mackerel feathers

#3 Post by spindlefist »

there's a tips and tricks forum? :P
2016: dogfish, pollack,

2015: whiting, coalfish, turbot, pollack, ballan wrasse, conger, thornback, short spined sea scorpion , common blenny ,

2014 : dogfish, garfish, launce, common blenny, cuckoo wrasse, flounder, pollack, thornback ray,

2013 species:(15) Whiting, Dogfish, Three Bearded Rockling, bull huss, poor cod,turbot, flounder,pollack, spotted ray, thornback ray, launce, corkwing wrasse, long spined sea scorpion, common blenny,mackerel,

2012 species: Thornback, bull huss, Dogfish, pollack, Mackerel, bass, flounder, turbot, conger,




Species 09:(23) Conger, Whiting, Bass, flounder, Dogfish, dab, corkwing wrasse, pollack, bull huss(8lb 10oz~PB) , thornback ray(8lb~PB), dragonet, ballan wrasse, Blenny, Mackeral,long spined sea scorpion,pouting, coalfish, launce, codling, poor cod, starry smoothhound, 5 bearded rockling, shore rockling..
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Re: Make your own Mackerel feathers

#4 Post by hugo »

I believe so. Never had any call to look into it, tho. 8)
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Re: Make your own Mackerel feathers

#5 Post by The Austrian »

Hugo wrote:I believe so. Never had any call to look into it, tho. 8)
you liar :D :mrgreen:
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Re: Make your own Mackerel feathers

#6 Post by hugo »

Well spotted. :) I forgot that self-mocking irony doesnt translate too well via a keyboard. Sorry....
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