Unsung Heroes

At the suggestion of various members and given the magazines will run a mile from criticising a piece of kit, here is your chance to tell us what you really think about a rod, reel, line, lure... keep it legal please!

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Wild Rover
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Unsung Heroes

#1 Post by Wild Rover »

For all the obvious handy things we anglers pick up there are those we take for granted. 3 items I would never be without afloat or ashore when bait fishing are:
1. Fine Bait Elastic. (We go through miles of this stuff).
2. Gemini disgorger (fantastic for deeply hooked fish).
3. Mustad Bait Scissors... (so brilliant at cutting, bait, trimming fish, cutting mono & braid. Tough as old boots).
Anyone got any other unsung heroes they'd like to share.
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#2 Post by shamieboy »

THE R.N.L.I
I KNOW ITS ONLY ROCK AND ROLL BUT I LIKE IT
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#3 Post by saltydog »

shamieboy wrote:THE R.N.L.I
+1
Shore Species 2011 (31) Ballan Wrasse, Bass, Bullhuss, Coalfish, Cod, Conger, Corkwing Wrasse, Cuckoo Ray, Dab, Dogfish, Five Bearded Rockling, Flounder, Goldsinny Wrasse, Long Spined Sea Scorpion, Mackerel, Plaice, Pollack, Poor Cod, Pouting, Rock Goby, Shanny, Shore Rockling, Short Spined Sea Scorpion, Thornback Ray, Three Bearded Rockling, Tompot Blenny, Tope, Tub Gurnard, Turbot, Undulate Ray, Whiting

Shore Species 2010 (26) - Bass, Black Goby, Bull Huss, Coalfish, Cod, Dab, Dogfish, Five Bearded Rockling, Flounder, Grey Gurnard, Lesser Weaver, Mackerel, Mullet, Plaice, Pollack, Poor cod, Pouting, Rock Goby, Shore Rockling, Silver eel, Starry Smooth Hound, Thornback Ray, Tope, Tub Gurnard, Turbot, Whiting

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#4 Post by saving private brian »

mustad baiting knife,
roll of shockleader and liverpool jersey as a towel :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:
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#5 Post by cathalger »

Rags or old tea towels, bait fishing without them is nasty.
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#6 Post by liam78 »

moblie phone not waterproof :lol: :D and first aid box o and a book about how to take out hooks from hand :D :D
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#7 Post by fisherman59 »

loo roll or whatever :D :D :D
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#8 Post by Wild Rover »

I agree the greatest unsung hero's of them all are the rescue services. I have the greatest respect for the RNLI & the work they do. The idea though of this thread was a light hearted look into our tackle boxes for newbies etc to those essential but little mention bits of kit for our fishing sessions
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#9 Post by roger de dodger »

a spare headlight,i have never had to use it myself but have lent it out several times to fishing aqaintances who have forgotten theirs or who,s batteries have run out ,just a small lightweight one, but it could get you out of some very dodgey situations :wink:
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#10 Post by The Austrian »

at least three lighters and 20 camel or whatever you fancy :oops:
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#11 Post by taz »

lighters and fags
first aid kit
mobile phone in zip lock bag (just in case )
and pliers/forceps that i keep losing
life tastes better through a pineapple

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#12 Post by kevin o connor »

1. Fags and lighters (2).
2. Flask.
3. Mobile phone
4. Hand warmers.
The one thing that every angler needs and that a lot of us take for granted, which makes it the most important unsung hero of them all. :roll:
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#13 Post by FISHYFINGERS »

WEE HIP FLASK OF PORT! TO TOAST THE SPECIMENS, AND FOR A LITTLE WARMER ON A COLD NIGHT.

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