sliding weight and beads

elvis136 · Post by **elvis136** » Fri Apr 27, 2007 6:52 am

as a lot of you know im new to all this after not fishing for 7 years...

i went to my local angling shop and he gave me some swivels with clips on the other side, and some beads with a line hole, and also something which you can slide up and down your line to which you attach your weight....

i kinda guess how i could use the swivel clip things, but what are the beads for and how do i use the sliding weight thingy???

Xantho incisus · Post by **Xantho incisus** » Fri Apr 27, 2007 8:11 am

Erm . . . you start looking around this site - like here might be a good start - and a tackle shop NEAR the sea might be another good place to start

http://www.wirralseafishing.co.uk/learningzone/

or

find on of us who like talking about tackle

and showing it off

PS ... hello

elvis136 · Post by **elvis136** » Fri Apr 27, 2007 8:30 am

LOL i know but when you live at st helens its hard to just pop out to your seaside tackle shop :P

ColinW · Post by **ColinW** » Fri Apr 27, 2007 8:52 am

Forget sliding leads when you are beachcasting, dangerous unless you know exactly how to set it up. Go out and buy a few ready made "two hook flapper" rigs and a few 4oz and 6oz leads. That will do for most of your fishing round here.

elvis136 · Post by **elvis136** » Fri Apr 27, 2007 8:57 am

well thats what i thought, but they was only something like a pound so bought them anyway.....

ive got a few abu garcier 4oz weights, 2 x 4oz grapples, 2 x 5oz grapples, ive bought 2 sets of feathers, got myself 2 sexts of 2 different rigs as well.... now ive got the rigs though i'll try and make my own following the same lengths and stuff. got something like a mile of line when i bought my rod combo and also some shock leader so plenty of line to make the rigs

ColinW · Post by **ColinW** » Fri Apr 27, 2007 9:04 am

Don't worry about precise lengths too much. The main aim of the rigs is just not to tangle up, they don't affect your catches much. If you tied a foot of line to the loop on your lead you'd still catch flatties! You won't find much use for the feathers round here, the mackerel only come within casting range about twice a year

elvis136 · Post by **elvis136** » Fri Apr 27, 2007 9:07 am

Well i got the feathers just for if i run out of bait at any point, least ive got a back up then.......

i'll probably just end up buying the rigs as theyre only a couple of quid

Post by **chriswsf** » Fri Apr 27, 2007 12:07 pm

Greys make some good end tackle and you will pick them up from as little as ÃƒÆ’Ã¢â‚¬Å¡Ãƒâ€šÃ‚Â£1.35 each, best way is indeed to purchase some rigs and then see how they have been made, the learning zone also has good diagrams that have taken hours to complete so that area should also give you some good info.

elvis136 · Post by **elvis136** » Fri Apr 27, 2007 1:02 pm

yeah i got 2 greys rigs and thye look spot on!!!!

just gotta get out and catch something now!

paul j · Post by **paul j** » Fri Apr 27, 2007 2:27 pm

elvis136 wrote:yeah i got 2 greys rigs and thye look spot on!!!!

just gotta get out and catch something now!

dont fish harrison drive on a high then

elvis136 · Post by **elvis136** » Fri Apr 27, 2007 3:20 pm

paul j wrote:
elvis136 wrote:yeah i got 2 greys rigs and thye look spot on!!!!

just gotta get out and catch something now!
dont fish harrison drive on a high then

EH??? dont understand?