THE UNEXPECTED ENQUIRY
I
often fish in an easily accessible area within easy walking distance of
a car park. The consequence of this is I accept the
company of many walkers, bird watchers, nature lovers, dog walkers, families
walking, youngsters and very often mums with youngsters and wives
enjoying a walk aged between mid 20’s to mid sixties.
I look
approachable am softly spoken, I have mums and
wives come and ask me about fishing, with increasing frequency since September
2009. Their main question is. How much does it cost? To start fishing as
their child/children/boyfriend/husband wants to go. I have even noticed some husbands/boyfriends standing a hundred or so yards away from where I am fishing. After a good few years of
buying, amassing and hording tackle I found I was totally unable to give an
honest answer so after considerable thought, I decided to invest a few pounds and conduct
a personal experiment, which may well be of help to a novice or an angler wanting to return to fishing.
I decided to tackle up as if I was a beginner who had been given some advice but who had a very restricted budget this is what I bought .
TACKLE UP UNDER £50.00
Lathams Fibreglass Match Rod 12’ 3.6m £10.00 Dragon Carp reel buy 1 get 1 free £10.00 for 2 Line about 3lb x 100m £2.49 4 division double cut shot £2.49 Packet barbless hooks size 16 to nylon 10pack £0.99 3 floats at about 85p each £2.55 1 disgorger plastic £0.39 60cm round landing net with telescopic handle £10.00 A plastic box for the tackle £0.99 Maggot box £2.11 Reel pvc electrical tape for backing on the large capacity reel saves spending too much on line £0.25 SUB TOTAL £42.26 Sold one of the two reels - minus £5.00 TOTAL £37.26 Prices correct June 2010 You could add a rod rest or 2 and a bank stick or 2 or cut a forked branch clean the bark off, a wire coat hanger can also be adapted stuck and or whipped into the end of a garden cane. For baits check out my Bait page
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ABU Transmitter Carbon Match Rod 13’ 3.9m £39.99 Mitchell or Shakespeare fixed spool reel £29.99 Line about 3lb x 100m £2.49 4 division double cut shot £2.49 Packet barbless hooks size 16 to nylon 10pack £0.99 3 floats at about 85p each £2.55 1 disgorger plastic £0.39 60cm landing round net with telescopic handle £10.00 A plastic box for the tackle £0.99 Maggot box £2.11 Reel pvc electrical tape for backing on the large capacity reel saves spending too much on line £0.25 SUB TOTAL £92.24 Prices correct June 2010 You could add a rod rest or 2 and a bank stick or 2 or cut a forked branch clean the bark off, a wire coat hanger can also be adapted stuck and or whipped into the end of a garden cane. For baits check out my Bait page
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