River Erne Pike Fishing, ups & downs Vlog no 19
The Erne system is still flooded, we have had the biblical 40 days and nights of rain in fact I think we're up to near 60 nights at this point, the river rose 4 inches in the space of the day I spent on it and with nothing but rain forecast for the foreseeable immediate future the chances of fishing on a normal location any time soon seem unlikely. Was a day of positives and negatives, the negative is I've managed to lose the fox retaining weigh sling somewhere on my travels so I've had to replace that and what's more tragic is I left the house and forgot to take the packet of bacon I'd bought for breakfast so I had to rely on a pot noodle for food. The positives well I had a visit from a subscriber who handed me a bottle of Bushmills Whisky and packet of cigars he just popped down to say hello and compliment the videos I have to say this knocked me for six so if you watch this buddy thank you for your generosity. Fishing wise it didn't seem to get going the match guys I spoke to weren't getting lots of fish either the water temps were bollocks tinglingly cold it was coloured and still bringing a lot of weed and debris I got wiped out a few times with weed and rubbish. 3 sessions 3 blanks I'm not liking this blanking nonsense. Onto the next session. Pike Fishing Tackle, this is a small run down of where I get my Pike Fishing Equipment. If you see me using something and the description isn’t here, then ask me and I’ll let you know. The Rods for bait fishing I use are BB350 12’ 3.5lb tc & D-3 13’ 4lb tc these are made by Dave Lumb of DLST http://www.dlst.co.uk/index.html Mr Lumb is a artist when it comes to building fishing rods if you’re in the market for a rod built to your own desires then Dave is your man. The Drop Arms I use are made by Pete Foster trust me these are the bog dangly bits as Pike Fishing Drop Arms go here’s a link to where you can get them from:- www.advancedpredprod.weebly.com Facebook Page:- / advanced-predator-products-110199180514261 Reels I tend to stick with Shimano Reels as I trust them, I use a few different models of Shimano Reel for Pike fishing from Big Pits to Bait Runners. I get my bait oils, AFW Bleeding Leader Wire and terminal tackle from Eddie Turner https://www.eddieturner.co.uk/ Eddies Oil is simply the best there’s nothing that comes close to it in my humble opinion. He’s also a great font of knowledge and published author I have lost count of the times I’ve annoyed him for ideas on rigs and how best to fish certain locations. I use happily recommend two Dead Bait bait companies one is Nev Fickling’s Lucebait’s http://www.thetackle-shop.co.uk/secti... the other is Scotland’s finest Gadda Baits http://www.gaddabaits.com/ both are excellent. I happily recommend the tackle shop Fishing Tackle & Bait, https://www.fishingtackleandbait.co.uk/ in Enniskillen Northern Ireland. It’s my local shop it’s the sort of place I can go in and ask if they will order two different types of chair which they did I then picked one and bough it, not only was this not a bother to them they even matched the cheapest internet price for the chair I chose, David and the guys in FTB frequently bend over backwards to go that extra mile to help folk out. I'm not sponsored by any of the above companies everything I have on the bank with me is something I’ve paid out my own pockets for it. If you have any specific questions about the fishing tackle I use then feel free to ask me in the comments below this video or you can come on over to my Facebook page and I will happily answer any questions you have:- / dfsangling I am also on Instagram:- / david.f.scobie
