Showing posts with label fishing chair. Show all posts
Showing posts with label fishing chair. Show all posts

Thursday, 8 March 2012

A few new bits and bobs

This little newsflash post is soon to be followed by a fishing update, but I just have a few things of interest I thought I should share...

Firstly, Carl Allman of Rio Ebro Angling, who we chose to fish the Ebro with - for zander, roach, carp and catfish - last September, acheived second place in IGFA's World Record Acheivement Awards, as acknowledgement of him guiding anglers to a total of 18 line class World Records during 2011 alone!  I'd like to say I was one of those anglers... but I'd be lying!


Rio Ebro Angling also have a newly redesigned website http://www.rioebroangling.com/ and I urge you to check it out if you're thinking of venturing to foreign shores in search of fish this Summer.  There is a limit to how many bookings a single guide can take and I assure you Carl is among the best, so make your enquiries sooner rather than later.

I wrote an article a little while ago, about storing and keeping worms, including lobworms and denbrobaenas ("dendras").  I've put it up on my website.  If you want good, plump, fresh worms whenever you need them, without spending a fortune keeping them, it's worth taking a look:  http://www.just-fish.co.uk/articles/41-keeping-worms-fishing-bait.html

I also have three more features up on FishingMagic.com, the first is a step-by-step photo guide on how to make your own buoyant leger stems which are both cheap and robust:  Make your own Leger Stems

The other features are two reviews of Cyprinus products.  The first of which is an oval brolly/shelter called the V3.  It's ideal for spring & summer overnighters or for really windy and wet day sessions; just the job for an all-round specialist like I try to be! 
Cyprinus V3 Oval Brolly Review

The second Cyprinus review is of their flagship "Whole Hog" fishing accessory chair, which comes complete with all the rod support kit and a little side table too.  It even has arm-rests and a reclining back - both luxuries I've never been used to in fishing chairs in the past.  The review is here:  Cyprinus Whole Hog Fishing Chair Review and also, I noticed there were no instructions with this chair when I opened the box.  There are quite a few parts and to put them together for the first time is a bit confusing unless you have diagrams or instructions.  I've since found out that there is a PDF instruction leaflet available on request from Cyprinus, so I've also stuck it on my website for convenience, here:  Cyprinus Whole Hog Chair Setup Instructions.

Lastly, I came across this video yesterday which shows a novel and quick way of removing a barbed hook from your body, should you be unfortunate enough to hook yourself.  It does require another person to assist and it's not for the feint-hearted, but it's a pretty impressive technique:

Friday, 30 December 2011

Alternative Ebro Part 2 Article & Cyprinus Chair Review on FishingMagic

I trust everyone had an enjoyable Christmas time.  I certainly did but it's only involved one fishing session, which I'll mention in my next blog post.  Meanwhile, here's something I found in my drafts folder which I thought I'd posted this a couple of weeks ago.  Better late than never, as they say...
A quick message to inform you of two recent additions to www.fishingmagic.com; firstly part 2 of my "Alternative Ebro" article is online to read at:  http://www.fishingmagic.com/features/coarse_fishing/specimen_fishing/15601-alternative-ebro-part-two.html


Part 2 covers all of the catfish fishing we did with our guide, Carl of Rio Ebro Angling, during the week we spent boat & bank fishing with him at Riba Roja.  I'm told by Carl that since we were there, some of his guests have landed catfish to 164lb, including lure-caught catfish up to 148lb!!!
 http://www.fishingmagic.com/features/reviews/15584-cyprinus-stalk-lite-chair.html


Also, if anyone has a bit of Christmas money to spend on a little bankside/backside comfort for 2012, I recently reviewed the "Stalk-Lite Mk II" reclining chair by Cyprinus for FishingMagic, and rather liked it!  You can read my full review here:  http://www.fishingmagic.com/features/reviews/15584-cyprinus-stalk-lite-chair.html



If you're impressed, you can purchase this chair for less than £30 from Tackle Discounts Online Fishing Tackle Shop online fishing tackle store.

That's all for now but I have a bit of a summing-up of 2011 lined up for some point over the next few days.  Watch this space...