January 2010

Scroll down to follow our fishing adventures, as to where we go, what we catch
                    who we meet, and what`s happening on the bank.

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Many fishermen particularly the night anglers, pay attention to the Moon Phases so I have included
Below,  The 2010 Moon Phase Time Table.

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Tips and Tricks

The Chod Rig.

Pop Up

2mm Rig Ring

Flexi Ring Swivel
        Size 11.

Flexi Beads

Stiff Line

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Tips and Tricks

The Simple Eyed Hook Knot

Thread the Line through the eye,
Twist the free end three times
Round the main line,
Up through the loop holding the
Hook and pull down through.




Pull tight, always lubricate line
( saliva)before pulling tight.

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Kwik change
     sleeve

Saturday 2nd January,
                                  In the south where I live, today the sky is almost cloudless, bright blue with very little wind,
although there is quite a severe frost, but I am sure this dry albeit cold weather will still draw many keen ardent
anglers out onto the bank to try there luck or in some cases there new Christmas fishing tackle presents, especially
now, as the Xmas holiday break for many is coming to a close.
Myself being a fully developed wimp, as far as cold or wet weather conditions go, still manage to make poor
excuses for not being out there, the latest is, during the warmer months after a day or nights fishing if your like
me I come home, wash the landing net and unhooking mat,  put them out to dry, but then just chuck the rest
of the kit in the shed, so at this time of the year while there is not so much happening in my winter fishing
calendar, it is the ideal time to check and tidy up those tackle bags and any other fishing kit, ready for the spring.

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Tips and Tricks

The Full Blood Knot

A reliable knot for joining
Two length`s of line of the
Same thickness.

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Tips and Tricks

The Knotless knot hair rig

1.  First tie a small loop in the end of your
    hook length line, then thread the line through
   the back of your eyed hook.

2.  Pull the hook length through the eye of the hook
   until the hair hangs at the desired length from the
    bend of the hook. Now hold the hair securely and
   begin whipping the hook length around the hook
    shank and the hair.

3.  Keep the whipping as tight as possible, continue
    whippings down the hook shank until they sit
     adjacent to the point of the hook. Now make one
    final whip up and on top of the previous whippings.
    finally thread the end of the hook  length through the
   back of the hook`s eye once more. Pull and tie to
    your mainline or rig.

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Pull tight, always remember to
Lubricate the line (saliva) before
Pulling tight.

Always remember to lubricate line (saliva) before pulling tight.

Wednesday 7th January,
                                    This January`s weather has already made it into the record books, it has been  the longest
cold spell for over thirty years, that following on from the wettest November on record for three decades, and
now with the whole country covered in a thick blanket of snow, bringing almost all transport to a virtual
standstill, and the daytime temperatures remaining below freezing, the weather forecasters saying that there
is yet more snow still to come, by the end of this week,.
In these conditions it leaves any fishing (certainly in my case) all in the mind, and not on the bank, anyway
I must go back to my hibernation, and continue to dream of March and the spring.