Thread: Fishing tomorrow!

Originally Posted by veitnamcam

Forgive me Neptune for I have sinned.



New rod for the boy to go with his new reel....I snapped the end off his rod (my rod) a while back on a trip when I accidentally hit the auto up on the window and it broke the end.

He likes casting as opposed to sitting waiting with bait so another 2peice soft bait rod is in the line up....on special at burnsco.

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I thought I would have copped some shit for putting a Shimano reel on a Okuma rod.

It is a bit different to the Shimano Nano in tip stiffness and where the power of the rod starts.

The Shimano has around 400-500mm of "tip" that is soft and sensitive and from there on it is a powerful rod where the Okuma is more of a gradual increase of power throughout the rod,Id say it will bend well and give less effective rod length when loaded than the Shimano but still have plenty of power just further down the rod.

I should have added but forgot , probably got something to do with the debrief . But my mate supplied lunch whilst fishing . Cold whitebait patties (a dozen), pickled goose legs (yum) and two mutton birds .

Originally Posted by Munsey

I should have added but forgot , probably got something to do with the debrief . But my mate supplied lunch whilst fishing . Cold whitebait patties (a dozen), pickled goose legs (yum) and two mutton birds .

Pickled goose legs? How? Any good?

Originally Posted by Beaker

Pickled goose legs? How? Any good?

An old timer we know does them , he's lived off the lake (ellesmere) for decades , they are to Die for. Tasted like cold corned beef , but better. I'm trying to get the recipe . His brother used to bone out ducks then pickle them the same way , they where primo to . I want to pickle the duck legs that get wasted when our birds are breasted .

Originally Posted by Munsey

An old timer we know does them , he's lived off the lake (ellesmere) for decades , they are to Die for. Tasted like cold corned beef , but better. I'm trying to get the recipe . His brother used to bone out ducks then pickle them the same way , they where primo to . I want to pickle the duck legs that get wasted when our birds are breasted .

you obviously not fed well enough @Munsey

Originally Posted by Dundee

you obviously not fed well enough @Munsey

Says the man who has to disguise the flavor of anything anything he eats with sugar pumpkin and tomato!

Originally Posted by Munsey

An old timer we know does them , he's lived off the lake (ellesmere) for decades , they are to Die for. Tasted like cold corned beef , but better. I'm trying to get the recipe . His brother used to bone out ducks then pickle them the same way , they where primo to . I want to pickle the duck legs that get wasted when our birds are breasted .

Real keen on hearing about this......

We are all fisherman , in the end we could careless about the brand or style or type so long as you're and he's fishing , you would have got shit if you had replaced the rod with a hand line ...well maybe ...a lot of us grew up hand lining ...and slinging a lure out into the tide and untangling a handline is a art form. Take the boy fishing! Your his dad , that's all he wants!

I've always grown up with mix'n'match fishing gear. No worse than putting an American scope on a Scandinavian firearm.

Both makes likely come out of the same Chinese factory anyway

Ah true true guys.....I must have become a shimano snob somehow.

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Good quality shimano is made in Japan. No idea about the lower grade stuff but it works as well

Originally Posted by Gibo

Good quality shimano is made in Japan. No idea about the lower grade stuff but it works as well

Not sure about that one Gibo. My Big baitrunner reel is made in Malaysia, and every shimma rod I have had has been labeled Chinese.
Okuma are built in Taiwan I believe, and supposedly have very good qual control

Originally Posted by Pengy

Not sure about that one Gibo. My Big baitrunner reel is made in Malaysia, and every shimma rod I have had has been labeled Chinese.
Okuma are built in Taiwan I believe, and supposedly have very good qual control

You are right, China, Malaysia and Singapore. Japanese owned company

Originally Posted by veitnamcam

Ah true true guys.....I must have become a shimano snob somehow.

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Well,bugger me,you'll be drinking with Scully next