Image above: Homemade Hand Line
A little while ago we spent a few days in Wales trying to
look for a future. We stayed with couple who were friends of a friend in a converted
barn. As a thank you present I got
together a hand line as the guy had said he had a small boat but he didn`t go
fishing. The hand line handle I routed out of oak and used an old cork place
mat to create a hook hold while it is being stored. The feather rig I tied from
holographic curling ribbon and the weight is one I cast in the small video I made
(see earlier post).
I had forgotten that I had once done a bit a hand lining
many years ago while holidaying in Devon. I paddled across a wide bay and about
half a mile out the line I was towing cut through a shoal of mackerel and the
rest was history. Despite the obvious advantages
of a rod it is still dull compared to the urgency that hand holding a line gives.
If you are looking for some feather rigs for the summer influx
of mackerel or a bit of Pollock fishing follow the link below. These are rigs I
hand tie from designs I have used for
the last few years to take a few thousand fish.
