hahaha....picture tells a thousand words

just noticed that the toman head is about the size of my face......!!

but it's more wider

Bro Voon, yes i fish every weekends...about 45 weekends over 52 weeks in a year

Bro Voon,

Usually i travel outstation every weekend Otherwise, some of our local dam.

Yesterday was at the lake beside MRR2 Ampang...landed a toman about 3kg using poppers

No pictures as not bringing my camera yesterday. Fishing time was from 5pm to 7pm

Hi Bro Voon,

Yes it's the one beside the MRR2 highway.

5~7pm is not night la.. evening

Bro Titan, yes i do have those as well...

i got few which is made of spoon(our eating spoons) then grind it nicely and ensure that it swings better than a hawaiian chick....LOL

also did my own spinner bait using rounded door knobs, i also did my own lures.. mostly is poppers and crank baits.

bro Titan,
Well, it pays when your homemade lure kena strike and landed a fish isnt?

Trot,
Great~!
Where are you now? back in homeland?

Thanks Wiz!

all went fishing ka?? hahahah

bro nicotine....the toman was last week ler..

no lar...i do freelance to design websites as well..

those are my simple works....nothing to shout about

bro Btat, nope, we are not going to overnight.. , the budget is not really that expensive if it's around locale.

For your BC (Baitcast), it's the entry level of Abu 2006 BC design. I'm waiting for the Abu Revo STX which havent reach to our shores yet.

I have a write up regarding how to operate the BC to avoid birdnest(CBH = Char Bee Hoon) and to get the optimal distance with BC casting.

Let me find it and post it here.

guys, i would like to make a correction of understanding here...

RIG is the method to tie your line to your bait...
Example for bottom fishing
1:mainline-->snap+swivels--> leader line--> small split shot--> hooks
2:mainline+running sinker--> snap +swivels--> leaderline--> hooks
3: mainline--> snap + swivels + clipping a apollo weight-->leader line --> hooks

The above mentioned is RIG

For fishing gears it's called setup or sets. Hope this clarifies


Btat, i see a surecatch tournament there....heheheh the rest i tatao...yet to get the tutorial for BC as i posted it at some forum, and i am unable to log in now

BTW, try adjusting your magnetic brakes to 10

BC is something fun to learn with, and honestly, it's not as easy as we thought comparo to spinning sets.

Do join me for some fishing trips and i guide you more on utilising the BC

Now to set the right magnetic setting.
Tie to a 8grams lure(practically anything above 6cm is 7~8grams), then set your magnetic brake is set to 10, and your tension knob(the stupid nut that Bro Chun lost it) to ensure the spool doesnt move sideways. I'll explain more on that later stage. The tip here is, as you cast, notice your lure....as it's about to touch the water, use your thumb to stop the spool fully. Otherwise, due to the sudden change of speed at your spool, the spool will overrun and cause you CBH.

Then make a swing of, back to front with a minimal strength swing. You should be reaching 10m~15m. Do that for 5 times....

Then adjust your magnetic brakes to 8, and do the same strength swings again x 5. You should be getting 20m averagely....

Keep adjust the magnetic drag to lower the brakes(DO NOT PUT 2 or 0), until you get some CBH. NOW, the trick here is, tighten abit of your tension knob. Cast again for 5 times.....it's either getting lesser CBH or no CBH at all....if no CBH meaning that you have set the right setting for yourself. Otherwise, loosen the tension knob a little and adjust your magnetic brake +1 degree. Keep testing it again.

REMEMBER NOT TO CAST TOO HARD YET! Increase your casting strength bit by bit...educate your thumb to stop the spool at the right point



TENSION KNOB 101.

The tension knob is being used to tightened the movement of the spool by limiting the movement of the spool shaft.

See graphic below.( |-| is spool, >>> is the spool shaft and |o is the tension knob)

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||))))))))))||>>>>>>>>>>>> |o

............

Usually this is the stock or as new setting. In such if you noticed that the spool shaft is not touching/connected to the tension knob at all. In such way, it's either using magnetic brake or centrifugal brake to slow down the inertia of the spool gradually. But sometimes caused a minimal CBH. The spool will be able to move left and right bits.

............

||))))))))))||>>>>>>>>>>>>|o

............

Now, adjust the tension knob slowly to ensure that the tension knob touches the shaft a little bit.(HOW THE HECK I AM ABLE TO SEE THE CONECTIVITY OF THE SHAFT AND THE TENSION KNOB?????). This is how you check.
1: Tightened the knob bit and bits...
2: Then use your thumb to try to move spool to the left and right. If it moves, repeat step 1, until there are bit of movement.

yesss! found the article.....

just read it and i hope you get the idea...

otherwise...page me!

this is where i got my article from
http://www.zerotohundred.com/newforums/sho...=1293&page=1115

bro Btat,

Stella is one hell of a good reel...be expected to pay about 2k++

guy, Kelong paradise is located at sabak bernam...a good place to practise surf casting too...

it is very spacious and it includes your meals...if you are fishing at the base deck, it's spacious and cooling....best to enjoy your trip there with loads of beers...

Need not to be proud...we are all anglers...and anglers do share..

You can search for more articles that i wrote there...just a short note but kinda lengthy type

Loads of tips on lure and BC related

So did you manage to cast your BC correctly now?

Bro IceCube,
I'm a fulltime fisherman partime worker la...hehehe

I work in a bank for weekdays job and at night is all my freelance websites thingy.

You firstly have to understand the kelong position.

Do you know that the kelong is actually situated in the middle of the current runway??

Example.....
High tide

>>>>>>>||kelong||>>>>>>>>>


Low tide

<<<<<<<||kelong||<<<<<<<<<


So just follow the tide and you will be fine.

For grouper & telinga gajah, you have to be equipped with heavier arsenals, cos you will be fishing under the tiang areas. In such if the fish takes the bait, you have to strike with a split second. Otherwise, you line will be rubbing against the tiang and there are alot of barnicles.

for kurau and senangin, you might wanna use apollo jig number 14~18. Target area is the staircase. As we docked, we walked up the staircase, then to lower deck we turn right, to upper deck we go furthur straight. In this case, you turn right and fish from the bridge. BTW, under the docking staircase got loads of telinga gajah as well.

What do you mean bawal and GF as well?? Where to 'fish' your gf issit?? in the room la of course...~!! huahuahuahuahua

For pari, you know where to get them rite?


Btat,
for BC casting, it's always practise to perfect. There are alot of factor which you can cast with a BC, with or without wind. BC can also reach alot of snaggy areas with the slightest pitching. I believe alot of anglers do debate about this.

Hi FeverBoy, since the author of this thread didnt say anything, allow me to welcome you to the world of angling. Please do not hesitate to ask us if there are any doubts. Again, welcome to the angling world and hope that you practise catch and release too.

This post has been edited by rorytate: Oct 2 2006, 01:42 PM