OFD kicking in adi!

using .50 cal and i don see any left overs

yeah~! n it is still tuesday

thanks for the explaination, now i understand.

do u have any rough idea on what kind of fishing you want to do?

luring will cost a bomb. usually those lures catch more humans than fish... haha...

ohhh so truuuuuuuue ....

reminds me of catching my friend with a spoon standing right behind me...

please be reminded that over here, there are too much poisons, just be aware, lol
start with normal spinning bottom, go paypond first, b4 u venture into lures and stuff.. seriously..
oh btw, did anyone mention softbait to him? LOL

hmmm ...

mebbe .... get a coupla poppers, pencils and shallow cranks ... get R2S or strike pro or vibrax blue fox stuff ... not expensive ... say rm8-15/each

with that one rod, try out the above as well as some white 2-3-inch grub with EWG jigheads ... 1pkt grub rm12-15, the jig hooks less than rm15/pkt of 4-5pcs

bottom is relatively cheap with see-hum, earthworms, fish fillet, shrimp, squid, tow foo, chicken feed, roti canai, special mixture feeds ... wotever works
cube bread, spray some pandan flavouring, sun dry the bread and you're good to go
live shrimp at (saltwater) payponds are usually rm1/each

some swivels, snap locks, hooks .... i encourage Street to learn some basic knots ... animatedknots.com is pretty handy
the palomar, snell, clinch & improved clinch, loops will see you through
albright, improved albright and FG are quite multipurpose ... good for fresh & salt
i surrender with the bimini
practising with thicker lines help ... when tying hooks, stick something onto the eye (of the hook) to avoid an accident as you may not be used to it yet
that said ... heheheheheh ...

some swear by the uni and uni-to-uni or blood knot
i asked wifey to help by holding one end while i hold the other .. then pull steadily
same thing again but with sudden jerk instead (hands were towel wrapped at all times)
with differing line strengths ... at all times, the line broke ... but the FG did not fail
from then on, it's mainline>FG>leader without fear, of snap or swivel hitting the guide if i reel in fast, anymore

This post has been edited by acheong7: Feb 26 2013, 03:50 PM

1 year into this hobby, and i'm only using 3 knots, palomar, uni and fg.

me 5 years liao still using 3 only .... haha.... improved clinch, albright & FG , overhand knot (to make loop) don't count la.....keke

chun Posted Today, 05:55 PM

QUOTE(inv @ Feb 26 2013, 05:07 PM)
1 year into this hobby, and i'm only using 3 knots, palomar, uni and fg.

me 5 years liao still using 3 only .... haha.... improved clinch, albright & FG , overhand knot (to make loop) don't count la.....keke[/QUOTE]

me no idea what name of the knot i using... use what i learn from unker unker...but definately no fg knot...see on web but still dont know how to tie one...

This post has been edited by hamstrex: Feb 26 2013, 06:01 PM

GT better than FG. Hehehe
Uni, double uni, Palomar, loop knot & Albright are my usuals.

so early ada posting....heheh...


congrats bro Dan.... father liao....

Congrats!!!

The term better is quite subjective.
I find gt knot is more bulky than fg knot, snagging during cast, hence it is not exactly better. A properly tied fg knot have the same strength as a gt knot as well.

yup, keyword is "properly tied" .... fg knot so far have not failed me.... even 7kg ebek also still ok.... keke

This post has been edited by chun: Feb 27 2013, 03:00 PM

ahhhh ... felicitations and cigars are in order?

congratulations,bro and welcome to daddyhood

tying FG has been relatively simple after finding a few youtube vids
secret is in keeping the lines tight as you go along