What did you do Today 2018

[MWParticipant @mw27036]

I went sea fishing once off the East Anglian coast, near "The Wash", with the lines with all the hooks and weights attached to them, all I got was one measly mackerel and a lot of nausea. T'was a pretty fish though. 

Edited By Michael-w on 09/04/2018 13:21:24

[BazyleParticipant @bazyle]

Daft question but is there a convention whereby every single fishing reel in the world turns the same way to wind in? I can't decide which way I would instinctively turn unlike doing up a screw which seems 'natural' clockwise or is that just decades of training?
I did catch a fish once when a friend insisted I try it but I was better at catching crabs when rowing

[Sam Longley 1Participant @samlongley1]

Posted by Mike on 09/04/2018 11:50:27:

Sam, I used to get the same treatment when I visited my uncle in Perthshire. In the era, angling clubs used to net grayling and coarse fish, and bury thousands of them on the banks. I used to catch a lot on the Isla and, unbeknown to my uncle, I used to put them back. Talking of Intrepid reels, a friend of my wife's gave me an Intrepid fly reel a couple of years ago after she had cleared the house of a deceased relative. Included in quite a collection I acquired was a "proper" Mitchell fixed-spool from the days when they were made in France, and a built cane spinning rod from the same period.

 

My  grandfather would have shot me if i had put a coarse fish back. that was a crime !!!

It is funny how older anglers love their "Mitchells" I went to buy one years ago but compared to a Diawa, at the time for the same price, there was no comparison & I could not see the attraction

My split cane fly rod was presented to me by my grandfather when I was about 12 & was made by Martinez & Bird of Reddich.Still a weapon of choice when i get a chance to go. I think that it is better than my late father's Hardy fly rod which i also have. Purchased about the same time from the shop in Picadilly London.

For years I used to drive past the Hardy museum on the AI & tell my wife I wanted to stop & look round. When one day I finally did, it bored her to tears. Women have no appreciation of the finer things in life.

 

Edited By Sam Longley 1 on 09/04/2018 13:54:49

[MikeParticipant @mike89748]

Bazyle, It depends on whether you prefer to fish with the reel handles on the left or the right. If, like most anglers, you prefer handles on the left, then you turn anti-clockwise.

Sam, I never did like Diawa reels. For me it was Mitchell fixed spools (which I am still using), and ABU made in Sweden multipliers (ditto). I still have three Mitchells ad four ABUs. My fly reels come from a variety of sources, and I used to make my own coarse fishing centre-pins – at first from the crowns of scrap Caterpillar diesel engine pistons, then from a very high grade aluminium bar acquired through a pal who worked in the aerospace industry.

Some time in the early 1970s I borrowed a load of vintage tackle from Hardys for an exhibition I helped put on at a country sports show. Among many interesting things was Hardy's pre-war Zane Grey big-game multiplier. It was huge, made of Monel metal, and seemed to weigh about a ton! Incidentally, if anyone is tempted to build a fly reel or a coarse-fishing centre-pin (and it isn't exactly rocket science) do use aluminium bar stock, and don't be tempted to fabricate one out of plate. Plate always warps and the reel runs out of true – and that's from personal experience. 

 

 

Edited By Mike on 09/04/2018 14:29:37

[MuzzerParticipant @muzzer]

I have fond memories of my late uncle Alec who lived in the Scottish borders near Innerleithen. He used to take us out "guddling" for trout with his bare hands – also known as "tickling" darn sarf. Lean down over the river bank to where the trout are hanging out and tickle them under the belly. Sounds bizarre but they seem to like it. Then when they are all warm and fuzzy, grab them and fling them back over your shoulder, ideally to land on the ground somewhere behind you. Annoyingly, he caught considerably more trout than I ever did, being cursed with a miserable fly and rod. They require things like "skill" and "patience", whatever those are.

He also used to be able to nab pheasants with just a stick. No idea how he got close enough but he managed it regularly.

Murray

[Neil WyattModerator @neilwyatt]

Posted by Bazyle on 09/04/2018 13:44:34:

Daft question but is there a convention whereby every single fishing reel in the world turns the same way to wind in? I can't decide which way I would instinctively turn unlike doing up a screw which seems 'natural' clockwise or is that just decades of training?
I did catch a fish once when a friend insisted I try it but I was better at catching crabs when rowing

I've had ambidextrous reels you can swap the handle on.

[Sam Longley 1Participant @samlongley1]

My uncle was a baliff for most of his life & lived around Galashiels. He always said he could tickle trout, but i never saw it. He did take me fishing on the Till a few times though & he just seemed to always catch fish when others could not. But, like my grandfather, he would only fish at certain times. Sometimes he would go to the river, then just walk away. My grandfather was born a 100 yards from the Beamont & fished it all his life (his grave overlooks the valley) but he was the same. Sometimes he had no interest, then suddenly you could not keep him away from it.

[Sam Longley 1Participant @samlongley1]

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Edited By Sam Longley 1 on 09/04/2018 17:58:01

[Boiler BriParticipant @boilerbri]

Took all the masking tape off my newly re-painted BR1 tender. I can't wait for the paint to set up so i can put all the bits and bobs back on, then a steam test on thursday before travelling to NWME to run Saturday.

Bri

[Mike PooleParticipant @mikepoole82104]

Posted by Muzzer on 09/04/2018 14:25:39:

He also used to be able to nab pheasants with just a stick. No idea how he got close enough but he managed it regularly.

Murray

If they were anything like the pheasants round here they probably just walk up an ask to be hit and if you miss they invite you to have another go. Our roads are pheasant carnage round here and even when they get to safety they double back to make sure you get them. I think pigeons and pheasants must have been at the back of the queue when avian brains were given out. Crows and magpies like to play chicken and hop out of the road at the last second. Pigeons and pheasants make you doubt that Darwin was right. I have lost count of pheasants and pigeons that I have hit but I am still on one crow that I hit on my motorbike, it was a bit messy as it burst and covered my arm and shoulder in giblets yuk.

Mike

[Danny M2ZParticipant @dannym2z]

Fishing talk, I love it.

A short walk down the hill is Lake Hume and five minutes away is the Hume Dam spillway.

By June (winter here) the trout are active in the lake and I usually manage to get a feed using lures or my fly rod. The upper Murray headwaters have some fantastic trout waters and the mountain lakes are even better. Can go all day and only see a few people.

* Danny M *

[Sam Longley 1Participant @samlongley1]

Posted by Danny M2Z on 10/04/2018 01:30:24:

Fishing talk, I love it.

Pornography for the more mature gentleman

Edited By Sam Longley 1 on 10/04/2018 08:32:12

[Rik ShawParticipant @rikshaw]

Spent the last few days and today learning to drive my small new(ishly) acquired CNC mill. Loads of mistakes and polystyrene dust everywhere but I'm getting there.

Rik

Edited By Rik Shaw on 11/04/2018 17:05:47

[Mick HenshallParticipant @mickhenshall99321]

Tried to install a new pond pump 240ac today, when I put a multimeter across the live and neutral pins on the plug found connectivity between the 2 wires, now I am not an electrician but don't think that should be happening. Have asked the supplier for advise by email not heard yet. My son in law is a qualified greeny but on holiday in Malta, anyone remember "Srait Street" aka " The Gut "

Mick

[Speedy Builder5Participant @speedybuilder5]

Mick, I am confused. Do you mean that there is a resistance between the 2 pins on the cable going to the pump. If so, then that is correct. You are measuring the resistance of the field coils inside the pump motor. If there was no resistance, then you will have a problem as it wouldn't work.
BobH

[Neil WyattModerator @neilwyatt]

Posted by Mick Henshall on 11/04/2018 17:41:59:

Tried to install a new pond pump 240ac today, when I put a multimeter across the live and neutral pins on the plug found connectivity between the 2 wires, now I am not an electrician but don't think that should be happening. Have asked the supplier for advise by email not heard yet. My son in law is a qualified greeny but on holiday in Malta, anyone remember "Srait Street" aka " The Gut "

Mick

How powerful is the pump? Anything other than a tiny pump will have few enough ohms between the live and neutral to appear as a short circuit to the average continuity tester.

Neil

[Mick HenshallParticipant @mickhenshall99321]

Okay, as I said not an electrician but seems I'm easily confused, I usually use the meter for continuity cables etc just didn't seem right to my uneducated brain and assumed their was a short somewhere in the cable. Tomorrow I'll try the pump out in a bucket of water don't wanna fry the newts, thanks fellas

Mick

[Mick HenshallParticipant @mickhenshall99321]

Forgot to mention Neil pump flows 1500 litres per hour rated 25 watts

Mick

[ChrisHParticipant @chrish]

"The Gut", Malta, yes, once in about 1970 or very early 1971. Very basic it was, a bit too much so for me, but the Jolly Jack Tars seemed to be enjoying it.

Chris

[SillyOldDufferModerator @sillyoldduffer]

Posted by Mick Henshall on 11/04/2018 17:41:59:

Tried to install a new pond pump 240ac today, when I put a multimeter across the live and neutral pins on the plug found connectivity between the 2 wires

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Mick

Happened to have a small motor and multimeter to hand. Not sure how powerful the motor is, certainly less than 25W. As a rough comparison, it's DC coil resistance is 120Ω, which is quite low. Fingers crossed, I think your pump is OK.

Dave

[Mick HenshallParticipant @mickhenshall99321]

Fingers crossed as well, spent some happy times down the Gut and around Valletta,the islands history is interesting right back to the Knights of St John

Mick (an ex Jolly Jack)

[Ian PParticipant @ianp]

Mick

Firstly if the pump is a new one its unlikely that it is faulty. You say you tested with a multimeter so the reading you get means nothing without knowing what range the meter was set to.

As others have said there has to be something connected between the plug pins for the pump to work and most digital meters will give an Ohms reading if you hold both meter probes because we conduct electricity (if we didn't we would not get electrocuted!)

Ian P

[Neil WyattModerator @neilwyatt]

<edit> Talking rubbish – sorry.

Neil

Edited By Neil Wyatt on 12/04/2018 08:10:00

[Mick HenshallParticipant @mickhenshall99321]

Multimeter on resistance range set on 200 figure gives a reading of 130, the 200 setting I use to test continuity of circuits only hence my confusion I'm not an electrical expert,but I'm glad I asked,thanks gents I will try it tomorrow and let you know how it goes

Mick

[Ian PParticipant @ianp]

Posted by Mick Henshall on 11/04/2018 22:21:39:

Multimeter on resistance range set on 200 figure gives a reading of 130, the 200 setting I use to test continuity of circuits only hence my confusion I'm not an electrical expert,but I'm glad I asked,thanks gents I will try it tomorrow and let you know how it goes

Mick

The good thing is that you dont have a reading of zero. Hopefully your '200' setting is the 200 Ohms range and 130 Ohms sounds about right for a small motor.

If it read 9 Ohms as Neil suggested I'd be concerned.

Ian

Edit. Does the 200 range have a beeper?

Edited By Ian P on 11/04/2018 22:31:50

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