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Post by gavan on Jan 27, 2006 19:41:49 GMT
hello lads...
i am a new member on this salmon forum, i am also new,
to salmon fishing..
i have fished for trout, for years, then progressed to
sea trout, and now , the ultimate..........
i am waiting, right now, for delivery of my new rod,
and reel, and with your'e help, and advice, will be
looking forward, to the coming season......
.....all the best.......gavan...............
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Post by tyneandrew on Jan 27, 2006 20:19:23 GMT
Welcome indeed, where abouts are you planning on fishing this season?
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Post by salmonfly on Jan 28, 2006 8:45:40 GMT
Welcome to the Salmon-forum Gavan.
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Post by fishingd0 on Jan 28, 2006 9:48:17 GMT
welcome to the forum gavan.
What outfit did you go for?
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Post by sagefly on Jan 28, 2006 11:55:03 GMT
G'day gavan,
This salmon fishing can be financially crippling, but what a way to become destitute.
Hope you enjoy the challenge.
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Post by gavan on Jan 28, 2006 13:45:41 GMT
thank you for the welcome lads,,,
the rod i am waiting for, is , an oricle iv, and the reel,
a trion,,
a bit of a quandry about the line though.
the river i go to, is the river wear, in co. durham,
i'd say a medium sized river, so no need for a great
casting distance, i just don't know, whether to go for a
spey line, or a dt. a person i know, who goes to
scotland alot, says, with a dt. you can spey cast, and
also overhead cast, if you wished to. can the same be
done with a spey line....maybe some-one could help,
with advice.............................gavan.................
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Post by fishingd0 on Jan 28, 2006 13:56:02 GMT
Hi there
Good choice of rod. I was realy impressed with it when I tried it out last summer.
You can use a weight forward (spey line) line for both spey casting and overhead.
A WF in my opinion would be your best bet for learning on. Anything with a head length of aroud the 65ft mark. I have seen alot of beginners use th rio windcutter. This line doesn't give the best presentation, however it is very forgiving.
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Post by gavan on Jan 28, 2006 14:12:04 GMT
fishingdo,
thank you for help, i have been looking, at the partridge ian gordon spey, i believe they do
one for beginners, 65ft head... what do you think, i wonder, how much backing i would need,
on the 4' trion.......gavan......................
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Post by fishingd0 on Jan 28, 2006 15:29:06 GMT
Ian's lines are very good value for money and the 65ft head would be fine for beginning with.
They fish very good as a full floating line. However, they can struggle to turn over if you are fishing with heavy tubes or long/heavy sink tips.
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Post by gavan on Jan 30, 2006 17:46:26 GMT
hi owen.
thank's for advice, will do that, when i get the reel.
it is the 2858 by the way...
still waiting for the rod and reel, theyr'e waiting for
delivery of rods........
thanks again...................gavan.................
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Post by munro on Jan 30, 2006 19:10:10 GMT
Gavan - I just loaded a 2858 Trion yesterday with a new line (Ian Gordon).
If you buy a 110 metre spool of Scierra 30 lb breaking strain line (orange) for about £5.99 you will find that it comes up to the bottom of the large holes in the spool which will leave you enough room for your fly line. You should get an Ian Gordon line for the discounted price of £39.99 from many suppliers in T&S- even the Glasgow Angling Centre has reduced theirs from £60 to £39.99 in their "sale" - so don't pay full price.
I've think you made a wise choice in the Oracle-its a great all round rod for the money (It came out top in the Trout & Salmon test last April).
Good luck .
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Post by gavan on Jan 31, 2006 18:11:30 GMT
MUNRO and OWEN,,,,,,
thank you both, for replies and advice,, great help......
..........all the best.......gavan..............
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Post by ceilidh on Feb 9, 2006 14:29:15 GMT
Gavan,
I would agree with all the good advice given above, but would probably opt for the Ian Gordon 65' if I had to stick to one line. If you can stretch to an extra line I would seriously consider one of the multi tip spey lines. They won't cast quite as nicely as the single ones, but still quite well enough for most purposes and they will allow you to cover a number of different water conditions. As FishingDo says, the Rio Windcutter is very forgiving, but they are very expensive compared to some of the other makes. Most of us agree that Airflo floating lines are to be avoided, but I have seen some quite good reports of the Airflo Delta Spey multi tip, though I havn't tried one myself. I see that there are some of these on Ebay at the moment going for less than £20 ( just type 'spey lines' in the search box) and at that price it might be worth a punt!
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