| #1  10-27-2011, 09:48 AM | |||
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| Suggestions plz Hi All I am new here, looks a good friendly forum look forward to chatting to you  I am 28 years old and have been fishing since i was 6 years old both freshwater and sea. my PB freshwater is a 17lb 8oz Common Carp my PB Sea fish is a 9lb 3oz Cod. Im just in the process of buying my son who is 5 his first freshwater setup so am after some suggestions please, do i get him a pole/whip or a rod and reel? also does anyone know any good deals around for a new young angler plz Thank you John     |
| #2 10-27-2011, 10:59 AM | ||||
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| Re: Suggestions plz hi john, as whips up to 8 mtrs are very cheap, could you afford to get him both rod and whip, he would benefit from using both. where will you be fishing ? __________________ good luck and tight lines chris lifes to short for animosity. |
| #3 10-28-2011, 07:43 AM | ||||
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| Re: Suggestions plz Both my son and my daughter started off when they were small on light 5 to 6 metre whips so that they didn’t need to worry about learning to use a reel at first and could concentrate on enjoying catching lots of fish instead of spending most of their time (and my time) sorting out their reel tangles. This was fine for the first season of fishing and kept them very contented catching small Roach, Gudgeon, Bleak, Perch and Dace, and it taught them how to strike, play and land fish plus a bit on loose feeding etc. However; It wasn’t long before my son started to ask for a rod and reel so that he could catch larger fish like the Tench and small Carp he had seen me and others catch in our local lakes, so I had to also buy him a light float rod and reel. If it where me then to start off, I would buy your son a ‘good’ whip, the type that is not elasticated but has a fine flexible tip which bends and is very light which will teach him a little about playing a fish under the rod tip; and a bit on feeding then if he wanted to progress the following year think about getting him a light rod and reel. __________________ My Web Site (The Average Coarse Angler) Happiness is Fish Shaped (It used to be woman shaped but the wifes getting on a bit now) |
| #4 12-25-2011, 11:43 AM | |||
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| Re: Suggestions plz My advice would be to buy him tackle for whatever fish "live" in your neck of the woods and take it from there ! Start letting him fish for "small" stuff as stated above and see how he goes ! Good luck with the tangles ! Ripple. |
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