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Stand-up Fishing
PUMPING A FISH To do the exercise, stand off a reasonable distance from the pulley to flatten the angle of the line to a reasonable level, then start pumping the bucket up off the ground (pic 2). The trick is that the bucket must never be allowed to go down, only up. It's harder than you think, but a bit of practice here will get rid of those split seconds of slack you give a fish; split seconds that often cost you a fish. The trick is to keep even pressure on the rod, same speed on the downward stroke as the upward stroke, plus start to wind the reel handle just before you drop the rod on the forward pump. CLEARING
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FIGHTING FISH Picture (7) shows a quality gimbal apron and kidney harness properly adjusted. With lots of pressure on the line, Peter is able to stand comfortably, resting his arms, yet still applying maximum pressure to the fish. In (8) you can see how relaxed Peter is, but his body weight alone has that rod loaded nicely, and he is, in fact, pulling a 6m boat sideways into a stiff beam wind. Note that Peter is leaning back, with bent knees and straight back and shoulders. |
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SIDE PRESSURE In (9) the correct method of applying side pressure to a fish is demonstrated. It looks awkward with the reel tipped over onto its side like that, but the line has been kept bedded right down into the smooth base of the rollers. When the rod is simply tilted to either right or left, the line moves onto the roller frames shredding the line, and there goes another fish. |
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THE "COME HERE" TECHNIQUE In (11 & 12) we have the final 'Don't Argue' situation, where the rod is fully loaded off the harness, and a single turn of line over the hand facilitates a full lockup on the fish. Remember, you don't have anything like the pressure on your hand with line over the hand with line over the rod that you do on a direct trace grip. If you do this with the double on the reel you can put a huge amount of pressure over a bent rod held at a low angle, it is highly unlikely that the line will break through a bent rod This is a very useful trick when fishing two up in a boat. The driver only leaves the wheel to wield the tag pole. |
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