This is my preferred method of fishing, you don't need much kit for starters, always a bonus and what you do need is light-weight and easy to carry.
Any opinions on this over coarse fishing as the ideal method for survival/prep?
cant help much as i have only done sea fishing( off rocks and jetties) in the past, i have a survival fishing kit in my GHB.
Sea fishing, I have done, but not much of and I have no kit for it, but if you live close to the coast, then it's the only type you really need to consider.
we are inland, too far from the sea for it to be worthwhile, i did all my sea fishing when i lived in Plymouth(we left there in 1999), i still have some rods and reels and floats and bits and pieces but dont go anymore...for the above reason.
I used to have a book on Fly Fishing, now who was the author again, oh yes I remember Fly Fishing by J R Hartley
Used to work in a specialist fishing and shooting book shop, we had loads of J R Bloody Hartley's book.
Fly fishing isnt the easiest way to catch fish , in any situation.
Using lures , spinners , spoons , tobys etc is far easier and more effective way I think , and I use both methods currently.
Best way of catching fish cometh the time - is by netting.
Tried weighted nymph "fly" fishing for the first time this weekend.
It was brilliantly effective.
No complicated floats, flies etc., no complex casting. Just a rod and reel, monofilament line and of course a big box of weighted nymphs.
I'll be adding the necessary equipment to our preps as soon as cash permits.
not keen on fish myself but i'll eat anything if i'm hungry but i know my party do so its something i need to consider , BIN and BOL close to our primary rivers on the wirral , both estuaries so sea fishing/saltwater for me when i get round to it.
My apologies if this is slightly off the thread on fly fishing but sea fishing has already come into the conversation and there is a question that's been bothering me for a wee while now...
I live on the coast of North Ayrshire and seafood would seem an ideal source of food for anyone living here but I have the recurring thought that post an event, there would be a huge increase in the volume of effluent entering coastal waters, with treatment stations being under/unmanned or not maintained.
Does anyone know if this would be likely to pose a significantly increased heath risk?