HELP!!!!!!!! I've lost my last set of favorite feathers

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johnston · #1 Post by **johnston** » Wed Aug 01, 2007 8:59 pm

Can anyone help me find my favorite feathers lost my last set last night. pesky weed:P

anyways there was 2 types one was a white feather with silver strands and a red powder coated hook never had any luck with them and still got a few sets :(

BUT!!!!! the other ones were sorta shrimp like looking yellowie foil and silver on a yellow powder coated hook. where kinda deadly don't think i ever blanked around dusk with them and were always my secret last resort and always managed to tease the pollock seemingly out of nowhere.

anybody got any ideas or am i just gonna have to resign myself to being beaten in the numbers game.

#2 Post by **Eoghan** » Thu Aug 02, 2007 3:13 pm

Ah.....every mackie bashers worst nightmare.........!

Closely followed by "Crack off's" and "Running out of 4oz bomb weights"

Im sure Lidl/Aldi will have some in again next June...!
I wouldnt worry, you only have about 3 weeks of fishing left for the year anyway...! :wink:

#3 Post by **Seaniebo** » Thu Aug 02, 2007 3:34 pm

johnston your best bet is probably having a look on some of the online British and Irish tackle shops to see if they have them on display. Try Veals, summerlands, gerrys of morecambe, henrys etc.

johnston · #4 Post by **johnston** » Thu Aug 02, 2007 8:31 pm

got them for the mackies couple of years ago but havent been out for mackrel since.

just kept them for the pollock which their absolute demon for even if you cut them up to just 1 lure

#5 Post by **MAC** » Fri Aug 03, 2007 9:16 am

Hey Johnston,

Try the Shamrock Tackle Mardi Gras rig..... I have been using it lately, and have had plenty of Pollock and some Coalfish aswell. Tie the rig onto your rod with the blue feather on the bottom..... The better Pollock normally fall to this feather. The Rig will also catch Macks as well.

Kev

#6 Post by **petekd** » Fri Aug 03, 2007 1:03 pm

If its pollack you're after and feathers are your method, the absolute best I ever tried from the shore was a rig that had a mix of red and yellow feathers together on each hook with a few strands of tinsel through it. Where I used to fish in Co. Clare you would only pick up mackerel on standard mackie type rigs, put the red and yellow on and you were all of a sudden lifting into Pollack.....FWIW...

#7 Post by **mickeyfish** » Fri Aug 03, 2007 2:53 pm

The second rig you are describing sounds like a blitzer rig made by shakeshere i know these are available in southside tackle in dublin, the first rig you described is also a shakespere rig, i have some in my box iTS A CRIMSON JIG LURE

regards

mickeyfish

johnston · #8 Post by **johnston** » Fri Aug 03, 2007 8:49 pm

thats them if their shakespere how come no one keeps them at least i know what to ask for

i always take all the card board of mine before they go into the tackle bag and had forgotten their details.

mickey you are an absolute gem have you ever had any luck with the red ones??

#9 Post by **daithi** » Sat Aug 04, 2007 10:31 am

i was talkin to a chap yesterday, he said he takes those red hook traces apart and puts the hook on the back of a kilty lure instead of the treble hook. a killer for the bass he reckoned.

dave

johnston · #10 Post by **johnston** » Sat Aug 04, 2007 8:36 pm

ohhh thats puttin ideas into my head any bass on antrim coast anywhere??

#11 Post by **Jonny** » Sun Aug 05, 2007 8:27 am

Jims are selling the Blitzer traces for 59p each.

Heres the link [url]http://www.jims.org.uk/fishing/traces-c.htm[/url]

johnston · #12 Post by **johnston** » Sun Aug 05, 2007 9:30 am

the da in law been talkin about comin out with us with his fly rod for a bit o craic would these work on the end of it??

#13 Post by **Jonny** » Sun Aug 05, 2007 9:35 am

Yes,would work fine as both the traces your looking for are made with eyed hooks. I've bought the same two traces for just that reason.