Elastics for F1s + the odd bonus Carp

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- 18/01/2011 at 5:47 pm #44126
  TF_drawbag1967
  Advice needed, was going to use 5 Latex for this time of year but is this too light.
- 18/01/2011 at 5:58 pm #128830
  TF_NathanWatson
  10 – 12 Middy for me as long as they are decent F1s? If smaller, then 8 – 10.
- 18/01/2011 at 6:16 pm #128831
  TF_Smed
  yeah 5 latex is prob too light
  maybe get away with a 8 latex + pullabung
  depends on what size
- 18/01/2011 at 6:17 pm #128832
  smith7474
  @NathanWatson wrote:
  
  10 – 12 Middy for me as long as they are decent F1s? If smaller, then 8 – 10.
  
  10 to 12 for me also. use it for all my winter carp work .landed doubles on it with a pulla bung.
- 19/01/2011 at 11:28 am #128946
  Giles1
  Participant
  Stick to solid elastics.. A number 8 latex is all I have ever used for skimmers and f1s plus it gives you the chance of landing doubles if they turn up. You don’t need pulla bungs as it only makes the fish fight harder and you run the risk of losing your bonus fish. Just keep it simple
- 19/01/2011 at 12:48 pm #128958
  TF_dirkdiggler
  @Giles1 wrote:
  
  Stick to solid elastics.. A number 8 latex is all I have ever used for skimmers and f1s plus it gives you the chance of landing doubles if they turn up. You don’t need pulla bungs as it only makes the fish fight harder and you run the risk of losing your bonus fish. Just keep it simple
  
  how does a piece of plastic make fish fight harder and make it more likely you will lose a bonus fish?
  
  think of the pulla bung as a safety belt approach i,e i use doubled up five on a pulla bung which is superb but the pulla bung remains redundant unless the fish makes a lunge under the peg or for a marginal snag then you can steer it away with the pulla bung, whereas if you don’t use a pulla bung you will just watch the fish swim under whichever snag it chooses and then see you off?
  annoying if it costs you a match eh?
- 19/01/2011 at 1:25 pm #128960
  TF_NathanWatson
  @dirkdiggler wrote:
  
  @Giles1 wrote:
  
  Stick to solid elastics.. A number 8 latex is all I have ever used for skimmers and f1s plus it gives you the chance of landing doubles if they turn up. You don’t need pulla bungs as it only makes the fish fight harder and you run the risk of losing your bonus fish. Just keep it simple
  
  how does a piece of plastic make fish fight harder and make it more likely you will lose a bonus fish?
  
  think of the pulla bung as a safety belt approach i,e i use doubled up five on a pulla bung which is superb but the pulla bung remains redundant unless the fish makes a lunge under the peg or for a marginal snag then you can steer it away with the pulla bung, whereas if you don’t use a pulla bung you will just watch the fish swim under whichever snag it chooses and then see you off?
  annoying if it costs you a match eh?
  
  Or just add sections on! Save you a fortune in elastic not using a pull bung!
- 19/01/2011 at 1:41 pm #128961
  TF_JohnH
  The basic principle here is the harder you pull the harder the fish will fight.
  Try to use light gear and coax the fish in as that way you can use light set ups which will undoubtably catch you more fish.
- 19/01/2011 at 2:06 pm #128962
  TF_dirkdiggler
  (quote)
  Or just add sections on! Save you a fortune in elastic not using a pull bung![/quote]
  
  what Â£2.50 for doubled up preston flouro?
  you are having a laugh aren’t you?
  
  (quote)
  The basic principle here is the harder you pull the harder the fish will fight.
  Try to use light gear and coax the fish in as that way you can use light set ups which will undoubtably catch you more fish.
  
  so you would say that doubled up 5 (which equates to a solid 8)with the option to use a pulla bung if need be is too much then?
  undoubtably catch more fish?
  you stick with your method i’ll stick with mine then.
- 19/01/2011 at 2:15 pm #128964
  TF_NathanWatson
  Just throwing money away in my opinion! Why not use a single 8? And it will last a lot longer with a winder bung, some of mine are 14 years old!
- 19/01/2011 at 2:17 pm #128965
  TF_Anthonywaters
  Participant
  White hydro or new pink hydro, Hydro lasts 5 years so good value for money.
- 19/01/2011 at 2:25 pm #128969
  TF_Smed
  14 years lol! you tight get! lol
  
  each to there own i say
  different anglers use different ways to play fish, i think myself im a bit clumbsy and heavy handed, so for open water i like to use as light as elastic as i can/dare and as soon as i hook a fish, ship back to my top two and play em on a pull bung, i think this is best FOR ME!, but see lots of anglers waving there pole all over the place and adding sections on etc etc, that doesnt work FOR ME! lol
- 19/01/2011 at 4:16 pm #128974
  TF_NathanWatson
  @Anthonywaters wrote:
  
  White hydro or new pink hydro, Hydro lasts 5 years so good value for money.
  
  Saw a bloke use pink hydro a few weeks ago, froze and snapped 1st time out! I use solid by the way at about Â£1 per top kit and that lasts 14 years. Hydro is Â£15 and lasts 4 you say. I know which sounds best value to me!~clap
- 19/01/2011 at 4:35 pm #128977
  TF_Anthonywaters
  Participant
  Nathan I remember you on peg 41 I think on Polly, Keenets festival 2005 you were next to me I remember you cursing when your elastic snapped costing you an 8 lb carp It not always a good thing saving money !
- 19/01/2011 at 4:36 pm #128978
  TF_Anthonywaters
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  Nathan I remember you on peg 41 I think on Polly, Keenets festival 2005 you were next to me I remember you cursing when your elastic snapped costing you an 8 lb carp It not always a good thing saving money !
- 19/01/2011 at 4:39 pm #128980
  TF_NathanWatson
  Works out cheaper in the long run! As said though, even new elastic can snap! I do check it regularly now. Can’t remember the day, who caught the most and did it cost me a place?
- 19/01/2011 at 4:53 pm #128983
  TF_JonniTimms
  I use a double 5 or 11h for f1’s
- 19/01/2011 at 10:19 pm #129043
  TF_breamgod
  Participant
  i use a single preston 5 at this time of year cause if u bump f1s in yer peg it could me
  an that was yer last bite your not going to catch mega weights at the moment so why lose the chance of no weight at all and if u hook a lump then take yer time to get it in dont forget 1 lump could equal 1hr of fishing for f1s
- 19/01/2011 at 11:21 pm #129046
  TF_MarcRodger
  When we was kids back in the kingfisher days Nathan used the elastic out of his dads pants
  Trust me… I think he lost his last load in his 2nd fish o final when it snaped and a carp swam off with it. He was looking for weeks after in reeds and things at hayfield but had no joy, VERY SAD TIMES FOR HIM but now he uses the elastic from his own pants TRUE STORY….
  BY MARC RODGER…
- 20/01/2011 at 9:39 am #129059
  Giles1
  Participant
  Why fish with elastics that are so soft you need to strip it all out to control fish? Surely someone is missing the point here?
- 20/01/2011 at 10:05 am #129061
  TF_yorkshire
  @Anthonywaters wrote:
  
  Nathan I remember you on peg 41 I think on Polly, Keenets festival 2005 you were next to me I remember you cursing when your elastic snapped costing you an 8 lb carp It not always a good thing saving money !
  
  BIG LOL
  
  im using pink J Range Lastix, works really well for F1’s, landed a 12lb also on it and im sure it didnt know it was hooked.
  If carp do turn up, i would step up to a yellow.
- 20/01/2011 at 11:15 am #129070
  TF_MarcRodger
  PANTS ELASTIC (TRUST ME)FROM BHS
- 20/01/2011 at 12:01 pm #129073
  TF_gis9
  I”m with Giles on this one . Anglers are using pulla kits with light elastics and lighter lines, hooks etc but surely this isn”t balanced tackle when you pull out a length of elastic when playing fish .
- 20/01/2011 at 12:17 pm #129076
  TF_mickeym
  Pulla kits are just personal preference, but being able to fish lighter hooklengths and lighter elastics reduces hook pulls. If you hit into a lump you can easily control the fish, something you would struggle to do without a pulla kit. I have pulla kits on the majority of my kits and you dont always need to use them, there used as and when needed.
- 20/01/2011 at 5:12 pm #129104
  Anonymous
  blue and white hydro on pull bungs.
- 20/01/2011 at 6:27 pm #129119
  TF_dave brittain
  Middy Pink 12-16 Hollow Core with a puller bung. It’s a lot softer than it’s rating and will handle carp up to double figures without too many problems.
  
  You do need to use a puller bung as it does stretch a long way.
- 20/01/2011 at 11:36 pm #129160
  TF_MarcRodger
  PANTS
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