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Post by skinhead on May 11, 2006 14:09:53 GMT -5
Yesterday evening after work, I decided to have a quick walk along the banks with my 4wt.
Whilst preparing my kit I found that my floatant was missing. Undeterred, I slipped a tin of vaseline in to my pocket as an emergency measure.
As I arrived at the water the storm clouds were already massing, thunder was roling and fish were rising under the trees on the far bank. What they were taking I couldn't tell, so I tied on my banker dry, a haystack variant & gave it a treatment of vaseline. First cast I missed a take. The position of the fish was downstream at about eleven o'clock & fifteen yards. I could get maybe two to three feet drag free. After 10 minutes of cast & re-cast I managed to get a fish to stick, all 9" of it. I moved downstream to a narrow run below a large weir, totally enclosed in a tunnel of trees. Again fish were rising near the opposite bank at approx eight yards. I dried the lucky fly with tissue & re-applied the vaseline. With no back cast, short flicks & rolls were the order of the day. On my fifth roll, 12" of wild brownie took the fly as if it would be his last meal. He was still fighting as I gently released him.
Thanks to vaseline I had twenty minutes of enjoyment until the storm stopped play. The fly was virtually unsinkable. Maybe I'll keep it in my waistcoat for next time. ;D
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Post by tigermoth on May 11, 2006 14:17:17 GMT -5
Yesterday evening after work, I decided to have a quick walk along the banks with my 4wt. Whilst preparing my kit I found that my floatant was missing. Undeterred, I slipped a tin of vaseline in to my pocket as an emergency measure. As I arrived at the water the storm clouds were already massing, thunder was roling and fish were rising under the trees on the far bank. What they were taking I couldn't tell, so I tied on my banker dry, a haystack variant & gave it a treatment of vaseline. First cast I missed a take. The position of the fish was downstream at about eleven o'clock & fifteen yards. I could get maybe two to three feet drag free. After 10 minutes of cast & re-cast I managed to get a fish to stick, all 9" of it. I moved downstream to a narrow run below a large weir, totally enclosed in a tunnel of trees. Again fish were rising near the opposite bank at approx eight yards. I dried the lucky fly with tissue & re-applied the vaseline. With no back cast, short flicks & rolls were the order of the day. On my fifth roll, 12" of wild brownie took the fly as if it would be his last meal. He was still fighting as I gently released him. Thanks to vaseline I had twenty minutes of enjoyment until the storm stopped play. The fly was virtually unsinkable. Maybe I'll keep it in my waistcoat for next time. ;D Great story Skinhead. Shall we start a list? top ten uses for a pot of vaseline? ;D
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Post by The Famous Grouse on May 11, 2006 14:57:51 GMT -5
Thanks to vaseline I had twenty minutes of enjoyment until the storm stopped play. OK, thanks for sharing. That's all the people need to know. Grouse
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Post by skinhead on May 11, 2006 15:26:56 GMT -5
Mr Grouse, I hope you're not implying......
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Post by Braveheart on May 11, 2006 16:05:15 GMT -5
That remids me, when is Brokeback Mountain due for release
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Post by rrw35 on May 11, 2006 16:30:55 GMT -5
Gay bloke goes into a chemists and asks for a large tub of Vaseline. Chemist asks.."Is it for cuts"? Guy replies... "Tee hee hee, no, its for chaps"!!
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Post by Sewinman on May 11, 2006 17:23:14 GMT -5
Last years winter Dee meet - I will always remember the look on TP's face when Chris appeared from his car with a pot of vaseline and some surgical gloves! I must say my jaw rather clenched too! Apparently it keeps the hand warm (!) whilst maintaining 'feel'. Those poor, poor, Surrey girls (boys?).
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Post by Braveheart on May 11, 2006 17:27:32 GMT -5
The ********* *** carries a pot of Vasaline in his car The mind boggles
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Post by Sewinman on May 11, 2006 17:34:51 GMT -5
I was more suprised by the surgical gloves...but maybe that is just me! ;D
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Post by The Famous Grouse on May 11, 2006 20:43:18 GMT -5
Last years winter Dee meet - I will always remember the look on TP's face when Chris appeared from his car with a pot of vaseline and some surgical gloves! I must say my jaw rather clenched too! Apparently it keeps the hand warm (!) whilst maintaining 'feel'. Those poor, poor, Surrey girls (boys?). Yah, I remember Chris telling us about this, erm, technique in a thread about how to keep hands warm in the winter. Just the thought of standing there in the car park saying, "Hey boys, hang on. I gotta get lubed up with Vasaline and put on some rubber gloves," had me doubled over laughing. Grouse
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Post by Braveheart on May 12, 2006 1:39:10 GMT -5
Just the thought of standing there in the car park saying, "Hey boys, hang on. I gotta get lubed up with Vasaline and put on some rubber gloves," GROUSE !!! you p I think I need say no more.
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Post by Dom on May 12, 2006 1:53:44 GMT -5
You may well laugh, but I bought some surgical gloves for winter fishing, and whilst your hands do get a bit sweaty, they do work (not tried the vaseline though). In fact I forgot that they were in my fishing vest, and when a pair fell out whilst looking for a leader, I at least got a bit more room on the bank (with all other anglers backing away from me wearily )
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Post by dumpy on May 12, 2006 2:19:34 GMT -5
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Post by sage on May 12, 2006 3:50:56 GMT -5
Hi All On more serious note, lipcil and the grease in your skin from your forehead and behind your ears will make a fly float. Not much good for your river side parties, but Ok for fishing
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Post by skinhead on May 12, 2006 15:14:40 GMT -5
I'm glad I'm not the only one with alternative uses for vaseline. ;D
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