Home Made or Mass produced?

[lukejames]

You like homemade fishing stuff or mass produced.

Do you prefer bait you make and find yourself or bait you buy from your shop

Thanks.

[carping on]

i would rather catch fish with homemade bait! because u feel more chuffed~and its cheper!

i would have added more detail but i was on my psp internet(back on the comp now)

[stephen r]

as for worms i use my own
iv had a womery set up for almost two years now
but when it comes to maggots id just buy them from the shop
with groundbait its a bit of both
if i can be bothered to make my own i will if not il just buy it

[The Cornish Kingfisher]

I always make ground-bait myself.
I always buy my tackle weather it be online or from the shops - never make my own.
I always find the simple biats like worms, sand-eel and crabs etc. myselfy but buy the other ones like squid, octopus and cutllefish etc.
I sea fish, by the way!

[carping on]

fly fishing is hard because you cant really make your own flys!
but some are very cheap
and cornish do you do that watch trick that much?
and lukejames do which do u like best

[madcaravanner]

Originally Posted by carping on

fly fishing is hard because you cant really make your own flys!
but some are very cheap
and cornish do you do that watch trick that much?
and lukejames do which do u like best

I tye 80% of my own flies it's not easy and I've loads of really old books on how to tye the perfect fly pattern

You need loads and loads of kit to do it BUT when you get that really hard fighting Brownie on a fly or lure you tied yourself that's been ignoring all the others anglers shop bought ones it's a really good day

[carping on]

Originally Posted by madcaravanner

I tye 80% of my own flies it's not easy and I've loads of really old books on how to tye the perfect fly pattern

You need loads and loads of kit to do it BUT when you get that really hard fighting Brownie on a fly or lure you tied yourself that's been ignoring all the others anglers shop bought ones it's a really good day

cool cheers i never knew that and i thought i knew a lot bout fly fishing.
you learn somthing every day!
cheers for the info!
but would it be cheaper to actually buy them instead of buying kits?
and i agree you always feel a lot better catching somthing that you made yourself!
pride and acomplishment!

[madcaravanner]

Originally Posted by carping on

cool cheers i never knew that and i thought i knew a lot bout fly fishing.
you learn somthing every day!
cheers for the info!
but would it be cheaper to actually buy them instead of buying kits?
and i agree you always feel a lot better catching somthing that you made yourself!
pride and acomplishment!

You'll find the fly tying kits have the hardware you need

then you need a box to store everything else in

You need
long shank fly hooks
different threads - it's special stuff not sewing thread
then there are coloured varnishes (although I do use nail varnish)
then there's the feathers, Hackles (special feathers from cockerels necks), maribou, glitter, flash, tubing, copper wire, lead wire

Setting up from scratch came be expensive but also awkward best thing is to get a pattern and buy what you need for that one

This is not a promise as I've got lots of stuff on the boil at present but I will find a couple of really old patterns and re-write them on here in a new thread to help you get started

[fishywishy]

i've just been lokking at a fly tying kit.

Fly Shakespeare JRC

don't know how good it is or if its good value.

thanks. fw.

ps. does anybody know if anglingdirect is a good fishing retailer or any other good ones.

[The Cornish Kingfisher]

Originally Posted by carping on

fly fishing is hard because you cant really make your own flys!
but some are very cheap
and cornish do you do that watch trick that much?
and lukejames do which do u like best

Hi. I've only just noticed this post! I SOMETIMES do. But i ussaly buy squid and octopus from a bait shop rather then find them my self- quite expensive, though!