Two trips are documented in this video where on both occasions I used a string of three feathers to target early season mackerel. Later in the season, when more fish are about, I tend to use light spinning gear for these beautiful fish, but with the shoals a little more sporadic this time of year, it's more productive to use feathers. Both trips were successful, and I even managed to fluke a garfish on the first trip. The weather was calm and tranquil, with the gentle lapping of the sea making for a couple of very relaxing sessions. Fried in olive oil and butter with a drizzle of fresh lemon, these mackerel tasted delicious.
Here is my basic feathering set-up
- Cheap snaplock plastic box
- Old shaving foam container for my 3 ounce torpedo weights
- Sets of feathers wound onto rig winders (feathers from the tackle company Shakespeare. I usually use the three string white feathers on 1/0 hooks made with 40 pound line)
- Drennan Greased Weasel yellow shock leader - 40 pound breaking strain
- 12 pound Daiwa longcast main line
- Abu Ambassadeur 5500 C3 multiplier reel
- Conoflex Flattie Fanatic rod
- Yeti Panga 28 bag
- Hessian potato sack to keep the fish fresh
- Swiss army Camper knife
- Rags to keep my hands clean
- Swarovzski EL 8 x 35 binoculars to keep an eye on ocean life
- Cox and Rawle power swivels
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12 сен 2024
