Post by Speyducer on Nov 5, 2007 16:08:32 GMT
fredo,
I only fished in Scotland for 20 years, between 1973 and 1993, so I may be wrong.
In all that time, I had been told, by other fishermen, that fishing with a float (commonly understood by anglers who have done more than game fishing, as a specific angling accessory or device attached to a fishing line, usually monofilament nylon, which is made of light wood or some other bouyant / floating (lighter than water) material, and is used to suspend some form of bait at a preselected depth in the water, having been counterbalanced by attaching lead or other denser than water material to the bottom of said float or on the line below said float and above the baited hook (hereby allowing the float to 'cock'), the upper section of the float thus sits above the water surface, and that said float is often brightly coloured or painted in that section sitting above the water surface so that the float is a very visible floating indicator. The 'indicator' property comes into its own when a fish takes the baited hook into its mouth, and thereafter the fish may return to its lie, and the floating indicator moves, often under the water, and the float therefore indicates that a fish has taken the bait. The angler lifts the rod, and hopefully hooks the fish) was not permitted for salmon. I had taken what I was told on more than one occasion when I asked, that such float fishing was not permitted for salmon in Scotland.
In all my 20 years fishing in Scotland, I never saw anyone float fishing for salmon. I did see these plastic double-capped water-fillable floating chambers used to cast flies in Loch Awe, but again was warned that it wasn't really allowed either.
However, I must add that I didn't manage to fish every one of the many salmon-holding rivers & lochs in Scotland in those 20 years, having restricted myself to the Tay, Earn, Don, Spey, Tweed, Teviot, Ythan, Leven, Awe, & the Feugh, so I cannot say what other fishermen used on other rivers, nor on the rivers I fished when I wasn't there fishing.
I was never warned that I may have been breaking any law by using a floating fly line, and it would appear that there were quite a few Scottish fishermen who were, and probably are still, blissfully unaware that a floating fly line is a 'float'.
I must admit, I cannot see any mention of float fishing as a restriction on the relevant Scottish Salmon Fisheries Acts, except to say that the central government may devolve such decisions as to specific restrictions or otherwise for rod & line fishing to the individual regional fisheries boards.
Again a mystery unsolved.
May just try the tatties if I ever worm fish in Scotland again, surely no-one would think I was float fishing, ....would they?
Mike
I only fished in Scotland for 20 years, between 1973 and 1993, so I may be wrong.
In all that time, I had been told, by other fishermen, that fishing with a float (commonly understood by anglers who have done more than game fishing, as a specific angling accessory or device attached to a fishing line, usually monofilament nylon, which is made of light wood or some other bouyant / floating (lighter than water) material, and is used to suspend some form of bait at a preselected depth in the water, having been counterbalanced by attaching lead or other denser than water material to the bottom of said float or on the line below said float and above the baited hook (hereby allowing the float to 'cock'), the upper section of the float thus sits above the water surface, and that said float is often brightly coloured or painted in that section sitting above the water surface so that the float is a very visible floating indicator. The 'indicator' property comes into its own when a fish takes the baited hook into its mouth, and thereafter the fish may return to its lie, and the floating indicator moves, often under the water, and the float therefore indicates that a fish has taken the bait. The angler lifts the rod, and hopefully hooks the fish) was not permitted for salmon. I had taken what I was told on more than one occasion when I asked, that such float fishing was not permitted for salmon in Scotland.
In all my 20 years fishing in Scotland, I never saw anyone float fishing for salmon. I did see these plastic double-capped water-fillable floating chambers used to cast flies in Loch Awe, but again was warned that it wasn't really allowed either.
However, I must add that I didn't manage to fish every one of the many salmon-holding rivers & lochs in Scotland in those 20 years, having restricted myself to the Tay, Earn, Don, Spey, Tweed, Teviot, Ythan, Leven, Awe, & the Feugh, so I cannot say what other fishermen used on other rivers, nor on the rivers I fished when I wasn't there fishing.
I was never warned that I may have been breaking any law by using a floating fly line, and it would appear that there were quite a few Scottish fishermen who were, and probably are still, blissfully unaware that a floating fly line is a 'float'.
I must admit, I cannot see any mention of float fishing as a restriction on the relevant Scottish Salmon Fisheries Acts, except to say that the central government may devolve such decisions as to specific restrictions or otherwise for rod & line fishing to the individual regional fisheries boards.
Again a mystery unsolved.
May just try the tatties if I ever worm fish in Scotland again, surely no-one would think I was float fishing, ....would they?
Mike