salmondan
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Post by salmondan on Jun 15, 2013 0:12:24 GMT
Does anyone have any idea if night vision goggles would disturb sea troots? How do fish 'see' at night? Would infrared light from a small monocular be as intrusive as some great galoop blundering around with a fifty billion lumen ubertorch (as found in bp filling stations nationwide)?
What is it about red light instead of white light, Falkus seemed to think there was some validity in it. (Same question really but involving red bulbs as opposed to infra red light).
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herbie29
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Post by herbie29 on Jun 15, 2013 6:55:40 GMT
It takes around 1/2 hr for your night vision to work at its best any time you see any light other than red it will take another 1/2 hr to work properly. I think you would be better to go out in the countryside at night more often without any for of light and get your self in the way of seeing in the dark as we are over reliant on light to see. You would be better to arrive at your intended fishing location before it gets dark and only use light as a last resort. As for night vision goggles I know the early ones if they were used for to long damaged your eyes but not sure of the new ones. Better to stick to the mark one eyeball without artificial light as often as possible.As for the seatrout and red light I would just work to the assumption that they can see any light.
Herbie
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Post by sinkingtip on Jun 15, 2013 8:59:18 GMT
Hi Dan - save your money and buy a decent bottle of nips instead.
At the time of year you will be fishing it never actually gets dark. I fished the other night and only had to use my torch once - and that was to select a new fly. Tying knots can be done against the backdrop of the sky - line.
As herbie quite rightly says, just rely on your natural night vision and avoid exposing yourself to any form of un-natural light - car interior lights being the worst offenders.
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salmo
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Post by salmo on Jun 15, 2013 11:03:32 GMT
Does anyone have any idea if night vision goggles would disturb sea troots? How do fish 'see' at night? Would infrared light from a small monocular be as intrusive as some great galoop blundering around with a fifty billion lumen ubertorch (as found in bp filling stations nationwide)? What is it about red light instead of white light, Falkus seemed to think there was some validity in it. (Same question really but involving red bulbs as opposed to infra red light). You can buy red filters for some torches. These can be used at night and do not disturb fish. More importantly your eyes do not need to adjust to zero light when you turn it off.
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salmondan
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Post by salmondan on Jun 15, 2013 16:52:49 GMT
Hehe 'tip, I wouldn't waste my hard earned, I'd rather buy a decent dram any day (surely you know me well enough to know this!!) I was only really asking because "Father of Dan" has one (no idea why) and asked if I wanted to borrow it. The thing that worried me about it was as I asked, whether it would disturb the fishies in the same way a normal torch. Looking at the thing just now, it appears to be a "Low Light Amplification Module", kinda like the "starlight cameras" that the BBC used on that programme I only watched once as opposed to an infra red torch. Salmo/herbie, I've got a red torch which will come in useful, recently purchased for the sole purpose of night fishing. All I need now is a ciggy lighter that won't burn me when I ignite the deathsticks with my eyes closed. May have to consider chain smoking to avoid the naked flame blindness.
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Post by sinkingtip on Jun 15, 2013 21:51:40 GMT
I was only really asking because "Father of Dan" has one (no idea why) and asked if I wanted to borrow it. All I need now is a ciggy lighter that won't burn me when I ignite the deathsticks with my eyes closed. May have to consider chain smoking to avoid the naked flame blindness. Tell him "thanks but no thanks". I have a small mini 'Magi Lite' which has served me well for many years. Regardless of what kind of torch / light you might use you would NEVER (doesnt matter if it's red, yellow, ultra violet, infra red or purple)fire it up at the side of a pool. You would walk a reasonable distance back from the riverbank, kneel down with your back to the river and use your body mass to shield any light. As far as 'snout' goes, same rules apply although you can puff away whilst fishing if you sheild your snout in a cupped hand - like you used to do when the geography teacher was on the playground prowl back in the day. Guys who have 'done time' will know what I mean.
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salmondan
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Post by salmondan on Jun 15, 2013 22:54:18 GMT
NEVER fire it up at the side of a pool. sheild your snout in a cupped hand Sound advice. I'll let nature's night vision take the helm. As far as Geography teachers go, they were the easy ones. The PE teacher was the hardest to hide the smoking from, always favourable to get a note from mum ensuring you got to be "the kid at the far end of the field to mug the ball from the railway cutting when the greedy kid had a crack at goal from the halfway line " ! I digress...
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