Rain stopped play...

[KeithB]

Not the weather for painting today so we had a trial fit of Bert's winter project:







Very impressive!

[mag53]

Not the weather for painting today so we had a trial fit of Bert's winter project:







Very impressive!

Is Bert "Albert Gray"?

[KeithB]

Yes mate, username Tadpoleman on here

[Norman]

There will be no mackerel left for anyone else 😀
A man after me own heart lol throw everything into it ..... Superb Bert , absolute class, and well made 10/10

Norm

[mag53]

Yes mate, username Tadpoleman on here

Small World. Went to school with him, Cleadon Park and went out on his dads boat a few times during the early 80's. I'll drop him a line.

[The Great Wallsendo]

Will swap beer for bait in future

We'll all meet up at number 9 to swap

Awesome contraption

[codhw]

Class bit of kit, top drawer as per usual, but dont let the green eyed monsters see or they will have it banned

[Stephen]

Class bit of kit, top drawer as per usual, but dont let the green eyed monsters see or they will have it banned

The drums will be banging this week codhw not be about MG

Not a club boat so do what you want I say but ya nah what there like! Lol


Nice one Bert. transferable I hope for a small fee

[splishspash]

great work bert very professional

looking great bert, I seen one of these on geordie dicksons artillerty man 3
many moons ago,are you rigging a couple of upright rollers inbetween the two main ones to feed the line through so it rips out the hooks and makkies will drop into boxes below?

[KeithB]

The mackerel hit the two bars at the front and drop off Bryan.

It's not much different (just more sturdy) than a one a lad on the quay bought costing £400 plus.

[splishspash]

aye see them now keith.cream crackered off first days fishing,my excuse and sticking too it. lol.

[Codfather]

Looks very gurd'y 😃
Home made daylights ?

[KeithB]

Of course Martin

[Tadpoleman]

Well we will see if it does what its supposed to do ! ive knocked a trace up with 25 hooks on (not the usual daylites tho) been playing about with new materials and white shrink tube ! we will see how it goes !
Mag53 so you went to Cleadon Park and fishe with me dad ,,,,,,,err my memory aint what it used to be, i was a canny fisherman in them days when there was plenty bigguns about
This contraption has caused me some sleepless nights so it better be worth it otherwise its going sperrrrlash !

[Tadpoleman]

I forgot to mention its a Belt Gurdy which basically means that the mackerel lures on the string get sandwiched between a layer of plastic as you reel them onto the reel ,this stops them from hooking onto each other when you let them back out for another trip down ,it also has a locking device that enables you to set it at a certain depth without it free spooling to the bottom which other gurdys don't have ,its just a bait catcher because ower in-house bait catcher is getting on a bit now and has got the taste for cod now (he recons )
Ive got a few types of trace tied up and recon that a 3lb weight should keep everything in order with 25 hook ,so we will see soon enough if its a grafter or not ,,,,,,,even tied up some cod traces for "MANIC" when the time is right