View from your bivvy door.

[kevtaylor]

8 hours ago, yonny said:

Have you tried a Tufty Torch Kev? I've just got one and it works well.

Yes mate was using it, sometimes works amazingly - sometimes not at all it's a weird one with those.  Firing out an empty spomb works but last resort which is why I went to feeding them floaters instead.

Seems like the gits are just in this swim tbh 🤣

 

 

[salokcinnodrog]

8 hours ago, yonny said:

Have you tried a Tufty Torch Kev? I've just got one and it works well.

 

7 hours ago, kevtaylor said:

Yes mate was using it, sometimes works amazingly - sometimes not at all it's a weird one with those.  Firing out an empty spomb works but last resort which is why I went to feeding them floaters instead.

Seems like the gits are just in this swim tbh 🤣

 

 

Tufty torch doesn't work on here when the mallards and tufties are in the mood.

The only thing that keeps them away is a laser pointer pen. In daylight you have to line up on them with the laser pen underneath your binoculars and 'ping' them, that gets rid of them.

I had mallards diving over boilies and particles a few weeks ago. I hooked, landed and returned one. The swan last week was not fun either. There were swan wars at the time, and one of the more dominant in the group decided to chase a younger one which tangled up in the line about 2metres from the rod tip, despite the tips being almost touching the water. It took 10minutes to untangle the poxy thing, holding a swan between my legs, while untangling the line from it's wing, head and legs, all the time keeping away from Sky who was on her long lead attached to the bedchair.

This week the swans are keeping across the other side of the lake.

[kevtaylor]

3 hours ago, salokcinnodrog said:

 

Tufty torch doesn't work on here when the mallards and tufties are in the mood.

The only thing that keeps them away is a laser pointer pen. In daylight you have to line up on them with the laser pen underneath your binoculars and 'ping' them, that gets rid of them.

I had mallards diving over boilies and particles a few weeks ago. I hooked, landed and returned one. The swan last week was not fun either. There were swan wars at the time, and one of the more dominant in the group decided to chase a younger one which tangled up in the line about 2metres from the rod tip, despite the tips being almost touching the water. It took 10minutes to untangle the poxy thing, holding a swan between my legs, while untangling the line from it's wing, head and legs, all the time keeping away from Sky who was on her long lead attached to the bedchair.

This week the swans are keeping across the other side of the lake.

The joys of angling hey, good job we like wildlife or they'd get it at times for sure! 😆👍

[yonny]

13 hours ago, salokcinnodrog said:

Tufty torch doesn't work on here when the mallards and tufties are in the mood.

On my water they do the job for tufties, coots, moorhens and swans. The mallards aren't bothered but they tend not to cause a problem in anything over around 3 ft depth.

13 hours ago, salokcinnodrog said:

The only thing that keeps them away is a laser pointer pen.

I got rid of my laser pen several years ago after I saw how the carp react to it. I was perched in the lower branches of a tree watching the carp that were on my spot just up the margin. A couple of coots were diving on it so I got the pen out to scare them off. Big mistake. As the laser hits the water it refracts, and a bright green stripe akin to a light sabre trails through the water. The water is that much denser than air that it really accentuates the laser.... it looked awful. The carp were absolutely horrified - they immediately bolted right out of the bay I was in, and didn't come back until the same time the next day. It was that bad I literally binned the laser as soon as I got home.

[kevtaylor]

4 hours ago, yonny said:

On my water they do the job for tufties, coots, moorhens and swans. The mallards aren't bothered but they tend not to cause a problem in anything over around 3 ft depth.

I got rid of my laser pen several years ago after I saw how the carp react to it. I was perched in the lower branches of a tree watching the carp that were on my spot just up the margin. A couple of coots were diving on it so I got the pen out to scare them off. Big mistake. As the laser hits the water it refracts, and a bright green stripe akin to a light sabre trails through the water. The water is that much denser than air that it really accentuates the laser.... it looked awful. The carp were absolutely horrified - they immediately bolted right out of the bay I was in, and didn't come back until the same time the next day. It was that bad I literally binned the laser as soon as I got home.

Wow that laser thing is mad hey!

I remember Tufties way back at Beedles lake diving all night non stop, what an absolute nightmare they are.

My current friends are Brown ducks some with young - female Mallards maybe?  Anyway they're clearing me out in 10 - 12ft