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Yeah my first experience with BKK was before they had established their reputation - (they were putting them on cheap lures from China) (It was cheaper to buy entire lure from China just to get your hands on the BKK trebles, than it was to buy Owner st-36ers in Australia)

But now everyone knows they're good - they sell them in 9 packs and charge the earth.😉

I like pushing the boundaries of my tackle just to know how hard I can push in the field😉 (None of these are BKK trebles - but using hook like Gama's - in terrain like this - made me start testing all my tackle before getting it wet)

 

Yeah my first experience with BKK was before they had established their reputation - (they were putting them on cheap lures from China) (It was cheaper to buy entire lure from China just to get your hands on the BKK trebles, than it was to buy Owner st-36ers in Australia)

But now everyone knows they're good - they sell them in 9 packs and charge the earth.😉

I like pushing the boundaries of my tackle just to know how hard I can push in the field😉 (None of these are BKK trebles - but using hook like Gama's - in terrain like this - made me start testing all my tackle before getting it wet)

 

Yeah my first experience with BKK was before they had established their reputation - (they were putting them on cheap lures from China) (It was cheaper to buy entire lure from China just to get your hands on the BKK trebles, than it was to buy Owner st-36ers in Australia)

But now everyone knows they're good - they sell them in 9 packs and charge the earth.😉

I like pushing the boundaries of my tackle just to know how hard I can push in the field😉 (None of these are BKK trebles - but using hook like Gama's - in terrain like this - made me start testing all my tackle before getting it wet)

 

Big crawlers or big scrubworms.

And if you keep getting small pickers you need to move location.

Little fish avoid big fish coz they get eaten.

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Yeah there are very few circumstances where I would tie such a knot. Its a bit bulky for my liking

But when I used to chase trout in the early evening - tying leader knots, that took a long time, was dangerous because of the mozzies - those little bastards always know when you have both hands full and cant swat them away😉

I used to set my self a 5 bights, then pack up rule - but tying an fg would have meant I couldnt defend myself - quick knots like 3 turn surgeons and double uni's were the go under those circumstances. (But they were also the reason my leader knots would break😉)

Since discovering the fg - my leader knots break so rarely I dont even consider that they will - but if one did, in a mozzie infested area - having a quick leader knot like this would have come in handy😉
 
 


 

Yeah the bike track was like a truck had lost its load of hot dogs - absolute carnage
 

Or in my case - constant nibbles that never hook up😉

Yeah the bike track was like a truck had lost its load of hot dogs - absolute carnage
 

Your vid inspired me to get the old 2000/5000 grit stone out
 
after a bit of elbow grease, the knife is sharper than it’s been in a while

Your vid inspired me to get the old 2000/5000 grit stone out
 
after a bit of elbow grease, the knife is sharper than it’s been in a while

For the fastidious people.............  

The simple "fingers" sharpener has always worked well for me. I have also bought a cheap V shaped spring sharpener which also works. I reckon the better quality steel you buy, the longer they last & the longer they stay sharper. Otherwise, just but new mid range knives every few years as they are cheap anyway. 

Like I said, release weights are the flavour of the month. The more research I have done, the more I am unconvinced. But...I'm no marine biologist so if the powers that be say its the way to go, then who am I to argue. I catch to keep, so when I have what I need, then I stop. You will have the unexpected catch which I try to release quickly as best as possible. Do the bread & butter fish survive, especially undersized, maybe. Who knows....

Yeah but no matter how quick they go to the bottom - much of the damage done on the way up can’t be repaired by a quick descent  
all those hernias, prolapses, ruptures and haemorrhaging have already occurred.
 
it might be worth passing that on to your customers. Because I bet the average angler thinks these weights provide more benefits than they actually do. I know I used to.
 
.......all fish exhibited various clinical signs of barotrauma, including a prolapsed cloaca (60% of fish); gastric herniation (46%); ruptured swim bladder (73%); organ displacement (48%); and kidney (3%), liver (73%) and coloemic-cavity haemorrhaging (33%);with the frequency of nearly all positively associated with capture depth"
 

produces some heat yes, unless your taking chunks out of the blades you only needs to be very light on the belts (robert sorby has a great attachment for knives!) your just getting a micro burr at the end (use a decent headlamp to get good visibility on what your doing). It comes off the belt with a mirror finish (most belt sanders people use don't use low enough grit and your basically polishing the blade after the first quick pass). I have a bunch of bone handle butter knives i have sharpened up and they are deadly and my hand is totally bald from shaving hairs off with it.

My process is to get a burr showing on one side, turn over and do the same to the other. do that 3 times. use buff wheel to remove burr. this gives a finish 98% of people are happy with. and its quick to do. 

Your passes should be very quick, your taking very little material off. I can do a knife on the belt sander from 600 grit, 1200 grit, 3000 grit, 5000 grit, and finish off on a wheel in about 10 minutes.  If it needs to be like a wood plane i would then go and run it over a 4000 grit wet stone, 8000 wet stone, and then finish with a strop. 
takes under 5 minutes to do a set of surgical scissors. 
Right equipment makes it heaps easier, I am teaching others in my office to also do it and after 1hr of teaching they confident to throw their expensive knives sets into the mix and do it themselves.

With the Nirey the don't get hot. It is a real gentle pressure on the blade. But, you do need good quality blades to start with.

I use one of two items/ procedures when doing all the surgical knifes, osteotomes etc.
a robert sorby pro edge ( easy to use, and gets a good result) which has been modified to run backwards or forwards - followed by a 8000 grit wet stone and a strop for the top notch stuff. 
or a quick going over as its not too bad, use a scotch brite wheel on a reserve spinning grinder. then polish off the bur with the buff wheel. (easiest way by far to keep them sharp)
 
way to test knives is through a bit of paper and should be an easy clean slice, and for chisels etc should be able to take layers of finger nail off.