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Out with the Old?

So from starting on my first trip with equipment left from 30 years ago augmented by some new lines

  • John Norris Sea Trout rod
  • Old rimfly reels
  • Sea Trout Landing net
  • Floating, Intermediate and DI3 lines (new)
  • Assorted flies (new)

 I then augmented this prior to my second trip with

  • Tackle bag
  • Boat seat
  • Forceps
  • Priest
  • Rig winders for pre prepared casts 
  • Bass Bag
  • Specifically selected new flies as opposed to random assortments
  • New flask

 This I think needs some review and additional augmentation prior to the new season if I am going to take it serioiusly and manage a dozen or so trips

Area's for consideration

Fly reels - my old faithful rimfly's I fear will need to be retired, although they are virtually bomb proof they have been overtaken by modern design with large arbours and adjustable drags.

Will be having a look at some of the more modern 'Cassette' reels to replace them and hoping to find some reasonably priced ones, although I want some more up to date reels I am not interested in spending a couple of hundred pounds per reel

Fly Lines - going back to my belief in the depth being important I think I need to add to my floating, intermediate and DI3 lines with a sink tip, DI5 and DI7.

These 6 lines will then I think enable me to determine the depth of the flies much more precisiely, it may be a slight contradiction but at the moment I am not thinking of multiple sink tips as that is going too far for someone who will use them at most a dozen times a year and if the 6 lines above do not work then I will accept that it is not to be

Flies

Need to build up my fly collection (I currently have no dry flies in my boxes) but I will do it on the basis of combinations that I think will work rather than buying assorted selections of various fly types i.e. no more "24 assorted crunchers"

This will require a lot of thought over the Winter so more on this another time

Hoepfully Christmas will result in some of these items magically appearing and will then have to assess the cost of any items that still remain

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