Hemp fishing a forgoten art - Talk Angling fishing chat and tackle advice

polemaster · 23rd August 2006, 03:38 PM

Does anybody ever do any hemp fishing anymore, had some great evening summer sport on my local canal, Birmingham Fazeley at Bodymore Heath, sadly seems to be out of fashion.

Oneabung · 23rd August 2006, 03:44 PM

Chap, its deadly on the grand union, has to be in the right hands though!

Personally I love it as you know when that float dips its gonna pull some elastic out! SO many times even in winter matches gone from well down the section to absolutely murdering it in the last half hour of a match but it is having the discipline to feed three grains regularly for at least three hours before fishing it puts most people off!

woodhouse · 23rd August 2006, 05:35 PM

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Originally Posted by polemaster

Does anybody ever do any hemp fishing anymore, had some great evening summer sport on my local canal, Birmingham Fazeley at Bodymore Heath, sadly seems to be out of fashion.

try telling that to the likes of Nigel Bull (Shakespeare) and Fred Cheetam(Eclipse) who still win money on a regular basis on the black stuff.

In the right hands on the right venues it is as deadly as its ever been.

polemaster · 23rd August 2006, 06:52 PM

i agree with you Woodhouse, still used by match anglers but i bet there's not many go out for a pleasure session with a bag of seed and maybe a few tares only in there bag.

Boris · 23rd August 2006, 07:56 PM

Other than pushing the hook bend into the split in the seed, does anybody have any other methods of keeping the hemp on, especially in a flow

woodhouse · 23rd August 2006, 07:57 PM

Surprisingly enough i walk the canal nearly every day and quite often watch a couple of lads and they fish with hemp,tares and WHEAT more often than not,always seem to catch a few as well.

ridgeacre · 23rd August 2006, 09:27 PM

Dead right there Lee anything that only costs pennies per trip the Tipton lads will use it, and some of them do know how to use it to great effect.

woodhouse · 23rd August 2006, 09:31 PM

I know Frank, i travel with Ernie thomas and last year i threatened to ban it because he kept battering me...lol

Oneabung · 24th August 2006, 06:11 AM

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Originally Posted by Boris

Other than pushing the hook bend into the split in the seed, does anybody have any other methods of keeping the hemp on, especially in a flow

Get hold of some very small eyed hooks, then cut the bend off the hook so you are left with a straight hook shank with an eye on it - now put this eye onto the hook you are fishing with on your rig so you now have a hook with a little straight piece of wire hanging from the bend - you can now use this to spear into the blunt part of the hemp seed - ideal for bagging on the hemp!

BlueNose · 24th August 2006, 06:42 PM

Won a match this season using hemp and tares on the River Tame in Tamworth, had 24lb 8oz, once they are on the bait they get hooked on it (forgive the pun).

Used to fish on the canals around Aston, and the hemp was dealy for the roach, feed little and often and fish another line whilst the hemp line is developing, every half hour or so have a look at it, once that float dips then it is bag up time.

As for hooking the bait, I use giant hemp, just give it a squeeze and it opens up ready to clamp onto the bend of the hook with the point showing, this will stay on until a fish removes it, and this is on fairly fast slowing water as well.