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Let me start you off. When I am bank fishing I like to use a shooting head I make them up myself out of a normal w/f line, with a gel spun backing from fishtec. To my knowledge I only know of one other angler that uses a shooting head on Llandegfedd despite the fact that most anglers could cast further with them and with less effort.
Shooting heads are widely used on other big reservoirs like rutland , eyebrook, chew, because they recognise that distance increases their catch rate.
I find the best method of attaching the shooting backing to the fly line is by using some 30Ib hollow braid. About 6 inches is about right. Feed fly line and backing from opposite ends until they touch then super glue the whole joint. I have also found that a smoother joint can be obtained by using some heat shrink tubing, this stops the braid fraying. Heat shrink can be acquired from your local fishing shop it is used by coarse anglers.
A easier way is to buy a forty plus fly line from airflo / fishtec
I have been asked to include some sites that may be of interest to everyone.
One site which is quite good for fishing equipment is fly fishing equipment dealers. This site gives you all the main dealers web sites
Another of interest if you are planning a trip is windguru or Metacheck these site will give you the wind strength / direction, cloud, temp, tides, ete for any area in the world
A new site www.gwentanglingsociety.co.com| is a very good site for the new fly tyer .This site is generaly aimed at the river angler but caters for all diciplines of angling coarse sea game
i particulary liked the vidio footage of the fly tying patterns
I have recently been looking at web sites tackle dealers with view to see where equipment from say coarse/sea angling could be used for game angling. Needing a new net for boat fishing I began to look at a dealer called easy tackle. I purchased a net head used mainly for carp with a carbon telescopic handle which incidentally floats if i drop it over the side of the boat all for under £30. Now the best part is i can replace either the net head or handle separately unlike traditional game nets which are all in one and cost upwards of £60. So don't contain yourself to just the game fishing catalogues broaden your outlook.
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