Crivit Bottom/Feeder Fishing Reel Combo 300-6 - Manual (Page 5)

Lines
Some time ago, prepared animal intestine, then
horsehair and later braided silk lines were used as
fishing lines. To d a y, you fish using the monofil
nylon line and the multifil Dyneema line.
The monofil nylon line has many advantages:
1. It offers a corresponding load bearing capacity
despite being very thin.
2. Under load, its stretching is very low.
3. If maintained correctly, it has a relative long
service life.
Monofil lines
must be treated
c o r r e c t l y. A l r e a d y
when reeling the
line you have to
see to it that no
twist is transfer-
red. It is best to
lead the line from
the bought line
spool through the sides of a thick book onto the
reel.
Monofil industrial yarns are available in approxima-
tely 70 different colours and 30 different qualities.
The smallest capacity of the spools is 25m. T h e y
are also called leader spools as mainly leaders are
produced of the 25m line.
The lengths that are most often bought are 200 to
300 m bonus spools.
Monofil lines are available in different diameters
and colours. The general rule is: the finer and ligh-
ter rod and reel are, the thinner and weaker the line
may be. The stronger rod and reel are designed,
the stronger the line must be. In case of doubt, you
have to prioritise the stronger line.
It is true that monofil lines have many advantages;
there are, however, also disadvantages. The line is
very sensitive to heat and (UV) light. If it lies, for
example, for several days on the hat rack of a car
during summer, it looses up to 90 percent of its
load bearing capacity. Monofil lines are also sensi-
tive to the roughening up of the surface. Even
finest tears deepen quickly and destroy the line.
That is why all parts being in contact with the line
(bail arm, line roller, edge of the spool and all rings)
must always be smooth and free from damage.
After fishing, especially after bottom fishing, the
front piece of the line should be checked. If it is
roughened up, you have to cut it off. At home, you
should wind the cut off piece round your hand and
cut it several times. If you leave it on site, animals
and
human
beings could
get caught up
in the line and
could be inju-
red or even kil-
led.
After fishing in
salt water, the
line must be
properly rinsed with fresh water. The salt c r y s t a l s
destroy the line.
Due to the influence of light, air, water, the load
during cast and drill as well as over-expansion, the
line seasons. In most cases, the line has lost 50
percent of its qualities after one average fishing
y e a r. Thus, a new fishing season should only be
started with a new line.
The leader, also called "pre-line”, is the connection
between the main line and the hook.
The leader must always have a lower load bearing
capacity than the main line. So it is guaranteed that
in the case of an overload, only the leader and not
the main line will tear.
Fishing with weaker leaders is fish and environmen-
tally friendly. Environmentally friendly as only a small
piece of nylon remains in nature if the leaderline
tears and fish friendly as the hooked fish is only left
with a small piece of line."
There are different leader designs and lengths. T h e
normal, monofil leaders to which the single hook
for catching non-predacious fish is attached are 40
to 70 cm long. Leaders for catching predatory fish
are in most cases made of fine, plastic-coated steel
fibres that cannot be damaged or bitten through by
the fish. These steel leaders are available from 15
cm to 1 m. For catching sharks, steel leaders up to
a length of 9.65 m are used.
All connections are established using knots or a
SIMPL (easy).
The knot is the weakest link in the chain. A s i m p l e
knot in the line, for example, reduces the load bea-
ring capacity by up to 50 percent.
There are four different kinds of knots:
1. Knots for compactly linking two line ends.
One of these knots is called "double blood knot”.
And although it reduces the load bearing capacity
by 10 to 15 percent, it is to this day the best knot for
connecting two lines.
The double blood knot is often used in surf fishing
where the main line is connected with the shock
leader.
2. Knots for securely connecting the line with an
eye like swivel, artificial fly and eyed hook.
The eye and the line are often connected using a
half, locked blood knot.
This knot reduces the load bearing capacity by 15
percent.
A secure connection without reduction of the load
bearing capacity is established by the knots shown
in the two drawings.
None of the two knots did result in a loss of the
load bearing capacity; in tests, the line always only
tore in the free part.
3. Knots for tying a loop.
The more turns the loop has, the higher the load
bearing capacity is. If you have 5 turns, this results
in almost 100 percent. The probability of the line
tearing is then the same in the free part of the line
as at the knot.
4. Knots for connection the line with a shaft and/or
spade end hooks.
The figures show the ideal shaft knot for connec-
ting spade end hooks.
Using this knot, the load bearing capacity is only
reduced by 5 percent. This is an acceptable value.
Another simple help for connecting lines and
hooks, swivels or lines with each other is the
SIMPL. Apart from
the simple hand-
ling, the SIMPL
maintains 100 per-
cent of the knot’s
load bearing capa-
city as a knot in the usual sense is not attached.
Hooks
In many countries, people still fish without rod and
reel or other accessories. Line and hook are,
h o w e v e r, indispensable. The first fishing hooks, so-
called ratchet hooks or toggle hooks, have already
been produced several 1000 years ago. The rat-
chet hooks were replaced by the bent fish hook.
These hooks are still used today.
The line can be fastened at an eye or a plate using
d i fferent knots or the SIMPL, at an eyed hook using
a half, locked blood knot, at a spade end hook
using a special hook knot.
Depending on the kind of fishing, there are diff e r e n t
hook sizes and forms. The size scale goes from
10/0 to 28.
For fresh water, the following rule applies: The hig-
her the hook number, the smaller the hook. T h e
hook gets, however, larger if
the number is higher if there
is a /0 behind the number
(4/0 is larger than 3/0).
When it comes to the hook
forms, there are the follo-
wing differences:
The most popular forms are
the Limerick form and the
round bend hook. Ve r s i o n s
of the simple fish hook are
the barbless hook and the
hook with jiggered point
used for fishing to control
and contain certain species.
Apart from that, there are
twin, treble and quad hooks.
They must not be used for
fishing non-predacious fish
but are mainly used toget-
her with artificial baits and
when fishing predacious
fish.
So that the hook point is always sharp, it should
regularly be re-grinded using a grinding stone.
To d a y, fish hooks are made of fine steel and are
thus especially thin-wired. In order to protect the
hook against rust, it is burnished, nickel or gold pla-
ted.
To d a y, particularly high-quality hooks are produced
of so-called carbon steel. So that the points are
particularly fine and sharp, these hooks are cut
using a laser. In addition to the usual tempering
procedures heating and quenching, the hook is
moreover tempered in chemical baths.
Tips and tricks for fishing
Useful things about lines, h o o k s, fl o ats and leads
Double blood knot
Half locked blood knot
Correct winding up
of the line onto the
reel
Correct chopping
of the used line
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
1.
2.
3.
4.
Normal loop knot
Loop knot with safety loop
1.
2.
3.
4.
Filling of the spool
Too much Too little Correct
Ratchet hook
Swivel
Hook
Main line
Leader
Limerick hook
Round bend hook
Hook with jiggered
point/barbless hook
treble hook
1 2 3
4 5 6
1. Leader,
2. Hook point,
3. Barb,
4. Small plate/eye,
5. Hook shank,
6. Hook bend