Just the conditions for false bleeps!

by Shaun Harrision
Following on from my previous blog regarding stopping the bite alarms constantly bleeping in a big wind I would like to share another little method I have developed since I wrote the last bit.

This has all come about since joining a large deep clay pit in Cambridgeshire. I have never fished anywhere before that gets so windy so often. It’s as though it has its own mini climate. The drive to the pit will often see barely a rustle in the trees but once there white caps can often be seen with huge waves breaking over the bank on the prevailing wind.

So, having originally got over the problem by using the bobbins in front of the alarms when things got really rough I kept my brain going on this problem and have come up with a great way of dealing with it which allows the bobbins to be fished in the conventional manner and drop back bites will still register on the alarms the moment they drop back.

The power gum shock absorber

Once cast out I tie on a pole elastic marker as usual. I then tie one or both of the tag ends of the marker to the line too. So the same marker knot is tied in place twice or three times. It is then a simple job to tease the knots apart then release them which gives you a loop or loops in your line as the elastic contracts.

There you have it a small spring loaded system for your line which takes the brunt of the worst of the conditions allowing the elastic to stretch a little rather than keep bleeping the alarms. A drop back allows the bobbin to drop in the conventional manner and a forward take simply stretches the elastic out and drags the bobbin up.

Try it next time those buzzers are driving you mad. The finer the elastic the better it works.

Best fishes, Shaun

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