As the werrld goen soeft ,( english :has the world gone soft

[Mouldz]

I was reading a article in the Skiboat about the bluefins that came into false bay and the guys that caught huge yelowtail of Rooikrans,some of these bluefins in exess of 200kg and on bamboo poles with scarborough reels and I thought if they could see us now they would probably laugh them selves sick ,we complain like girls because we cant land a raggie without 4 km of braid and size 50 reels on custom made hmg rods .as the advert says ,"has the world gone soft "

 

[KLAASMAN]

Let them laugh,at least we do it in style.

 

[kraken]

Yes, it was really amazing to see what they landed on that old gear!
Also consider the fact that they used flax lines amongst other types. Many of these lines were pretty much ordinary string!
I have a great little fishing handbook published in 1918 which gives instructions on how to select, cut and cure bamboo in order to make up a rod. It then goes on to give directions on how to make up the rod.
The book then guides the angler on how to catch the numerous red steenbras, kob, geelbek and yellowtail that used to be caught from the shore at Hermanus.
We are indeed spoilt for choice when it comes to tackle these days!

 

[Mouldz]

kraken wrote:

Yes, it was really amazing to see what they landed on that old gear!
Also consider the fact that they used flax lines amongst other types. Many of these lines were pretty much ordinary string!
I have a great little fishing handbook published in 1918 which gives instructions on how to select, cut and cure bamboo in order to make up a rod. It then goes on to give directions on how to make up the rod.
The book then guides the angler on how to catch the numerous red steenbras, kob, geelbek and yellowtail that used to be caught from the shore at Hermanus.
We are indeed spoilt for choice when it comes to tackle these days!

I remember my dad and brother ,I was only interested in chicks and surfing ,catching 200kg plus raggies on those old brown rods and Penn 49 and jigmaster reels piano wire .no such thing as slides ,top right is my dad with 115lb cob,and some others he caught

 

[Blaasop]

I would gladly swop modern tackle for the fish abundance in those days.

 

[Def-e-nition]

Blaasop wrote:

I would gladly swop modern tackle for the fish abundance in those days.

Amen to that .

 

[flippy]

Check the size of Caesar's suntanned soldiers caught at hermanus sometime in the early 20th century...aka red roman.

 

[Fredster]

I've been skim-reading an old fishing book from the fifties that i got from my father in law; what really struck me was how different the mind-set or out-look seemed to be in those days.

For example, the author advises when you get a strike while trolling, mark the spot to enable you to return there, "by throwing a bouy, such as an empty beer-can overboard".

In another story, they relate about getting rid of a really troublesome big hammerhead by first baiting it with teasers then feeding it a large baitfish stuffed with dynamite......of course the shark swims right under the stern when it expoldes, splitting most of the boats seams...

So how far have we progressed from those days....? 

 

[Renier Theron]

flippy wrote:

Check the size of Caesar's suntanned soldiers caught at hermanus sometime in the early 20th century...aka red roman.

If only they let them go - we would have had so much more today..

 

[boepens]

Ja the okes in the old days may think they where tuff butt I think they started the whole hook and cook saga and if u catch too many sell it or give it away ,I'm always giving my old man and one uncle grief about how many fish they used to take .