Gauteng Trials

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MartD28

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Hi guys

Can anyone advise me how fishing trials actually works?

I check that there are the trials for Gauteng in October. Im still pretty new into the whole club scene but wanted to know what are the basics for fishing trials from someone who has been through this process before?

i have heard that your kit (set up) needs to be inspected and made sure its all in order.........which means what exactly?

do they check your hooklinks, amount of spools, rods, spare reels etc?

i have checked out the rules for SAFBAF and seems pretty straight forward for when you are at the water, but my main concern is what preparation is needed before attending trials?
 
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Gertus

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Visman wrote:
Check with you club chairman.....
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YIP aggree.. that is why you joined a club right.. they should be able to tell you exactly what is expexted.

That is why I need to get my box sorted and net stand made..

not to have new stuff but more to have a standard of comfort as i fish ..

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MartD28

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I will definitely be checking with my club as the time comes near, was just wondering if anyone on sealine would tell me what it is like when you fish trials. It will be my first time fishing trials, so not all too sure what to expect and havent seen many people talk about the preparation part of trials

Gertus, when you mention you need to get your box sorted, what do you need to do? is presentation (eg neatness, numbering of dips etc) important when fishing trials?

this is probably something i will get from the guys at our club, but want to be even more prepared before we talk about trials so i dont rush things
 
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Visman

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Hi there,

Use this opprotunity to learn as much as possible.
Go round other clubs and speak to experienced anglers.
Dewalt vd Walt will be there and he is always willing to assist. He helped me a lot when I started fishing competitively.

Remember this - Keep your fishing as straigh forward as possible.
Don't try and complicate your fishing it will cost you the results. Don't worry to much about your setup. Concentrate on your fishing. Rather be prepared for that.

They will only look at your gear and stuff if you are in possible contention for a place in the Gaut teams

Cheers
 
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MartD28

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Hi Visman

Thanks for the advice, will definitely keep that in mind. I suppose fishing trials is also a 'learn learn' situation, once you have fished trials you become more experienced in what is required.

Thanks again for the help
 
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Visman

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The other option would be to join a club where they have provincial and national anglers. You tend to learn a lot but at a higher pace
 
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MartD28

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Already done :)

Requin has Provincial anglers, one of the guys that i spoke to during the week mentioned that we should give trials a try. Just haven't stopped learning from the guys at Requin and its nice to belong to a club where everyone is there to help each other out

Naturally, before the time i will be speaking to him a lot about trials, but the main reason for the topic was to see if i could gather as much information about how the trials work and if anyone on sealine has experienced trials and could give me a few pointers.

one thing i have picked up though, as you mentioned in your previous post, is to keep things simple. Spoke to Craig about the same, no need to change something that is currently working for me right now. Another thing i have learnt, which i should have picked up is to have two landing nets, a spare keepnet and take along another set of rods with me. if im on a tempo day, at least i wont have to worry about first unhooking my trace from my skepnet and then using the same one on the other rod that is going. just all these small things which i didn't think about have already helped me out   
 
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Visman

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I fish in the North-West province and even if you belong to a club you don't get free access to trials. You have to be in the clubs A and B team and compete in the leagues first. Then you are invited to the provincial trials.

Seems like Gaut might be doing it differently
 
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Visman

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I fish in the North-West province and even if you belong to a club you don't get free access to trials. You have to be in the clubs A and B team and compete in the leagues first. Then you are invited to the provincial trials.

Seems like Gaut might be doing it differently
 
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MartD28

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Yup, more than likely, just noted from our club anyone will be aloud to attend trials in october.

I dont mind that cause ill gain valuable experience in trials which i can always use in my club and adapt to how you need to fish with trials.

i picked up a intresting post, more or less what i wanted to know over here. below is the reply about what is required, its pretty old so dont know how much it has changed, but is the below pretty accurate so see what you would look forward to attending trials?

"13 ppl are selected for each of the 3 teams, A, B and C-team. That is 12 anglers with a reserve. So the first 36 ppl usually get selected. I dont know if it has changed, but if you end under the first 13, it doesnt mean you get A-team. You would get C-team and then from there you can get A-team after the next round of trials for the next year. So in essence, your past does play a small role. 

You will not fish with the same guys that you fished with Saturday, at the next trials. There might be one or two that draws the same zone as you. The best of the three trials will be counted together to get a grand total, and then you get a "Selectors Point" which is determined by your kit, neatness and general attitude next to the water. So if the selector sees you standing next door chatting with a mate, then it means your attitude is not "right". Stay with your rods, be neat and keep your kit on display. Take note of the other anglers around you how they display their xtra rods. Geesh, i could give you a long list of pointers on it."
 
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Gertus

Senior Member
MartD28 wrote:
I will definitely be checking with my club as the time comes near, was just wondering if anyone on sealine would tell me what it is like when you fish trials. It will be my first time fishing trials, so not all too sure what to expect and havent seen many people talk about the preparation part of trials

Gertus, when you mention you need to get your box sorted, what do you need to do? is presentation (eg neatness, numbering of dips etc) important when fishing trials?

this is probably something i will get from the guys at our club, but want to be even more prepared before we talk about trials so i dont rush things
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in my experince they should only really look at the kit after you have shown you can get a bag of fish...
the selectors will mak note of your setup during the first few sessions .. so when the time comes you are nut surprised.
I am just doing a numbersing .. of bottles and also how arrange my stff.. i e traces and spools.. aparently you must have your spools in your box as there should be no reason to leave your station when you break off.
the other priciple is that anyone of yor team mates would and could then fish from your box so you need to make sure everything is labled (using numbers and reference cards) so they can find what they need..
in some cases they will go so far as to say you need a base number of dips in your case.. then you can add what you want..
there is soo many .. so that is why i am getting things sorted..

going to laser cut some templates for the box and see how that looks..
have some other ideas too.. but that is that.. just has to be neat and not look like a dam duiker box.

G

ps. i have found that when you look like a pro .. you often fish like a pro ..
 
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MartD28

New member
Hi Gertus

many thanks, and totally agree with you.

You have to be able to catch fish, and for me, presentation and being prepared is just as important. i have everything numbered, know my box 'in and out' so when i do come across a tempo day, ill be ready for it.

Very true words those, if you look like a pro, you fish like a pro, and i believe this is where decent equipment also comes into play, you just have more confidence in the way you fish and that makes a difference on the day (what i have seen so far). just cant wait to get out there and fish trials
 
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JustPlainSHARK

Sealiner
Gauteng trials works on the basis that you fish for 4 hours on a peg and then you move to your second peg where you get another 4 hours to fish from. you get 30minutes to then setup for the 2nd session.

You thus draw two numbers before the trial starts the morning. So prepare yourself to move to another peg after 4 hrs. What I mean by this is not to unload everything from your vehicle. Setup your system and then pack all other unecessary stuff back into your car/bakkie. Try to get rodracks on the roof of the vehicle where you can slip the rods onto without breaking them up. So all you do, is take off the trace.

But take the first trial to get a feel of how the whole process works. DONT become discouraged by all this. You must treat it as a learning experience as well. Look how others also approach the whole exercise to see how they make it easy for themselves. And try to save time by doing things quick and accurately.

Most of all............ENJOY THE JOURNEY!
 
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