Cycling and Fishing

[Bonefish Blues]

Reel fly box short 4 piece rod in a tube
Priest/ small net

I can picture the non-fishers headscratching at the need to take a priest fishing with you

 

[Drago]

A nice tarp to make a basha at the riverside.

 

[T.M.H.N.E.T]

I can picture the non-fishers headscratching at the need to take a priest fishing with you

I was thinking the same hehe

 

[RoubaixCube]

I have never caught anything over a couple of pounds so cant comment, the last time I went I casted in, got drunk, fell asleep, woke up and reeled in and went home.

Sounds like such a redneck thing to do

Well knowing what sort of fishing you plan to do is a good start. I used to fish the lea for all sorts of small course fish but i gradually moved my way up to carp and pike fishing so i have all the right gear. I was actually considering doing what you were doing earlier this year and just kit myself up with a short 6-8ft spinning rod and traverse the lea via bicycle spinning for big pike.

Its definitely a lot of fun and it allows you to travel pretty light as well as keep Mobile.

 

[Alan O]

I used to do it in the days when I fished on the Dorset Stour, Hampshire Avon and a few local lakes.

I'd take a single rod with different tips - an "Avon" style rod is ideal - strapped to the top tube, and the rest of the tackle in my panniers and in a bag strapped to my rear carrier.

Sure, you're limited to what you can take, but it really is possible to enjoy a day's fishing without carry huge cartloads of tackle around with you.

On the subject of telescopic rods, a lot of them are really poor. I'm sure there are good ones out there, but be very careful if you go that route - it's no good selecting tackle for ease of carrying if it's poor for the job.

Alan

 

[delb0y]

The landing net is the main issue, I find. Where I fish you're apt to catch a nice pike but you need a decent length landing net to reach out and bring it in. I ended up buying a cheap telescopic landing net handle on line. It never felt very strong, but did the job. Rest of the gear is as others have said - strap the rod to the crossbar, bit of kit in a rucksack and/or strapped to the rack. Away and enjoy.

 

[Supersuperleeds]

When I was a kid I was always fishing. Box on a rack with nets on top, both secured with bungees. Rod bag went over the shoulder. Was always a bit wobbly setting off but don't remember ever falling off.

 

[Dirk]

Last time I went bicycle fishing was when I was a kid.
Went down the cut in Dudley and caught a whale........*


*Old Black Country joke.

 

[Bonefish Blues]

Last time I went bicycle fishing was when I was a kid.
Went down the cut in Dudley and caught a whale........*


*Old Black Country joke.

The accent doesn't translate terribly well to the page

 

[Globalti]

Surely a hand grenade fits nicely in a jersey pocket?

 

[simongt]

This is a subject that I take the micky at my neighbour for. Being a SERIOUS fisherman, he used to have an Escort van to cart his fishing gear around with. He has now had to buy a cargo back, crew cab suv to get it all in. And even then the cab is often jammed with rods that he can't fit in anywhere else - !
I've stopped saying to him - 'Eee, when I were lad, it were rod on crossbar, bag over t' shoulder and we were all fixed for grand days fishing - !'

 

[Reynard]

Definitely do-able - did it for years...

Three piece rod and landing net handle bungeed to top tube, folding stool and nets on rear rack (I had them in a canvas bag after having to walk home one time when nets got caught in rear mech, but panniers would work equally well), and everything else in a rucksack. Plus I had a bucket with a tight-fitting lid I could sling on handlebars for odds and sods if needed.

 

[hondated]

Thanks everyone its coarse fishing I was thinking of doing and I didn't know about telescopic rods. By what you have all said it is feasible then.
Which is great because to get to some of the rivers down here you have to drive down narrow lanes and parking can be a nightmare so a bike would be a lot easier.
Mind you having read a few mags and been on YouTube its not going to be as easy as I thought as it seems so much more technical these days.

 

[T.M.H.N.E.T]

My limited coarse knowledge suggests that it takes forever to bait swims etc so not really a turn up and pay pasttime.

I might be wildly wrong, pay and play trout fishing is just too handy

 

[Ian193]

I remember going fishing on my Raleigh Chopper tackle box on the little rack at the back rod bungeed to the crossbar 10' 6''' already set up had to take care going through the alley to get to the park everything else was in a rucksack happy days