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Reviewing
Redgill Afterburner Ravers
At
last a chance to try the Redgill Afterburner Ravers
when we arranged a two day trip on 26th and 27th of
April to Penzance aboard 'Capriole' skippered by Dave
Paddock.
Dave arranged b&b in the Beechwood hotel just
minutes from the mooring. We arrived to fish the first
day at 0700 after a night trip down from Essex little
knowing what a great trip awaited us. At 0900 we arrived
at the first mark and i gave each member of the crew
a Raver to try at sometime during the day. We were
into fish almost from dropping down for the first
time. First fish fell to a Raver - a Pollock of about
5lb. This was put straight back in memory of a recently
deceased club member Ken Verbruggen, a friend as well
as a fishing colleague.
From then on fish were coming on board at a regular
rate. It did not take long to
realise that the bigger fish from 7lb and up were
falling to the Ravers with smaller fish falling prey
to jelly worms mainly black with red tails.
The first day closed at about 1730 with us thanking
the skipper for a great day.
Knackered, we headed for the b&b that had arranged
for a new top hose to be delivered
for one of our vehicles that limped into Penzance
on a prayer and no little amount
of steam from the rad.
The pictures enclosed are from the first days fishing
and the second day was just as
good. The only thing that spoilt it was that we had
no Ravers left to fish with and had to
make do with a variety of jelly worms.
In summary it was our best trip for some time. Great
weather, a very knowledgeable
skipper and a very helpful b&b. The Ravers earned
respect from us all. The colour did
not seem to make a difference, it was more to do with
the action. If the fish were
there they took the Ravers after no more than two
of three turns from the bottom.
They are definitely on our shopping list before the
next trip!
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