I have often thought about if your hand smells affect the
bait before cast out. When I have put suntan lotion on and not washed it all
off before handing baits I sometimes have to wind the rigs back in and change
them because there could be a this smell on the baits.
I remember being down my local syndicate and the angler next
to me was smoking like a trooper and when I shook his hand mine smelt of smoke –
so his baits MUST have been tainted with the smell of smoke. Now he was
actually struggling down this particular water, it wasn’t easy but could this
have been the reason?
Nigel that I fish with, makes the baits that we both use and
he used to smoke and catch well, but he actually increased the amount that he
was smoking and this affected the amount of fish that he caught. For the last
18 months, he hasn’t touched a cigarette and I have to say both mine and his catches
have significantly increased.
Is there any scientific reason for this or is it just “our
time” to catch and the long periods without fish were just a coincidence? All I
know is we are catching more recently and he has stopped smoking while making
the baits.
Another interesting article has been written by Carpology
and even has Terry Hearn’s views:
Tight Lines and be lucky!
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