Hello from libya

[stavangerfisherman]

Hello all
My name is Terry and I am an old git English Engineer generally work and fishing abroad in ten countries abroad snce 1977. I am mainly interested in harbour shore and jetty fishing into water over 6ft, spinning using metal scandinavian type lures and plugs as taught me and learned over six years in Stavanger Norway, hence the email adress. I readily extend to bait fishing with prawns and reluctantly resort to squid when I cant get prawns. In extreme circumstances like currently fishing the med near Benghazi Libya I have resorted to chicken mutton beef and bread with little success. I am very stuck in the mud and always start with spinning 30 gram metal lures on 15lb line on a travel type four piece ugly stick about 2.2meteres long specialy designed for 30 gram lures and a fixed spool that is quite light. All other gear is carried in a small 10x7x4 nylon shoulder bag except for a light but sturdy (I weigh 22 stone) fold up stool that after adaption fits in my suitcase. I home now after my second rotation of 8/3 weeks and will be going back with hopefully a new beastmaster bx rod, a shimano reel braid anf heavier hooks intending to cast out, leave it and do some spinning. I did aquire some frozen squid first time which caught a 1.5 kg trigger fish which tasted delicious. The salted herrings given me caught nothing and if I can get some frozen sandeel in GB I will take it out with me.
Norwegian fishing resulted in vast amounts of cod and flatties which I ate and sea trout coalfish and pollack which I gave away. I also learned to successfully poach trout with bubble and fly In saudi I caught young baracuda and parrot fish-both delicious. In Tokyo estuaries and Bahrain bays I caught nothing. In Iran I caught young barracuda. If ther are any people out ther interested in scandinavian fishing or after fishing info on Stavanger please give a shout. If anyone is into fly or spinning in middle east I do need some info. regards to all

[Purple]

Welcome aboard mate (lots of "old gits" on here, myself included)

Sounds like we prefer the same tactics - 6ft deep on a quiet jetty, one out sitting on the bottom, and 2.2m 4 piece in hand "doing something"

Not quite as prolific as some Nordic climes around here, and the next 6 months will require a bit more than a pair of shorts - but hey - it's all "fishing"

[maninblack]

From one old git to another, welcome aboard.
:fishing-smile:

[solesearcher]

Welcome to the site,sounds like u get about abit

[Sunny]

Hi mate...great to have someone so travelled aboard the forum. I hope you enjoy reading about our fishing adventures and trust I can guarantee we wuill all be keen to hear about your trips.

There are a lot of dusty old anglers on the forum (and nippers too for that matter), me included; and as they are queuing to confess - some old gits - too. I naturally don't include myeslf in that category....although I know that everyone who knows me would disagree

Hope your fishing is good...and the challenge of developing new techniques and winkling out the species will be really interesting to all.

Cheers
Nick

[snoopy54]

Welcome to the site feller - I had some wonderful fishing when stationed down in the Oman and for me,the best all round bait in the Arabian Sea had to be Squid - Everything ate it - Bon Chance mate
Clive

[danglinglad2]

Hi mate , from a not quite as old world traveller ( I used too contract airframe and system fitter around europe and the middle east ) hope you enjoy the site .

[freeliner]

Greetings - that's an interesting set of fishing experiences..

I'm no great traveller but I do think the Med has plenty to offer from experiences on holiday a little further north in Greece. The mix-it-up approach appeals to me too, so long as I don't get too enthusiastic and end up trying three methods at once. There's a fine line between keeping occupied and trying to do too much at the same time.