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Cast fishing with oak seed, a technique of fishing with a large rod for beautiful roaches mainly but which can reserve beautiful surprises, the oak seed being very appreciated by cyprinidae. A technique that does not require much equipment in fishing action.
The equipment
In terms of equipment, cast fishing with oak seed does not require much, the most constraining thing is the preparation of the shot. For a fishing trip with oak seed, you don't need a lot of equipment:
- a rod with a telescopic impact or with a 4 to 10m insertion
- a good quality nylon with a diameter of between 8 and 14 hundredths of a millimeter for the line body
- a flexible nylon with a diameter of between 6 and 12 hundredths of a millimeter for the lead.
- a tapered float with a lift of about 0.50g to be adapted according to the current and depth.
- hooks of size 20 to 16 fine long-shaft iron of a rather dark color.
Initiation and priming
For a cast fishing trip, the ideal is to prepare your shot (the area chosen to fish) the few days before the fishing trip, this method is called "addiction initiation". You must find a nice spot with a depth of 1m to 2.50m without power and you will spend every day the 3 or 4 days before your fishing day and you will do your "addiction initiation" there:
You can throw a few hundred grams of cooked seeds agglomerated in clay (ideally clay) so that the seeds can reach the bottom without any problem.
You can also throw a oak seed bread of maximum 500g directly on your blow, the oak seed bread taking some time to dissolve in water will do its job in the long run.
Another little trick for a long fishing distance is to use oak ice cubes, you cook the seeds and you form ice cubes with the seeds and the cooking juice, you throw some ice cubes every day.
On the day of fishing, the simplest way to start the fishing is to use cooked oak seed directly by throwing the seeds sparingly, if you throw too much it may cause the fish to be force-fed.
It is also possible, at the beginning of the fishing trip, to use a simple primer based on red crumbs, ground toasted oak seed (between 10 and 20% of the mixture), scalded ground oak seed (between 10 and 20% of the mixture), cooked oak seed and a little pv1 to stick.
Preparation and cooking of oak seed for fishing
It is quite possible to buy cooked oak seed directly from canned or bagged fishing tackle stores.
But preparing it yourself is much more rewarding and it is not complicated at all, and doing it yourself offers a guarantee of freshness. Ideally, you should cook just before you go fishing.
To prepare the seeds before cooking, soak them in cold water the day before the evening of cooking, so that they will take less time to cook (use a pan dedicated to this use only, the smell of oak seed being very persistent).
Cooking on the morning of the fishing day is not long, about ten minutes; put the pan on the fire, add a few pieces of sugar and watch the seeds as soon as you see the first sprouts appear, stop cooking and rinse your seeds in cold water, add a little salt to harden the sprouts and keep them in a jar with a lid filled with water, the seeds will continue to "sprout" until you reach the water's edge.
