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what is it with bats and isotopes?

Chris Cheshire

Chris Cheshire

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As soon as the light starts to fade and the expectance of a take increases i find myself glued to the isotopes on my rod tips ( despite having alarms as backups and semi fixed leads )

I lost count of the amount of times last night my heart jumped as the tip bounced into action as a bat either flew through the line or the isotope. Now I'm guessing it's the bats sonar confusing the isotopes with a moth or alike, but i have never noticed it happening as much as it does recently and since the oonly real change i have made is fitting isotopes i wondered if anyone else has noticed the same problem?
 
Haha I have noticed it myself amount of times I've jumped out of the chair only happens when the isotopes are on though
 
bat bites

don't think its to do with the isotopes ,they just don't registar the line properly and bang into it,maybe because its vibrating they think its tea
 
Plus for some reason in the daylight when the isotopes are whitish damsal flies seem to be attracted to them:(
 
Chris Cheshire said:
As soon as the light starts to fade and the expectance of a take increases i find myself glued to the isotopes on my rod tips ( despite having alarms as backups and semi fixed leads )

I lost count of the amount of times last night my heart jumped as the tip bounced into action as a bat either flew through the line or the isotope. Now I'm guessing it's the bats sonar confusing the isotopes with a moth or alike, but i have never noticed it happening as much as it does recently and since the oonly real change i have made is fitting isotopes i wondered if anyone else has noticed the same problem?
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If you can Chris , set your rod tip lower , less exposed line for them to crash in to .
 
Bat bites are very common during the summer months - however, I've also had them in the depths of winter.
Apparently, Gotham City Angling Club members have been reporting man-size bats for some years now. Some unlucky anglers have had rods ripped from their rests, only to see them disappearing into the night sky!
 
Roger Carswell said:
Bat bites are very common during the summer months - however, I've also had them in the depths of winter.
Apparently, Gotham City Angling Club members have been reporting man-size bats for some years now. Some unlucky anglers have had rods ripped from their rests, only to see them disappearing into the night sky!
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Its when I get a penguin in my swim that I get annoyed.
 
Very funny Graham - we all love a Joker!
 
Chris Cheshire said:
As soon as the light starts to fade and the expectance of a take increases i find myself glued to the isotopes on my rod tips ( despite having alarms as backups and semi fixed leads )

I lost count of the amount of times last night my heart jumped as the tip bounced into action as a bat either flew through the line or the isotope. Now I'm guessing it's the bats sonar confusing the isotopes with a moth or alike, but i have never noticed it happening as much as it does recently and since the oonly real change i have made is fitting isotopes i wondered if anyone else has noticed the same problem?
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Yes I have noticed that it's worse than ever. It drives me insane. Some pegs are worse than others. I started propping the rod handle and having the rod tip about 8" off the water. But I've just got used to them now and I don't even flinch when I get a big bouncy "bat bite". You can actually tell the difference quite well. I just have an internal voice that sighs and says "bat bite" in a disappointed tone every time it happens.
 
Funny you mention this because this happened to me last night.

Took me a while to realise what it wa sthat was twitching my rod lol
 
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