Sandbagged!

Sandbagged!
Photograph by Steve Barnett

Friday 29 July 2011

Time Left?



I apologise in advance if you have already come across this simple way to see how you are doing for time.  Fishing in the late afternoon and into the evening you may want to have some idea of how much time is left before sunset.  The method is to open your hand as wide as you can.  Aim your little finger at the horizon.  Count the spaces between the fingers going up until you reach the sun.  Each space equates to about an hour.  So in this picture you can make out where the sun is at the time of taking the photograph by the little flare around my second finger below the tip.  This indicates that sunset will be in just under two hours.  In summer this often helps me decide when to move to get ready for the light changing and the fly life to get very intense and the evening rise to get underway.  Give it a try if you haven't already.  It is remarkably accurate, but you must force your hand open as wide as you can.




Regular Rod

4 comments:

  1. Great trick. This will definitely help me from getting stuck out there deep into the stream before it gets dark. Looking forward to giving it a try. Thanks for another great tip. Tight Lines.

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  2. Another tip ...carry a watch :)

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  3. Well a normal watch can tell you the time but it won't tell you how long it is to sunset...

    :)

    Regular Rod

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  4. Great tip, definitely be using that one, although as I have to wade my local river because of the very high banks I'd probably have to get out to do it.

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