Record clen fishing with Calin Lucian!

I'm not an expert in clean fishing with micro wobblers, but I like this style of fishing. So, I was making one research in the evening on facebook let's see who caught, what caught, where he caught. Inevitably a photo with a superb clean, over 50 cm, catches my eye, I enter the author's profile, Calin Lucian, where I see that it is not the only copy, an army of huge clans populates its photo gallery.

I open a window in Messenger and instantly send him a message:

Hi, super cleni, super parties, I looked through your photo gallery. Big like!

Thank you very much!

After this Covid passes, I clearly come across you in the UK.

I look forward to seeing you.

I was thinking of doing an article on Rapitorimania.ro, "Why clean fishing!". How are you doing with writing?

After a few of these (beers) not very good.

I also open a beer, we give virtual luck and we start talking…

How did this story start?

Originally from Piatra Neamt, there I started clean fishing on Bistrita, but not spinning, but traditionally, rod, raft, cricket, frame… 12 years ago I moved to the UK, of course I continued my passion for fishing , initially stationary, crap.

Why spinning?

Because at the stationary I had started to get bored, I drank and smoked too much during fishing trips. In addition, it's something else when he hits you with a predatory fish hammer in the stick.

Why clean fishing?

Because it is the Clean Cunning, a fish very difficult to catch, a very cautious fish, I mean the big ones. And probably the clean had still remained imprinted somewhere in my childhood memory.

First reunion with the clean?

It started on a lake where I was going to the station, there was a river in the back and I saw the clans there, but I had nothing to do with them. I went to the first fish shop in 2-3 days and told the seller that I wanted a clean combo. Guess what he gave me. The Shimano Catana rod of 10-30 gr. and a Shimano Catana reel of size 4000! I can't say for sure what he gave me, only spoon polishes and some big gums. In time I started to put them together, now my hardest beat is a St. Cross Legend Extreme of 3.5 - 10 gr. And the thread I'm using now costs more than the first combo I bought.

Where did you learn wobbler fishing?

In the first phase I went in and read on the UK forums, then, I had good teachers, I was inspired by Dan Adrian Petriuc, Bogdan Florea and Robert Cioata Andrei.

The biggest clean caught? But the biggest seen?

The largest clean caught reached 60 cm, and the largest seen I approximate it somewhere at 70 cm, I still hunt it.

Do you only fish clean?

No, I also like to fish for trout, perch, sometimes pike. I don't like pike at all. I don't find myself in this style of fishing, in addition, the pike is like a pig, the pope everything you give him and he always leaves me without wobblers or gums. And they are not cheap. I also want to start fly fishing, I find it a very complicated style of fishing, but it incites me.

How much does fishing in the UK cost?

Depending on where you fish, for public waters the fishing permit costs £ 30 per year. But there are also many concessioned rivers, here it depends on the concessionaire / association / club, I also paid £ 145 to become a member on 3 rivers.

Tips for large clients?

In order to capture the capital clans, you have to get to know this species, to study where they take shelter, to realize when and at what they eat. During fishing, a lot, a lot of peace on the pond and great care not to let your shadow enter the water. Then follow the wobblers…

Top 3 clean wobblers?

The first and by far the best wobbler is Lucky John Haira. I bought my first Haira on eBay 2 years ago and my first big clean I caught was at that yellow Haira that still appears in the pictures. Since then I give them maximum confidence. I would say two and three HMKL and wobblers hand made by Artistul Pescar.

Why Catch & Release?

C&R for me is the same feeling as if I had fish in drill… Only C&R helps us to catch such beautiful specimens, plus it gives me the satisfaction to catch them again.

More with and about the clen caught by Calin Lucian you can find out on his facebook page, open a beer and a Messenger window and give him a message. You have stories for a few beers, not only clean, but also trout, perch, pike, I had a lot of fun.

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