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5 Ways on How to Travel Light

WilfredSparks / Fishing / 0 comments

December 8, 2020

If you really want to enjoy the tour and want to have a wonderful experience then travel light. Take a mini suitcase or just one suitcase while you go on a day trip from Adelaide. Taking three big heavy suitcases along with yourself would become very unmanageable especially when you have to travel from airport to the hotel. Moreover, packing light can be very tricky sometimes. You will get confused about what to take and what not to take along with you. However, keep in mind all you need is to take the relevant things that fulfill your basic needs. It is difficult to pack light but once you know how to do it it will make your trip enjoyable.

Mentioned below are the five ways on how to travel light.

Get a small suitcase

To travel light, the very first thing you need to do is to get the right-sized suitcase. There is no need to carry three to four suitcases with the whole wardrobe packed in them. All you need is a small bag to carry your basic stuff. Moreover, you do not need to have a huge heavy suitcase. Get a small bag that can carry luggage for a week. Hence, to travel light, a small suitcase with basic relevant stuff would be convenient enough.

Pack stuff strategically

Packing can be very tricky when you travel light. Sometimes it becomes confusing what to keep and what to leave.Therefore, to travel light you need to be smart enough to pack things strategically so that all the necessary things are adjusted. Moreover, you can enlist all the relevant stuff and then see what is more essential and what can be left behind. Keep things in a way that you use all the space and no space is wasted in the suitcase.

Carry small toiletry items

toiletry

If you want to travel light, always carry small toiletry items with you. There is another option that you can consider and would be very convenient. Make sure that the hotel you are going to stay in provides you with all the basic toiletry items needed, if not, then you can carry travel size bottles of shampoos and liquid soaps along with yourself. Hence, it will enable you to keep your suitcase light and won’t take much space.

Keep clothes and shoes wisely

To travel light you need to pack light. While packing the clothes make sure you pack the ones you actually are going to wear considering the weather. Moreover, two pairs of shoes would be more than enough. Wear the heavier ones and pack the light ones.

Make the most of your hand carry bag

Most of the airlines allow you to take a hand carry bag for your personal items, so make sure you make the most out of it. Keep the heavy stuff in it. If you are carrying a laptop you can keep it in it. Heavy clothing items like leather jackets or a pair of shoes can also be kept in it. 

Hence, these are the five ways on how to travel light. Traveling light will enable you to make the most out of your tour and will let you enjoy and make wonderful memories.

In Hong Kong, 26 tons of protected shark fins were seized: they belonged to 38,000 different specimens

WilfredSparks / Fishing, News / 0 comments

August 31, 2020

The announcement was made by the Hong Kong Department of Customs and Excise and was reported by the English-language newspaper SCMP, South China Morning Post, on May 6. For customs inspection, two containers were opened each containing 13 tons of shark fins from Ecuador. The experts, evaluating the shape of the fins, came to the conclusion that they are two species prohibited for import into the Asian country, as they are considered protected.

Customs officials had become suspicious because of writings in Spanish that signaled the presence inside of dried fish coming from the South American country and destined for the same local logistics company. On April 28, they then opened the first container and May 4 of the second, each finding over 300 nylon bags full of shark fins.

The discovery inevitably led to the seizure of 26 tons of fins belonging to about 38,500 sharks , 90% of which are considered to be at risk. Ken Chan Hon-ki , responsible for the protection of endangered species and part of the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation, has calculated that the fins come from about 31,000 pelagic thresher sharks and 7,500 silk sharks , species considered protected in the country. Asian.

In fact, the pelagic thresher shark or Alopias pelagicus has been defined by the world organization IUCN, International Union for the Conservation of Nature, based in Geneva, an “endangered” species, that is ” endangered “, while the shark silk or Carcharhinus falciformis is considered ” vulnerable “.

The two games have an enormous commercial value, calculated at around 8,600,000 Hong Kong dollars, which corresponds to around 1 million euros . It is believed that the goods were intended for local consumption , to be sold to grocery stores and restaurants and then resold to consumers by them. According to a survey carried out in 2018, in recent years in Hong Kong 7 out of 10 inhabitants have eaten shark fin soup at weddings, company or family celebrations because it is considered a good omen and aphrodisiac.

Best spinning rods

WilfredSparks / Fishing, News / 0 comments

August 31, 2020

Most appreciated sport fishing techniques , the name derives from the old fishing techniques, in which a metal spoon was used as bait. The fisherman throws the hook and retrieves it with the reel, the spoon rotates in the water forming circles that attract the fish. Spin means spinning, exactly like a spoon in water, hence the name of the spinning technique. Even today the most used lures are artificial ones. Today we will talk specifically as per the title of spinning rods .

Spinning rods … predator rods

Spinning rods designed both for the fishing action (casting and retrieval) and for the type of prey that we are going to undermine or predators. In fact, a very active type of fishing that certainly does not suit those who see it as an activity to relax.

If we talk about spinning fishing rods at sea we refer to those used to fish for sea bass , greenhouse and barracuda both from land and from the boat ( inshore and offshore ). As far as freshwater spinning is concerned, the rods are almost always the same and are used for pike and black bass spinning . Ultra light models are used instead for trout spinning .

A rod for each predator

The question that those who approach spinning ask themselves is if there is a rod that can be suitable for all types of predator or artificial , the answer is no. For each type of fish and lure there is a special rod that allows you to obtain the best results. The spinning rods are distinguished by some special features:

  • length: it can vary from 210 to 270 cm, but in general, the most used are the short ones, exceeding 240 only if you need to get to particular positions such as inside the canals;
  • power: usually expressed in grams, these correspond to the maximum weight (of the lure) with which the rods offer optimal performance. In some models it is recommended to stay slightly below for best performance.
  • action: also called stiffness measure, it is the ability of the rod to return to position in a certain amount of time; in this case we will talk about fast, moderate or slow depending on the slowness with which it returns to position. This aspect will also have to be chosen based on the predator you want to fish, because an action not calibrated in the right way could unhook the prey.

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