Posts Tagged ‘Stumps’

Good Maintenance of Your Cricket Bats

Sunday, November 8th, 2009

In Britain, Cricket is a very popular game among other games. Two teams are involved in this game. They have a team of 11 players. The game of cricket is loved worldwide. In countries like India and Pakistan, it is considered as a ‘religion’. Cricket involves just two simple gears that include bats and balls. Extra bits of cricket supplies that are required include stumps and sightscreen. The game also has some equipment necessary for the safety of cricketers. These include helmets, batting gloves, mouthpiece and wicket keeping gloves.

Cork base is used to make the cricket balls, which are then covered with twine. Finally, it is covered with white or red leather on top. Another significant equipment of cricket is bats. It is significant to understand that cricket bats require maintenance even before and after the game.

You will be surprised to know that even a new bat needs maintenance in order to make it apt for use on the ground. Bats are generally used to knock down shots, even before you get onto the field. It will protect it from being damaged. You should be very careful while using bats during full swing. There are certain steps that should be followed, which will give you desired results.

You can use a coating of linseed oil on bats. You should let the bat absorb it for a few hours. Then once again, you should use a layer of oil on it. It is necessary that you grease the bat adequately. However, you should check that oil is not excessively used on it.

The next step is to hit a wooden knocking mallet on the bat for about 10-15 times, you will notice few dents but it is quite normal. Ensure that you are not hitting the wooden mallet on the back of cricket bat, use the wooden knocking mallet, and they are available in many sport equipment stores at affordable price. Repeat the session of knocking with the wooden mallet for about 10-15 times for a number of days until the bat has received minimum of about 3-4 hours of knocking session. It is important to remember that you grease the bat before every knocking session begins with linseed oil.

the edges of the cricket bat should be hit gently with knocking mallet several times until the shape becomes round. You should care for your bat before you play final matches on the field. It is recommended that you should practice a lot with bat before you play final match.

one of the worthy equipment of cricket is its bats. In fact, the performance on the ground is highly dependent on the kind of bat that use on the ground. Therefore, it is essential that you look after your cricket bat before using it for the match.

Going Out Catfishing Jugging

Wednesday, August 5th, 2009

Would you like to learn how to snag a ridiculous amount of catfish, why don’t you consider using jug lines? Catfish jug fishing is a great way to maximize your time on the water, and tocatch an enormous amount of catfish. When we go out, many occasions we will set over twenty jug lines to pull in the fish. This is one of the secrets why using jugs outperforms typical rod and reel fishing, the large increase in hooks and bait in the water.

If you have ever wanted to pick up catch blue catfish, using four to six inch live or dead shad on a heavy twine or leader line with a circle hook is the best way to go. My personal favorite bait to use is live perch. Many times we will partially fillet one side of a perch, just to put some blood and scent into the water, to draw in the big fish. If yellow catfish is what you are after, you’ll definitely want to consider using perch to catch them.

We’ll take the jugs, and set them out in an area of the water that has many stumps or other good cover for fish, and secure the jugs to the stumps. We always catch fish using this method. Often we will catch anywhere from 20-50 pounds of catfish each day we run the lines, and we will typically re-bait the lines twice a day. This is an excellent way to catch some very nice catfish.