How Many Carry a Second Light

[cow tamer]

Needed my backup light last night. Middle of nowhere. Dark. Went to turn on my light and nothing. Good thing I carry an extra.

[afterhours]

SOP for me now after my one light crapped out one dark night on CH- thankfully gary soldati had a spare.

[Crafty Angler]

Originally Posted by afterhours

SOP for me now after my one light crapped out one dark night on CH- thankfully gary soldati had a spare.

I've carried two with me ever since the night I got the Jehovah beat out of me on some rocks trying to get back in during a big swell. A good scare will teach you more than good advice or so I've heard.

Two. Always. A Princeton Tec 40 on some surge tube around my neck and a duplicate spare in my bag.

I also have a USCG approved emergency strobe velcro-ed high up on my wader strap just in case. Old Uncle Zeke used to call it a body recovery device but I figure upping the odds if you go over the side never hurts.

Don't leave home without it.

[DZ]

Originally Posted by Crafty Angler

I also have a USCG approved emergency strobe velcro-ed high up on my wader strap just in case. Old Uncle Zeke used to call it a body recovery device but I figure upping the odds if you go over the side never hurts.

Man - I miss fishing with my partner Zeke. Best darn surf fisherman that not many people know about.

Always have at least a small pen red light as a backup. I can remember using the old heavy Justright headlamps with 4 D cells and the friggin cord from the battery pack up to the light. Damn bulbs would burn out or the cord would corrode at the worst time - too big to carry an extra.

DZ

[PaulS]

In addition to my head lite (which is always on my neck for some reason) I carry a 6" maglite on tied on a string hanging off my neck and inside my waders. Some nights I don't turn on a light all night but if I use the 2nd light I'm damm happy I had it.

[Pete_G]

I'm up to 3 on account of having 2 nights where not one but both lights managed to fail.

I've since changed lights but I still usually have 3 lights on me; one small one for dealing with fish and other up close tasks, one bright one if I need it for walking or emergencies, and one more very waterproof back up light.

They're all compact so even though 3 is a lot of lights it doesn't slow me down at all.

[NIB]

I've gone out and had 2 lights bad..

[Crafty Angler]

Originally Posted by DZ

Man - I miss fishing with my partner Zeke. Best darn surf fisherman that not many people know about.


DZ

Me too, Dennis - he's out in the Northwest now banging barndoor halibut and cohos as you probably know.

Hey, D, how about a light tackle blackfish category in the senior division for old guys like me and Zeke this coming year for the club record?

Nah, nevermind, Bryan and George will probably wanna get in on the action....

[JohnR]

Always

[maddog2020]

I always have at least one or two of those Photon micro lights on me. I use the orange colored one when I walk at nite whether fishing or whatever. I pack mine with grease to help stop rust.

I've also started to carry a small glow in the dark compass !! I've not gotten lost fishing, but I have stayed in the woods too long and walking out with no lite land marks is a real drag. Better safe than sorry. Doesn't hurt to carry spare batteries in a Ziplock along with some of those breakfast bars/energy bars as well).

Those Fenix LED lights are the bomb for the $. Those chunky little D123 lithium batteries hold a charge for over a decade. LED bulbs won't burn out easily so you don't need to worry about busting the wire on the bulb.

[5/0]

Due to energy cut backs there will no longer be a light on at the end of the tunnel

[Justfishin']

Always- small red one on my hat and a Maglite with a litebite on a lanyard around my neck inside my shirt. And sometimes I even carry a third small cheapie in a pocket if I have one.

[decksweeper]

More times than not, I have a small led around my neck along with a headlight.

[Tman1]

I always keep a spare in my surf bag as a "just in case" light. I've actually used it quite a few times even when not really planning on fishing into dark.

[RIJIMMY]

always carry two - you never know if the British will be coming by land or by sea

[SirWinston]

Originally Posted by RIJIMMY

always carry two - you never know if the British will be coming by land or by sea

Ahem, in case you hadn't noticed, the British are already here!!

You never know, they may be able to lend you a light if needed......

As for myself, my loyalty from way back is to the Royal Marines who are always able to arrive by land AND by sea

[Crafty Angler]

Yeah but you guys call it a "torch" don't you?

[Mike P]

I usually have 3. Princeton Tec around my neck, a spare Garrity LED in my fanny pack, and a headlamp apiece in my jig and plug bags.

And this is a guy who does 95% of his fishing in the Canal where there's a nav light every 1/10th of a mile

[Back Beach]

Originally Posted by Mike P

And this is a guy who does 95% of his fishing in the Canal where there's a nav light every 1/10th of a mile

I lost a light one night when accessing the canal from the 100 steps. Took me about 20 minutes to make it back up to my vehicle in the pitch dark. Stumbled many times and almost broke a leg.

Now I carry two lights on one headband. Looks funny, but works fine.

[steve]

Always carry a back-up.

[BassDawg]

OKAY!! alright,,,,,,,,Allready!!

i'll go get a back-up today..........
always have a b-up of batteries, ziplocked in the backpack
there's plenty of room for another necklamp and a "torch".

maglites are the chit, even the minimags bust
out some mega candleage; considering their size.

[reelecstasy]

Always have my head lamp, and a good waterproof around my neck..

[jim sylvester]

princeton tec blast around my neck that use for retrying, ect

one on my head for walking out

the blast has amazing power for a small light

[JFigliuolo]

Out at Naps, the point... VERY FOGGY.

I have a head light, and a neck light.

For NO reason the neck light turns on. I turn it off.

a little later it goes on again... I turn it off.

a minute or two later it starts flashing. I cannot turn it off.
I bang it a few times... It goes off.

Again, it turns on and I cannot get it to go out. Now I'm getting creeped out.

I decide to take out the batteries. My greatest fear is that the light will stay on...

It doesn't. Fish the rest of the tide a little unsettled, but no worse for the wear.


I swear, If that light had stayed on I would have crapped myself.

[rphud]

"head" light around the neck, mini mag on a lanyard as backup, extra batteries for both just in case of the dreaded double failure.

[spence]

Head lamp around the neck and a Princeton Tec light on a lanyard, with a spare Princeton Tec in the plug bag.

-spence

[Rob Rockcrawler]

Always have a spare in the plug bag, fits pretty good in the AS medium bag. And carry an extra set of batteries. The headlamp i have eats em fast.

[doc]

maybe a dumb question, but why do you wear a headlight around your neck?

[shadow]

Originally Posted by doc

maybe a dumb question, but why do you wear a headlight around your neck?

for me it is out of habit,mostly it is more comfortable and I have better control of my light.I can drop it and cup it when I am talking with some one so I don't blind them.same goes when scouting the water for a rock.

[shadow]

also I can't afford to constrict any blood flow to my brain.