Enterprise Tackle Boilie Spike
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Introduction
Fourteen white
plastic spikes (7 long, 7 short) which can be trimmed to length if required.
Claimed to be suitable for use with all types of boilie, including popups,
as well as tiger nuts, maize etc.
Designed
to be pushed into the bait after tying to a hair thus eliminating the need
for hair stops.
The
Boilie Spikes
In Use
Having used many methods to avoid
the fiddly process of passing hair stops through hair loops - these have
ranged from cocktail sticks, long loops, brush bristle, bullet stops, fuse
wire, another spear type device (a future review), various other bits of plastic,
bands and other devices - I thought these were the answer. I'm always a bit
cautious about adding extra 'plasticmongery' to end tackle, but on appearance
these spikes looked good.
I first tried these spikes on
a couple of types of boilie at my disposal - one lightly skinned and the other
a harder predominately fishmeal type.
As the insertion of the spike
caused both types to split, I searched out a few more types of boilie and
had similar results. Pretreatment with a nut drill or baiting needle allieviated
the splitting to some extent, but this rather defeated the simplicity angle.
Conclusions
Disappointed
with the performance on the boilies I tried, but may work for some boilies
of different base mixes and hardness. Will be sticking to hair stops for the
time being.
Price
Available from the BFW Shop at
£1.50.
Go to the BFW
On Line Shop
Bob Gill
29th January
2004
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