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You don't have to 'hope it rains', it will rain, we just need to store it when it does rain so that we can cope with the dryer periods we are experiencing
The John Roberts are the best I've found. Simple, secure, low cost and available in the BFW shop.
https://barbel.co.uk/product/john-roberts-barbel-rest/
I often fish with odd rods, to me it makes sense on the bigger rivers to fish an inside line with a lighter set up and mid river with a heavier set up that can handle the bigger weights needed to hold bottom.
I know very little about cane rods but am tempted. What fishing is this suitable for? What would be a safe line rating to use? How long is it? Any other info would be useful.
Thanks all, some great info there. I couldn't find the tenchfisher's article, you might need to be a member to get to that one. I did find a tenchfisher's youtube clip that demonstrates the Hellerman tubing option though. That looks good to me.
Thanks for the kind offer to send me some Hellerman...
Has anyone got a cheap option for heli-rigs for tench? Last season i just used a swivel direct to the mainline trapped between two Drennan big grippa stops which worked fine most of the time, but i did lose one nice fish which really bugged me. This season i'm thinking of going with something...
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