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    Richard Isaacs reacted to Joe Winstanley's post in the thread Daiwa br25a vshimano 6000 oc with Like Like.
    I have the Castizm BRs on my carp rods and the 6000 OC's on my pike rods. Both very good reels, and very different. The wider diameter...
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    Richard Isaacs replied to the thread Daiwa br25a vshimano 6000 oc.
    The Daiwas are pit reels and the shimanos are saltwater live bait/spin reels. They behave and feel totally different. Why not go and...
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    Richard Isaacs replied to the thread Daiwa QD Reels.
    No that’s not what I mean at all. On a baitrunner reel you have 2 operating systems. 1) Free spool which is set if you want to allow a...
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    Richard Isaacs replied to the thread Daiwa QD Reels.
    What you on about, TDM’s are cracking reels. They ain’t inferior, they just might not have a feature or two that was given to the TDR...
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    Richard Isaacs replied to the thread Daiwa QD Reels.
    I have a question first. Is the purpose of the QD to replace the baitrunner facility as a free spool function? If so imo it’s a step...
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    Richard Isaacs replied to the thread Avon Scales.
    The pinion gear on the back side of the dial does come off yes but I can’t remember a lot about that as I think I’ve only ever had to...
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    Richard Isaacs replied to the thread Avon Scales.
    They are clean because they are unused. These are very very rare metrics avons and are of little use to me while fishing so they are...
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    Richard Isaacs reacted to Anthony Crampton's post in the thread Avon Scales with Like Like.
    Yes ,Perfect ! Thank you Richard and a Happy New Year to you .
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    Richard Isaacs replied to the thread Avon Scales.
    My metric set are uncovered at the moment. Does this help
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    Richard Isaacs reacted to Cliff Turner's post in the thread 17/18ft float rod with Like Like.
    interesting topic, Ive caught lots of barbel and big chub when wading in fast flows and I never use a landing net, for the barbel I just...
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    Richard Isaacs reacted to Chris Fogg's post in the thread 17/18ft float rod with Like Like.
    Neither would I, my arms aren't that long
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    Richard Isaacs replied to the thread 17/18ft float rod.
    Yes I do it a lot myself with 15ft rods fish up to 6lb ish maybe 7 at a push just glide them to the hand. I find it a lot easier in...
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    Richard Isaacs replied to the thread 17/18ft float rod.
    I wouldn’t take any fish to hand with 17ft personally unless they are swingers an extra 3ft is a long way.
  • Richard Isaacs
    Richard Isaacs replied to the thread 17/18ft float rod.
    It’s a solid point. You need a minimum of a 3m net handle for a 17ft rod from the bank and ideally a bit more to be safe but in the...
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    Richard Isaacs reacted to Kevin Siddle's post in the thread 17/18ft float rod with Like Like.
    Chris, have you considered the difficulties and potential for breaking a tip of using such a long rod with large powerful fish in heavy...
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