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The concept for me has too many major flaws with the main one being sloping river banks.
Even a conventional chair with poor leg adjustment can allow the back legs to be folded in and do a half decent job on a slope but with your tackle and sandwiches bolted to the underside of your chair...
Ledgering or float fishing Bob?
If it’s for the former then literally anything with a decent check will suffice and it really doesn’t need to be brilliant to be spot on for the job.
For float fishing it obviously needs to be straight, true and free. You get a lot of choice in the 100-150 mark...
Mines been in exactly the same state for the last 3 weeks too Jon. It’s just not getting any opportunity to run off before the next pour down. Getting very frustrating
On a 13ft float rod, especially one as light and balanced as the rod in question, it’s going to be pretty difficult to mess this up.
What I’m saying is don’t think too much into this or start to worry about reel weight figures too much because anything you put on that between 200-300g is going...
I’m not going to say it’s sad to hear as it might possibly be the one thing that makes Steve a happier man.
Sorry if that’s not the case Steve but without any circumstance knowledge all I can say is hopefully your doing whatever makes you happy mate.
Tight li……… I mean best of luck 👍🏻
First time out in 2026.
Cold weather doesn’t phase me in the slightest but the rivers round here have been up n down like yo yo,s giving always unfavorable conditions when I have availability.
Nice to be on a little stream today inside its banks and nice to be putting a couple a couple of...
Everything needs a clean. But is in excellent undamaged perfect working order.
I’m not bothered what you do with it as I know no one is going to have use for it all so by all means make afew quid on it if you want, bin what’s of no use I really don’t care, I just want it gone.
It’s so cheap so...
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