Recent content by Roy Daintith

...and apologies, I could have re-sized that

Interesting. I've been meaning to post this on here for quite a while as i would like to sell a few rods but am also on the lookout for some rods too but the postage costs could make it potentially not wothwhile Bearing in mind the seemingly prohibitive cost of posting rod tubes I tried...

If interested, just saw this - Guru rod with a decent discount https://www.total-fishing-tackle.com/guru-n-gauge-specimen-dual-tip

This is an interesting thread as I've been trying to have a reeel seat and handle altereed on a favourite feeder rod. However, it appears that Guidesn'Blanks have stopped trading which is a real shame after supplying compnenents for s many years. I was looking for a real seat in Summer and...

...and wondered if these might be of interest; new from Daiwa? https://www.benwick-sports.co.uk/float-rods/11328-52219-daiwa-theory-speci-float-rods.html#/858-length-14ft

Was just about to post the same pic; link here https://www.maggotdrowning.com/forums/threads/new-normark-rods.262779/

Correct Richard. Sorry - obviously meant to write 'Revengers'. Apologies for any confusion. I could do a better pic but not sure it would add. Whippings are black with gold tipping so mimicking the Normark style of that time

Here's a picture of my two Avengers (both missing the top1/2" unfortunately); the one with the garish decals is a slightly later batch, the original logo was much nicer. I sent my first one to Geoff Salisbury to have the handle altered (which i think may have ultimately been done by John...

Thought this might interest some on here...

...in fact just checked and the selloer has these available as solid tips; 80cm long at 4.6mm base diameter...

Depending how you feel about buying from China this might be worth looking at; I bought some via Ali express. Three tips in the consignment. One broke with v little bending pressure but the other two are perfectly good quality, hollow carbon. This is a different supplier to the one I tried...

Hello Richard, just seen this on maggotdrowners forum https://www.maggotdrowning.com/forums/threads/slider-floats-wanted.258805/

Any interest to anyone ? https://www.maggotdrowning.com/forums/threads/insight-barbel-rod.258740/

There are any number of similar bagso from military suppliers ~ eg, https://heinnie.com/maxpedition-noatak-gearslinger

Interesting - six degrees of separation.. The reason I asked is that for a number of years he was a work colleague of my partner and I met him a fair few times at after work drinks, work functions etc in the early /mid noughties. We are exactly the same age sharing the same birth date and...