Recent content by Tim Marks

Maui Jim prescription lenses will be the wrong side of £400 retail. Especially if you have ‘readers’ fitted for knot tying. But in my opinion they are the best. Here is a salutary tale of thriftiness gone bad….I had some MJ prescription lenses and they were great. But my eyes deteriorated...

Try a Krey loop (aka non-slip mono loop). In my experience it is by far the best (most efficient) loop knot, I nicked it from saltwater fly fishing where knot tieing is almost a religion. I have used it for decades for most of my fly fishing and that includes using fluorocarbon tippets. It is...

So good; you read it twice !

I would echo JM’s thoughts - a coated braid is more abrasion resistant and Jelewyre is good stuff. For ‘real’ braid either Gardner Trickster or Bank Tackle Kevlar infused. The latter is a reasonable price….

I’ve just discovered the ‘Carper tackle’ speed flex cradle mat. Silly name - as it’s a mat with sides, rather than a cradle. It’s a folding 36”x 18” well padded base with pop-up sides. Weighs 1kg dry. It is a little bulky when folded but a good size for a big fish when operational. Std price...

Make your own and put spirulina in it. It is actually very dark green.

Not a lot wrong with the Okuma 6000’s that you already have.

Cadence supply rods in really nice narrow oval tubes.

Same here. I have 2 lightweight tubes. I takes 1x trotting rod, the other takes 2x for the few occasions I want to take 2 rods. Either goes in an old Nash super basic quiver.

Same here. Hydrotuff or Gt80+ for me. I tried Synchro XT (not loaded) after all the hype and didn’t like it at all.

Probably Drennan/ESP.

Just for balance; 5 kilos of Rollin’Baits Optimum bait is £70 and JB ‘Supermilk’ is £25 a kilo for just the base mix. I’ve used Hydro-flow since it was released and it catches plenty of fish of all species. I’ve also used a version of Supermilk (as paste) and that caught plenty too. I’ve...

Cadence run quite a few ‘road show’ events through the winter where their gear is available at discounted prices - as per Evesham. So if you aren’t in a hurry…..

Good work.

RODS SOLD. Pair of Harrison Chimera 3 rods. 12ft, 2 1/4 test curve. 2 piece. Chestnut tinted blanks. Built by Dave Lumb. His standard build: Full cork, Fuji reel seat (screw up). 15.5” cork below fitting and 3” above (shortish handles). 3 leg Fuji rings, 8 and a tip. 25mm butt ring, 2...