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I have an old Swiss army knife (huntsman) that my son found in the street over 25 years ago, he wanted to give me it, the small blade was snapped but everything else is still perfect. Brilliant bit of kit that has proven very useful (even the snapped blade) over the years!
One of these would...
Great minds.......
Our lass has just bought me this
I've always fancied one and couldn't think of anything else, I'll be piking down the syndi' with it during the holidays👍
The problem with that rig in the video is it's asking for a bite off, A pike could take the bait, carry on upstream and bite through the mainline. The bait won't flutter straight out from the sub float, it will hang down in all but the fastest of flows with the subfloat above and the mainline...
I can't recall exactly how long I've it but I'd guess at about 20 years give or take, only ever had a couple of issues with it, once when piking on the water mentioned to Chris above when the temps during the day changed quite a lot from a freezing cold to relatively warm (or vice versa). The...
No Chris. I can get at the widget from both ends of the outer pole, ie, I can remove the butt cap and remove it from the back or simply slide it out of the front without removing the butt cap.
I'll take a pic, the top one (which I remembered as being black but I must have remembered the very...
I have the NGT ones on all of my made up rods ready to go, either in quivers or loose on top of the barrow. I sometimes don't use a quiver if I'm using a barrow.
I used to use different tc's for different venues but recently ditched everything under my 2.25lb daiwa theorys and use them exclusively. I don't think a barbel knows whether it lives in the swale or trent. I was at the trent a couple of months ago and had a 5plusser which believed itself to be...
I've just bought a top end Daiwa rod and the bag it came in is top quality! I also bought some second hand barbel rods from a fellow member on here and the bags they came with were/are very good!
The 4000 is quoted to be ideal for floater fishing/close range tactics for carp, the 3000 is quoted as being ideal for big river/barbel fishing.
The 4000 looked pretty similar in size to the 2600 in AD a few weeks ago, which is why I presumed the 3000 would be similar in size to the 1600 (which...
I'm surprised about the clutch, recent reviews and I believe Daiwa also state that the clutch on the GS has been improved???
The 3000 looks like rocking horse shit now anyway!
My bad,,, it's the GS3000ltd
DOH!!:mad:
https://www.anglingdirect.co.uk/daiwa-gs-ltd-front-drag-reel?gad_source=1&gclid=Cj0KCQiAoae5BhCNARIsADVLzZdLyfAwGXVjlWPV2omVbAdNv40bKsJsAojApQoalVsk16Usw4duCtkaAgJXEALw_wcB
Edit, I see you may be sorted now!
If you get no joy I can recommend the GS3000GTI I've just bought the 4000 for floater fishing next year and reviews have stated it has an improved clutch and line lay than the SS range. I'm not positive but I reckon the 3000 will be a similar size to the 1600, the 4000 is similar to the 2600.
I...
Nice job!
Dave Lumb did an article in his blog with something vey similar. I bought the white and clear shrink tubes but never got round to doing it.
It's the whipping that puts me off doing it, that aspect of the job can the difference between a really nice job as in your pic or a bit of a mess.
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