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Get some cheap metal filing cabinets for storing bait. I keep a couple of traps baited all year round, catch a few per year, thankfully I haven’t had anything damaged yet.
This has happened on a river that I’ve looked at a few times, not to this scale, but similar habitat destruction. If it was closer I would be tempted to replant it myself.
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Far too many, but off the top of my head-
Pike
3 x DLST P1 2.75lb
1 x DLST P2 2.5lb
1 x Sledgehammer (heavy lure)
1 x Fooler (med lure)
2 x 10ft Wychwood extricator 3lb
Barbel
2 x 13ft Korum 2.5lb
4 x Korum neoteric (original) 1.75/2.2lb twin tips
1 x Korum neoteric 1.75lb avon quiver
1 x...
Drennan have given tackle shops a number of spares so it’s worth asking at your local to see if they have any.
Two fixes I’ve found -
Using brush on superglue on the collet, a light sanding afterwards might be needed.
Add a small float rubber/tail rubber to bevelled area above the thread...
I use scarpa ranger gtx autumn and winter usually get 4/5 seasons out of them. Probably wouldn’t recommend them as an all year boot tho as they are insulated.
I’d try and find the exact same boot as you’ve got, if your getting 8 years from them.
One of my local tackle shops had them in, they seem to be well designed and well made. They seem to have a better build quality than the original spomb.
👍🏼 from me, although I don’t think I’ll use them until trips to the Trent over autumn/winter.
Korum gear has been going downhill for a while.
Luggage isn’t on par with there stuff from a few years back. I have had some of there older stuff for almost 10 years, looking at the newer version in the tackle shop, I doubt they would last 2 seasons.
Hooks - they changed the material, still...
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