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Brolly help. Can't keep it up

Iain Tutt

Iain Tutt

Senior Member
Where am fishing at the moment the ground i rock hard. Am having trouble keeping my brolly secure in the ground. What do you use and recommend
 
The Fladen one looks like it will do the trick. I'll order one then attach some rope to pull it out easier. Cheers
 
Just thinking out load here, but could you use a spiral type bank stick to make a hole or the start of a hole for the brolly spike to fit into?:)

Stephen
 
You can get Octoplus fixings to fit on all sorts of diameter poles, I have one that attaches to my Bri-Lo box & holds a brolly pretty securely....
I guess they will still be available.....

Andy
 
When I used a "normal" brolly, in windy conditions it was a nightmare. So I tried a powerspike, reasonably successful. So I tried guy ropes, reasonably successful. So I tried storm caps and storm poles. But all in all it was unsatisfactory, plus the fact that rain always slanted under the brolly.

I tried tying/fixing brolly to chair, but in windy conditions the brolly/chair would be unstable once you had stood up.

Had enough of all that, and had endured it for years :). So I bought an umbrella with sides, and storm poles and pegs. Have never looked back.
 
I use the Fladen brolly spike. Take the pole out of the brolly, clamp the spike to it, then use your foot on the side bar to gently push the spike home. If it's windy, I then also use storm poles.
Mike
 
Taken Lukes and Mike suggestions and went out and bought a Fladen style spike on my way to a cold session yesterday. Worked perfect, although there was not much wind it held the brolly tightly in the hard ground. Cheers chaps
 
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