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Paul Boyle

Paul Boyle

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Hi all
Was just wondering what the rest of you would get if you have had most of your fishing gear robbed...Ive got £400 to spend on a compleat new set up...

What would you buy ?

paul
 
I don't know about rod(s), so many from 50p to £500 now, so others will advise (yet I'd probably go for a good, secondhand Harrison relevant to the rivers that you fish).

Reels: a good Shimano Baitrunner (secondhand?) or a much cheaper but excellent Okuka Epix at pinch; plus a Speedia centrepin (there are still bargains to had on Ebay, you don't need an in-demand De-Luxe comparative rarity or one in mint condition).

There, I've got you started with some very good gear and you haven't spent very much! Go for quality rather than sheer, cheapo quantity.
 
Id buy a decent rod and reel first. See how much of the budget that takes and then get stuff like a landing net and terminal tackle based on how much was left over.

Depends on how much stuff you actually want to get. Id put at least £250 towards a new rod and reel, thats the most important IMO.
 
£200 will get you a decent rod and reel, maybe look 2nd hand on the rod.
bit's and bobs, chair..£40.00, landing net.£40.00 , bag..£30, unhooking mat, £20.00.
alot of stuff you can buy 2nd hand.
 
Essentials first.......

2x Wychwood Barbel Specialist rods £100

2x Shimano 5000 reels £110

1x Chub Classic chair £40

1x Wychwood Rod Quiver £25

1x Korum Landing Net £25

1x Chub Rova Bag £32

4x fox bank sticks c.£40

Total c. £372

That little lot will get you on the bank fishing all good tough stuff.
Whats left wil buy you a few hooks etc :)

Except for the landing net, and i use Shimano 6000's, it's pretty much what i use.

Ian.
 
first item has to be a good brolly...............:p
 
With a decent set of pegs to pin it down Clive! 400 squid, Hmm - A Bob built Harrison would swallow much of the budget, add a Penn Slammer 460 and you have a rod and reel that will last longer than you! A Starbaits Compact chair wouldn't add much more + a couple of Kg of Sonu Elipse - Job Done! Catching in style and comfort all season long!!
 
I'd go for a 4000 dl baitrunner£65 ish and a drennan super specialist barbel rod £120. Loads of cash left over for other stuff!
 
j.w youngs barbel twin tip shimano 5000xtea trakker bait bucket bag with cushion job done thats all i use and least the trip back to the car doesnt kill you when you blank...good luck!!!!
 
Like the question. I will offer two alternatives for the rivers I fish:

Harrison rod, probably 11ft 1.75 t.c., s/h speedia, approximately £100 left for bits - sourced from boot fairs, in many cases.

Or..

Same Speedia matched up with a fair-priced - not boutique - cane rod, say a Chapmans Amwell/550 or one of the many generic Avons made by companies in the late-50s/60s. Again, about £100 left for bits.

I have both set-ups and use them. If you really do want a fixed-spool, find an old Shimano Triton 3500b or Aero 5000 model or - my preference - an Abu 54 or 55.
 
Jon Berry said:
Like the question. I will offer two alternatives for the rivers I fish:

Harrison rod, probably 11ft 1.75 t.c., s/h speedia, approximately £100 left for bits - sourced from boot fairs, in many cases.

Or..

Same Speedia matched up with a fair-priced - not boutique - cane rod, say a Chapmans Amwell/550 or one of the many generic Avons made by companies in the late-50s/60s. Again, about £100 left for bits.

I have both set-ups and use them. If you really do want a fixed-spool, find an old Shimano Triton 3500b or Aero 5000 model or - my preference - an Abu 54 or 55.
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Hi Jon,

I go along with your recommendations completely, but I do worry a little about the moral side of buying at car boot sales. I know most of us have done it at one time or another, but I for one have often wondered where the stuff comes from...and one miserable day a few years back, I had my worst fears confirmed!

On the day in question, I had had a couple of thousand pounds worth of gear stolen (whilst on locked club premises, which makes it even worse :() While discussing the matter with the police officer issuing my crime number the next day, he said it was not worth even looking for the stuff locally, because it would already have travelled north :eek According to him, there was a brisk business in stolen fishing equipment, and to make it hard to trace, all the stuff stolen in the south travelled in van loads to car boot sales in the north, and vice versa :mad:

I know it is difficult to turn down a bargain, but it does encourage the toe rags of society when we buy at these places...hell of a world we live in, sad to say :eek:

Cheers, Dave.
 
A decent rod and reel, some line, a packet of hooks and a few leads.
Everything else can wait. At least you could still go fishing.
I've never seen anybody catch a fish with a chair or an umbrella (at least, up to now).
I would agree that quality second hand is preferable to average new!

I only hope it never happens to me.

Regards,
Jeff
 
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