Posted on behalf of A. N. Onymous....

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I am hoping you can help me in some manner. My partner lives & breathes fishing. He is a fan of your on line magazine. I would like to purchase equipment for him for pike fishing this winter but unfortunately I have no clue what to get. Even if I began with rod, reel, net, bait & mat I am unsure of which brand to purchase. I am a little unsure in regards to walking into the nearest shop as they prob will sell me anything. I do not mind price as long as I get quality. We live in {a city in Southern} Ireland.

I do appreciate your time & I would be very grateful for any assistance you can offer me.

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Give him a cheque for £200.00! Buying rods and reels for other folk is like buying them shoes, they need to choose them and see if they like the fit.

Walking into your local tackle shop and taking their advice is as good as anywhere to start. You can buy tackle online but its almost impossible to get good advice online. You didn't say where you lived but these I think are some of the main dealers in the south of Ireland.

Cork, Murray's Patrick Street 00353 21 4271089

The Tackle Shop, Lavitts Quay 00353 21 4272842

Cobh, Cobh Fishing Tackle Ballynoe 00353 21 481 2167

Clonakilty, Clontackle and Leisure, Spillers Lane 00353 23 35580

If he already fishes then he'll have a good idea of what kind of tackle that he needs, so dont try to to guess. Why not surprise him on a birthday or anniversary? Take him out for the day, walk him into a tackle shop and let him choose.

If he's a fan of Anglersnet, he's probably going to be reading this anyway and all over the south of Ireland right now there'll be anglers looking at their partners and wondering if its them that in for a treat, so give us a clue..his name isn't Patrick is it?

[ 18. October 2005, 10:19 AM: Message edited by: argyll ]