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Thanks for your advice guys. Tight lines, Dave

Doeas anyone have one of these? If you own one I would like to know your opinion. Would you advise this as a general purpose feeder/quiver tip rod? What line rating is it good for? I read somewhere that the Daiwa quiver tips fit - is there any advantage to using them as opposed to the others in the Drennan range? Thanks. Dave

Please ignore this post as I seem to have got two on the go. Dave

Hi Ken, It's the Rochdale Canal in the mid Pennines - not very wide at all - a couple of long boats side by side with a bit of clearance to pass each other, no wider than that (30mtrs sounds about right). That said, it should not be forgotten that I may be fishing other as of yet unknown venues. I was thinking more of ledgering worms around lock areas and inflows with loose fed chopped worms and maggots, rather than using feeders on the canal. I must admit to leaning towards the Drennan offering, that is only based on my experience with my Drennan Matchpro 13ft Ultralight float rod, which I have found to be outstanding. I have no experience at all when it comes to ledgering, so I was just hoping to tap into other peoples experiences of what is good and what isn't.

Actually, it doesn't Ken - the Mach 3 XT feeder rod range goes down to 9ft 6in. They also do a 10ft 6in version too. Regards. Dave

Hi Guys, I am in the market for a feeder/quiver tip rod. I want it to cover as many situations as possible, but mostly I want it for quiver tipping on canals for Perch, bream, etc. I am guessing that around 3-6lbs line rating would be about right for this? I have three rods in mind that could be possible choices (not in any specific order). I welcome your opinions about these and any others you think I should consider: Team Daiwa ledger 10ft Drennan Series 7 Carp feeder Combo 9ft 6in to 11ft Shakespeare Mach 3 XT feeder Thanks in advance for your help. Regards, Dave PS - I can't seem to find any reference as to what tips are supplied with the Mach 3 feeder rod. Can any one tell me please?

Reckon I will have to save up a bit first. Curently there is only £54 in the fishing kitty - enough to buy a new 706, but not the centrepin. It can wait a bit now that I have made up my mind which way to go. Thanks again all.

As I said, I have been contemplating this choice for quite a while. Your comments and a good nights sleep, when my subconsious mind must been churning things over, has made me see the light - it has to be a good quality centrepin reel and nothing else. Even the decision about which one has been made - the Okuma Aventa Pro. Thanks to all of you for finally getting my head out of the sand.

Hi Guys, Thank you for your responses. Rusty, that is exactly the kind of information I was looking for. Alan & Tigger, today I was over at Tackle2U in Bradford and was looking at both the centrepin reels and the ABU. I started having doubts about the 706 at that point. The example on show would not consistently re-engage the line pin when the handle was turned (no matter what the drag setting) and I got to wondering if anyone had experienced any problems with them. It could be that it was not assembled properly, but I could not check this as adjacent reels prevented me from taking the spool cover off to see what was happening. I steered clear of the really expenisve centrepins like the Hardy, but had a play with an Ikonix, an Okuma Sheffield, an Okuma Aventa Pro and a Greys. Of these I would probably have bought the Aventa Pro had I that sort of cash available at the moment. The Ikonix example was much better than the Marco Cortesi that I returned to Dragon Carp recently, which frankly was junk. This reel ran for a long time, but as an engineer I did not like the feel of the ball bearings (lumpy) and there was some play on the spool axis. It was being sold at a good price though, and it occured to me that if stripping, cleaning and re-lubrication did not fix the lumpiness then it would not be a great expense to replace the bearings with Abec 5's. Whilst I was talking to the assistant in the shop he suggested that if I was fishing slow moving swims I would be better off with the ABU - yet another complication to the decision making process, if it's true? You will no doubt have grasped by now that I have been contemplating a centrepin for some time. As yet the jury is still out. Making this decision is proving a lot harder than I ever thought it would. Crikey, I could pick up a fly rod and know within seconds if it was for me or not, but choosing a trotting reel is proving very problematical. Alan, neither of those. I am a member of the Hebden Bridge AS and it's their waters that I fish.

No need, I have been a fly fisherman and fly tyer for over 40 years. It's just that I fancied trying a method that I had not used before. Steve, thanks for the heads up, I have sent an email to my club secretary to find out what is legal and what is not.

Hi Guys, I was wondering if anyone had any issues with the ABU 706 reel? My birthday is coming up and I wondered whether to add one of these to my reel collection. I would be using it for trotting my local river for brown trout. It has a mixture of swims from slow paced, medium (most) and the odd fastish one. Some other things I would like to ask, as I am new to trotting are: This method is aimed at bottom feeding fish, should I modify the standard rig set up for trout in any way? Should I stop the float more often so the bait rises in the water? Would I be best starting at say 6 inches clear of bottom? Thanks for your help. Regards, Dave

Thanks Budgie. That's definitely the type of mesh I am looking for. Tight lines.

Thank you for responding to my post and for your helpful suggestion. Actually, I only need a replacement mesh as I already have a very good 24" diameter Sharpes Gye net with leather peel sling. The replacement Canadian meshes listed on the web site you supplied the link for seem to be a bit on the expensive side at nearly £20 for the size I need. The Snowbee version might not be as good, but at half the price I could get two of those. On the other hand, they well be worth the money. I will make a decision when I have some more data to go on. At the moment I am really just looking for an opinion about the quality of the Snowbee ones? Tight lines.

Hi Guys, I need a replacement net for my 24" diameter Gye and was wondering if the Snowbee knotless ones are any good? Ideally I would prefer a lure type mesh that is not so easily penetrated by hook points, but a reasonably large open mesh would also suffice. Thanks.

Hi Watatoad, Makes perfect sense to me. Personally, I clean all my gear, dry rod socks, reels, reel cases and terminal tackle immediately upon return. I then wipe down the rod sections with Pledge or similar and clean all the eyes. I also wash and disinfect my landing net and the small towel I carry to wipe my hands after handling fish. If I am using a multiplier reel then I lubricate the line laying mechanism every time before I go out. I only service my reels fully every 12 months. I don't ever immerse them in the water so I have never needed to do it more often than that. Like yourself, I am a firm believer in looking after my fishing gear. Hi Chris, yes there are a few exceptions, but thankfully my local canal (Rochdale) is not one of them. Perhaps I should have said "most" canals don't have a closed season.