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Has anyone got any ides how to measure off line from a bulk spool accurately ? I have tried the shakespeare line counter and at best its not accurate in forty years I have found this a proper pain ..

Come on even if just to sy f..k of!!

Has anyone had any probs with the new fox slik bobbins they keep breaking on me , they are either crap or i,m an arnie clone.

Hopefully the pva will stand up there is no such thing as waterproof pva, water resistant yes being a wooden boat builder I extensively use epoxy as pva cannot take long periods of wet and breaks down. we found evo stick one of the worst for this. looks a good job though and hope I am prooved wrong.

Barry mconnell rollovers and the latest panasonic vibration alarms Batteries hard to find though...ebay

Thanks for the welcome mate, sadly it was a treble I had to extract it after they had pulled and poked,.

Thanks for that Barry I was starting to lose the will to live.......

Did you not read the original post ? do not gut hook? are you using 12 /o s so it's impossible to swallow? and as for not enough fishing hahahahaha thats a good one.

I think the point of this has evaded you Andy they do not hook in the gut at all the point is bent so pulling on the eyed end does not draw the point I feel as I give up just get one and try it !! Anyway jam three points in your hand and in the other just one and tell me which is harder to get out!!.

Yes I dont fish for vegetarians myself but the carp boys on here would string someone up caught using trebles somehow a hair and treble with a boilie just doesnt sit right huh i'm cracking double entedre,s now.

I don't know what hooks you are using but I squash the barb to a bump and ROLL the hook out Have only used my greys pliers three times in the last couple of years bolt croppers!! jesus have a look at your set up sounds scary.

But why would you want all that metal in the mouth of a valuable fish are you not confident enough yet to use 1 single hook why not use trebles for carp ....because people would be in uproar over it thats why .... because you don't need them.

You have hit the nail on the head Andy not responding quick enough. Trying to tell people this apparently hasnt worked their will always be a lot of people who ignore the rods once they are out. but even hitting the bite early doesn't always work. Ten years with circles and another thirty five with trebles has taught me there is no contest which is safest ,bait presentaion is better too Especially with the latest wire from the states you can knot it untie it and it doesent kink!!.

Keef yes a standard float rod should do it not sure how much you want to spend but the much maligned dragon carp do one for a tenner I have one (gasp ) and it bends in two almost had carp over ten pounds on it .

Well had just seen my last sprat spiraling into orbit due to not opening my bail arm. So perchance a boiled egg loving wrapped in clingfilm by the mem sahib residing in my stalking bag was sliced in two and dunked in some van den red and cast, (this time with said bale arm) open and with a slow sink and draw and hey presto. I make note of halving the egg as to using a whole as one unducked would just be silly.

It's not the first time I have seen this in ten years, I actually said I have not deep hooked a pike in ten years . Hair rigged deads on a tag from a tagging gun fish can swallow completely and the hook just backs up every time, going back to your misinterpretation I have seen it many many times and mostimes if the fish is hooked in the stomach it's game over the stomach acids leak into the intestinal region causing I imagine great pain.

Does anybody out there use barbless circle hooks instead of 19 th century trebles as I have yet to hook a pike deeply in the last ten years. I mention this as I saw a fatality only yesterday at my local lake two fellers with all the proper gear with a deep hooked pike the cause trebles in it's gut. I took it on the first indication he said awful sight I can tell you nearly put me off fishing for good. you don't use trebles for barracuda why use them for pike,.

Well it's not technically a dead bait but I had an 11 on a boiled egg.

i have been offered three new ones for thirty quid any reel at that price is ok I know but I dont want to buy again in a couple of seasons being disabled the funds are hard to come by....

Does anyone have any feedback on the mitchell premium freerunner 50 fr as iI have been offered some. still stuck in the seventies with my 300s and 410s and finally am getting with it with some baitrunners.

Crikey must be rare 33 replies for a thirty year old air rifle and nothing for up to date korum gear doesn't look good does it?.

Trying to find some wheels for my korum chair , but even korum themselves can't help???. Being disabled it's a case of neccessity I obviously cannot drive and untill I find some i'm knackered so if anyone has a set new or used they dont want anymore ,good money waiting.....Pete

For me never in 43 years is that any surprise?