Bait droppers

[wellyphant]

Can anyone recommend a good quality bait dropper,i say good quality as i've gone through two of them in the last month,,the first one(make i can't recall)was ok apart from the flimsy metal hinge which started buckling after about ten casts,i took it back to the shop and swapped it for an offering from FOX,which was even worse,it looked the part,with interchangable weights etc. but the door fell off after only two casts,,very poor..If anyone could recommend a good sturdy baitdropper i would be very grateful,,,thanks

[Andy Macfarlane]

I had a Seymo bait-dropper, which I snagged after 2 sessions. That aside, it was awfully nice and if I had to buy another, I'd try to get the same model. It was black plastic, done in the fakey carbon style, like some reel spools. You know the type.

 

It was nice and tight when shut, so your bit didn't spill everywhere, even with maggots but with enough free movement that it opened no problem. That's the kiddy I'd go for. The rest felt like hammered tin or some crap to me.

 

...andy....

[Dave Lumb]

I had a Seymo bait-dropper, which I snagged after 2 sessions. That aside, it was awfully nice and if I had to buy another, I'd try to get the same model. It was black plastic, done in the fakey carbon style, like some reel spools. You know the type.

 

Can't have been a Seymo, Andy. They are powder coated metal.

 

[wellyphant]

Can't have been a Seymo, Andy. They are powder coated metal.

 

That's the first one i broke coming to think of it Dave,,the hinge was very flimsy,,not as flimsy as the fox one though which dropped off completely.Any more suggestions anyone??

[ayjay]

.Any more suggestions anyone??

 

Small Tuna tin (or similar) and make your own.

[Andy Macfarlane]

Can't have been a Seymo, Andy. They are powder coated metal.

 

 

 

It was plastic. I know plastic when I see it and it's the exact same design (bar material) as the one you've shown, same logo and everything. I know a Seymo badge when I see one. It was plastic, not metal....plastic.

[DavyR]

It was plastic. I know plastic when I see it and it's the exact same design (bar material) as the one you've shown, same logo and everything. I know a Seymo badge when I see one. It was plastic, not metal....plastic.

 

You must have been sold a pirated copy, Andy - I've just bought one of those Seymo jobs and mine certainly feels like metal. It fact, it feels just like the Dinky Toys I had when I were a lad...

[Andy Macfarlane]

Products change. Yours is brand new. Mine might no longer be produced. I can assure you it was a Seymo from a reputable dealer. I've got enough Seymo stuff to know a Seymo label when I see one. Anyway, Seymo stuff is bottom of the line. Who would be daft enough to copy the chepaest line in fishing gear? Copy Shimano or copy Fox or someone but not Seymo. I doubt that would bring much return.

[ayjay]

I'm fairly sure the original Seymo's that were produced in that style were plastic.

 

Bait droppers became quite hard to get hold of at one time after Thamesley stopped producing any and the Seymo ones were the first ones that became readily available again.

 

I was already into making my own by then because of the lack of availability, (so my memory of the timescale of the manufactured ones is a bit sketchy now).

[Andy Macfarlane]

I'm fairly sure the original Seymo's that were produced in that style were plastic.

 

Thank you Ajay. See these doubters....I don't know.....lol.....

 

 

...andy...