Worst waste of money

[Pangolin]

Following on from Malevans' thread, what single purchase do you consider your worst waste of money, when buying tackle? Mine has to be a Mitchell 624 boat reel, which I bought in the early 80s, for a Plymouth wreck-fishing trip that never happened, because the weather turned nasty. I tried it as a pike reel, but couldn't cast deadbaits without getting overruns. It never caught a fish... and was eventually sold for a fiver! I could add to that a number of very expensive lures that have been lost on the first cast, but that's just part of the lure-fishing game!

[ThePiker]

Tackle?, dunno,but baitwise it has to be hemp pellets.Absolute and utter cr@p.

[Dick Dastardly]

One of the origonal Fox Ruck Boxes.Totally wrong shape and all those straps just sit in the mud!Could have been so good with a bit more thought.

[The Diamond Geezer]

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Originally posted by Pangolin:

 

Topic: Worst waste of money

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Each and every spool of line that doesn't meet its label claim ... for Breaking Strength .... or diameter .... or abrasion-resistance .... or stretch ... sometimes because it's been on the shelf in the shop for 5 years :mad:

 

DG

 

[ 08. April 2004, 08:58 AM: Message edited by: The Diamond Geezer ]

[RUDD]

Ultrabite

Nough said.......!!!!!!

[John Ellison]

Octoplus feeder arm. The number of times that the rodrest head overturned was enough to render it useless to me, yet I think the rest of the system is brilliant.

[Chesh]

think i am goign to have to say Hemp Pellet - complete load of cr@p !! back onto the real stuff instead

 

and probably ESP mainline, 12lb i found kinked far to much, although i think i had a dodgy spool as its a highly rated line

[Leon Roskilly]

Some years ago, I splashed out on a new 30lb class boat rod for a trip organised through work.

 

Having anchored up and caught a string of mackeral, I was overcome by sea sickness and spent the rest of the trip semi-concious laying on the deck, with the occasional lurch to the side of the boat for a futile attempt at emptying an already empty stomach.

 

The rod hasn't seen action since!

 

Then there was the cheap fixed spool reel that I bought that had the knack of tangling line.

 

Tight Lines - leon

 

ps The artificial bread that I bought back in the late '50s had fish laughing all over the lake, so I guess that comes a good 3rd, though not nearly as expensive!

[Julian]

Nash Titan bivvy.

[Peter Waller]

Suffix Herculine! Lethal stuff, absolutely lethal.

 

I have only ever regreted buying one rod and that was a John Wilson Six-Shooter. Horrible thing but it was the only generally available, reasonably priced baitcaster at the time.

 

[ 08. April 2004, 04:11 PM: Message edited by: Peter Waller ]