Tackle rip off?

[Fair Weather Fisherman]

Having browsed a couple of fishing tackle shops, all I can say is what a complete ripp off tackle manufacturers are. You pay large amounts of money for what is really just a piece of plastic, for example, beads at the tackle shop were £2, while a pack of the same shape bead at a florist or craft shop is less than half of that.

 

Bait, why was there tins of sweetcorn in a tackle shop priced at £3?

 

These funny boily and pellet things are priced more than a finest food fit for humans. Will dry cat or dog food not get the same results at a fraction of the price?

 

Taken for a ride springs to mind..

[peterpikefisher]

if you think thats pricey look at This

[Fair Weather Fisherman]

Quality Pete,

 

I'm scared at what it's going to cost me to get upto standard on a waters edge, all my tackle is 10 years old or older and hasn't been looked after (my fault).

 

I wont be taken for a ride though by paying stupid prices for something that has absolutely no engineering put into it.

 

An expensive reel, fine. An expensive cast of plastic, ripp off!

[peterpikefisher]

if your on a tight budget try ultra tackle on ebay she is quite good with prices ,

or dragon carp for rods some good deals /the pound shop for ground bait/ hooks /floats etc

 

aldi rod real combos

plenty of inexpensive gear out there. good luck

[Elton]

if you think thats pricey look at This

 

Time left:3 days 19 hours 8 mins

 

No purchases have been made.

 

Any idea why?

 

[poledark]

:) Elton..actually I paid £70 each for mine (secondhand)

 

You are right about rip off...I bought some rig tube on Monday...MKF have banned lead/silicone leaders. Not much left on the shelf so I ended up buying some Fox stuff. Beautifull plastic container and inside a couple of metres of plastic tube (cost 2p? )

 

Container probably cost 10 times what the tube did, so I end up having to pay £2.50 and throw the packing away.

 

And don't even think of any Korda stuff...............you will need a second mortgage to buy his stuff

 

Den

[Peter Waller]

If people will buy the stuff then shops will charge accordingly.

 

Fox's wasteful packaging policy is another reason for not buying their stuff!

 

Lidls just has to be the best bait shop!

[Neil G]

Price of some terminal tackle is just ridiculous and IMO a lot of it is utter rubbish (ready made pike traces which you can cut easily with scissors!).

 

I always try and make a lot of my stuff these days, especially floats but haven't moved on to making my own lures yet, now those things are a rip off lol

[Bank Vole]

I agree, the cost of some tackle and bait is way over the top. I was fortunate enough to win £100 of Dynamite's Marine Halibut baits and havent had to lay out much on bait so far this year, but I was surprised at the price of 1/2 a pint of casters and 1/2 a pint of maggots for when I took my grandson "tiddler snatching" at the weekend. I,ve just started a wormery to save a bit too.

Jim

[ColinW]

The stuff you can't fish without, the rods, reels, lines and hooks, have never been better or cheaper. The nonsense, like the £3 sweetcorn you mentioned, is only intended to extract as much money as possible out of the "instant fishermen" before they get bored and go on to something else.