Buying a Beach Buddy.

[Newt]

LOL - no problem. Makes me feel useful.

 

[macky]

the badgers are great tho

well worth £60

 

macky

[John E Ashford]

 

Looking at the Badger Beach Shelter is the black skirt where you cover with sand, stones, shingle etc

[Ollie Jay]

Hiya If its anything like a beach buddy which it does look like then yes you can spread some gravel or shingle over that to hold it down! Think i might of brought one of those if i new they were that cheap instead of paying for the real mccoy!

[Jim Roper]

John, don't worry about ropes!

Take a few sturdy carrier bags to fill with pebbles or sand, instead of thinking of pegs.

 

3 or 4 ropes from the top, to bags of pebbles, will save a lot of strain on the frame if it is blowing.

 

Better still, hold your rod and feel 'all' the bites!

 

[ 15. February 2004, 04:43 PM: Message edited by: Jim Roper ]

[John E Ashford]

Jim Roper:

John, don't worry about ropes!

Take a few sturdy carrier bags with pebbles or sand, instead of thinking of pegs.

Jim It's bad enough carrying my box of kit, rod rest & rods half a mile, you don't expect me to carry bags with pebbles or sand aswell.

[macky]

john

 

yes the black bits in the pic are the skirts but that pic doesnt do it justice they are longer than they look

just cover them in shingle/sand and the beach dream dont budge an inch

it does come with guy ropes and pegs too but i rarely use them unless i peg it up on a cliff top.

i fish in galeforce winds and it stayed solid to the beach every time

 

well worth £60

 

macky

[Bretty]

As an ex-carper I use my nash (spit) titan. Fantastic bit of kit!(There are a few on ebay at the mo ~£100)

 

The best thing about them other then the rigidity and lack of guy ropes. Is they are really wide so you can recline on a bed/deck chair making watching the rod tips easy!

 

Mines an old one with a removable spike at the back. I've replaced this with a 3' umbrella spike. With or without the storm poles on the front it's Solid as a rock!

 

Any colour you like as long as its green.

 

[ 16. February 2004, 05:02 PM: Message edited by: Bretty ]

[John E Ashford]

Hi Bretty

 

Do they do a green in red

[John E Ashford]

Well thanks to the internet I had a good day out(Blanked) on the Holderness coast fishing with someone I met on the forums. Talking of fishing experiences and kit, when the subject of beach buddys came up. Only for him to have a John Holden one going for a song. It was only a few months old and was in prime condition.

I now have a John Holden Beach Buddy for well under £50.

 

Thanks to all for your help.