my fishing budget

[rarepleasures]

i'd rather not blow a load on expensive reels and rods as i wouldnt be able to tell the difference at first but the thought of spending say £100 on just a rod and a reel sounds fine.

 

I started off with a £25 Leeda Match rod off Ebay and a Shimano Nexave again £25 off Ebay.

 

If I was starting again from scratch I would buy the Grauvell Specialist L.T. 11' 3" (£60) - together with an decent Okuma reel (£ ? ) and a Middy starter Whip (£20).

This last holiday both those covered me for all basic situations.

 

The Grauvell is a recent purchase after I've been fishing for a year, by this point I've sat in the rain, soaked through, and caught nothing but still not been put off so I knew this fishing lark wasn't a passing fad.

[Darren T]

wow guys thanks for the overwhelming response.

 

I'll definatly not get a keepnet to begin with, you have just confirmed my initial thoughts on that front.

 

i suppose my one other question of the moment is, are Okuma reels great reels or just good for the price. With 30-50 notes to spend on a reel would Okuma be better than any other? I am pretty sure i saw Matt Hayes using an Okuma reel the other day but no doubt he was either given it free or its an expensive model or both! i have see some reviews and they seem very positive.

 

i have some more questions to ask so see my other thread if you are feeling smart

[Dick Dastardly]

And Budgie's bro probably has a load of cheap, unused Fox stuff to get rid of!

 

 

Ah but think of all that pretty (pretty useless that is!!! ) Fox lure stuff he can replace it with! Mums going to have to get the loft floor reinforced!

[Dick Dastardly]

Yup. I think we got Andrew pretty converted over to lure fishing so all the nasty still fishing bits will need to be sold to support his new section of the sport.

 

I do have to say that I can't remember ever seeing an angler who had done basically zero lure fishing from a boat adapt to it as quickly as he did.

 

 

To true mate! I was quite worried that he wouldnt enjoy the lure fishing from a boat but he really took to it!

Even to the extent that when we got back from the couple of days carp fishing (what he's really into) he was much happier back in the boat! Considering he had never done any lure fishing from a boat he soon got the hang of making quick short but accurate casts up to and amongst structure and cover.He certainly caught more than me anyway!

[Andrew Burgess]

Yup. I think we got Andrew pretty converted over to lure fishing so all the nasty still fishing bits will need to be sold to support his new section of the sport.

 

I do have to say that I can't remember ever seeing an angler who had done basically zero lure fishing from a boat adapt to it as quickly as he did.

 

ah I am full of surprises Newt No won't be selling the nasty fishing bits unless Peter Waller want to take up carp fishing!

[John S]

Darren, don't forget that many tackle shops have second-hand rods and reels for sale. Check them out carefully and you can get a real bargain

[rarepleasures]

i suppose my one other question of the moment is, are Okuma reels great reels or just good for the price. With 30-50 notes to spend on a reel would Okuma be better than any other?

 

The general concensus amongst anglersNet is that you generally get a better quality reel in the low to medium price range from Okuma as compared to other brands.

[Darren T]

i have been having a fish around (oh dear) and have managed to fill a few e-baskets full of new toys. one thing i was quite happy with was finding the Okuma Epix Pro 30 for £27.99 while everyone else seems to want £40. however i am still umming and arring over a rod. First to catch my eye was the Shimano Hyperloop AX Match for 36.99 until i then saw the Shakespheare Mach 1 Match for 35.99. Now i just dont know lol.

 

so far my basket is bulging with

 

a rod,

okuma epix pro 30 reel

a tub of shot

plummet

1x 1.1 pint baitbox

1x 2.2 pint baitbox

a rod/reel holdall

2x tele banksticks

unhooking mat

landing net and handle

catapult

micro and match sized disgorgers

hook tyer

spring scissors

5 drennan crystal floats (im going to need some help picking some i think lol)

bulk spools of 4, 6 & 8lb Daiwa Sensor mainline

100m spools of 3lb, 5lb & 6lb Maxima hooklength.

 

grand total was around £160 which i think is a fair price to start out ina new hobby. My last great hobby probably cost me about 4k over 3 years so this is peanuts!!

 

i'll expect to pay a little more for some of this stuff when i go into a shop though but its a ncie point to start looking. i know i could ditch some bits to start with but what the hell. the question at the moment is the Mach 1 Match or the Hyperloop AX Match?

[peterpikefisher]

I have been perusing various sites and mags to get an idea of the cost of tackle (everything seems so much cheaper than 10 years ago!). Now as for the particular tackle i may well follow whatever my uncle says would be good to get and will hopefully visit a real shop with real people to get it all. however i am a complete newbie, i tend to pick things up fast and will probably spend a hideous amount of time on forums like this and in books when not fishing to learn as much as i can from that perspective. so what kind of budget should i be looking at having to start off with?

 

I have a nice big Stanley toolbox which is designed to be used as a seat that i can start loading my gear into so thats a start but what about everything else?

 

i'd rather not blow a load on expensive reels and rods as i wouldnt be able to tell the difference at first but the thought of spending say £100 on just a rod and a reel sounds fine. and with so much choice it doesnt look like it'll be to hard to get something useful even for that kind of price. how much should i try and set aside for other essentials like floats and a landing net and so on? do i really need a keep net? (my thoughts are no as i dont tihnk many places allow them and having a 2.5m net for 3 sticklebacks and a lump of weed seems ott lol) I am fortunate enough that if i wanted to i could blow a tidy chunk on the latest whizzy gear if i really wanted to but since i am getting married in 18 months i have to start justifying the spending a little more!

 

so really would £150 be a good starting point? or £200 or what? lil help for newbie

 

great idea for a post mate i was just about to do the same however i wish to concentrate on pike

so if any of you guy/gals got any good ideas I've got about £200 ish , looking for 2 rods 3lb test 2 reels a pod large landing net 1 piece handle not telescopic unhooking mat bite alarms etc.

[John S]

a tub of shot

plummet

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5 drennan crystal floats (im going to need some help picking some i think lol)

bulk spools of 4, 6 & 8lb Daiwa Sensor mainline

100m spools of 3lb, 5lb & 6lb Maxima hooklength.

 

If the tub of shot is of the mixed type, you should get some that are stupidly big. Pinch one of these onto the bend of the hook instead of using a plummet

 

The Drennan crystal floats are amongst the best on the market (especially the ones with interchangeable tips), they're the ones I use nearly all the time for my float fishing even when using a pole.

 

If the 100m spools of hooklength are the extra-thin stuff, all well and good. If they're not, just use the Daiwa 6lb line for hooklengths as well.

 

One bugbear when float fishing is you will sometimes need to change floats, but it's a bit of a pain breaking everything down and then setting it all up again - buy a packet or three of float adapters or make your own. These are simply a small swivel* with a short length of flexible tubing on one end, the mainline goes through the eyed end and the float goes into the tubing.

 

 

* Buy a selection of swivels....