At the suggestion of various members and given the magazines will run a mile from criticising a piece of kit, here is your chance to tell us what you really think about a rod, reel, line, lure... keep it legal please!
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Conor P
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by Conor P » Tue Jan 15, 2008 10:22 pm
Now we had this subject once, and alot of you hated them, but I'm not sure you've tried these:
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by fishinmidget » Tue Jan 15, 2008 10:39 pm
meh...i think they are all the same except the smartrig "smarties" those are great. :D :D
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by jd » Tue Jan 15, 2008 11:12 pm
fishinmidget wrote: meh...i think they are all the same except the smartrig "smarties" those are great. :D :D
I have buckets of those, but I think I'll use beads, swivels, and telephone wire for the foreseeable future..
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by fishinmidget » Tue Jan 15, 2008 11:17 pm
can ya send me some :lol: :lol: :lol: :wink:
i dont use them on my competition rigs but i find them great on the beach when your lazy...have never tangled on me either.
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by jd » Tue Jan 15, 2008 11:29 pm
Smarties are handy-I'm keeping them!
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by EricH » Tue Jan 15, 2008 11:47 pm
Yeah, they are right handy, my mate picked up about 30 packets of them in Spain during the summer for €1 each . .i donbt use them for compo gears but always keep a pack handy in the wallet for knocking up emergency rigs etc.
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by MC » Wed Jan 16, 2008 12:05 am
ok so whats the difference between these crimps and smartrig "smarties"?
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by EricH » Wed Jan 16, 2008 12:36 am
Sorry, my mate brought back those "crimp swivel" ones, dunno about the smarties . . !
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by jd » Wed Jan 16, 2008 4:25 pm
smarties...
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by daithi » Thu Jan 17, 2008 1:50 am
jd wrote: fishinmidget wrote: meh...i think they are all the same except the smartrig "smarties" those are great. :D :D
I have buckets of those, but I think I'll use beads, swivels, and
telephone wire for the foreseeable future..
telephone wire??
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by Seancelt » Thu Jan 17, 2008 3:30 am
daithi wrote: jd wrote: fishinmidget wrote: meh...i think they are all the same except the smartrig "smarties" those are great. :D :D
I have buckets of those, but I think I'll use beads, swivels, and
telephone wire for the foreseeable future..
telephone wire??
Hi Daithi,
You can use the very thin, coated wire in telephone wire as stop-knots, it also has the advantage of being re-positionable.
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by corbyeire » Thu Jan 17, 2008 11:34 am
jd wrote: smarties...
ah, so thats the name of those yokes!
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by daithi » Fri Jan 18, 2008 1:12 am
Seancelt wrote: daithi wrote: jd wrote: [quote="fishinmidget"]meh...i think they are all the same except the smartrig "smarties" those are great. :D :D
I have buckets of those, but I think I'll use beads, swivels, and
telephone wire for the foreseeable future..
telephone wire??
Hi Daithi,
You can use the very thin, coated wire in telephone wire as stop-knots, it also has the advantage of being re-positionable.
Derek[/quote]
cheers for that sean
Conor P
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by Conor P » Sat Jan 19, 2008 11:59 am
If you are all obsessed with these smarties I'll give them a try, when my new hooks arrive....
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by stevecrow74 » Sat Jan 19, 2008 12:15 pm
i cant really fault the smarties.. anytime i have 'borrowed' a rig from midget they seem to last a good while..
i usually get the yellow ones as they are good bait clips too :wink:
the red ones are the ones with swivels
wonder will M&M's come up with some :lol:
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