luminous light at the tip of the rod?

[simplywabs]

Folks,

Another dummy question from me. I saw a couple of anglers last week when we were fishing at night and they have this small luminous thing that they tape-on at the tip of their rods so they can easily spot it when there's a bite at night. What do you call those and can they be bought as well on tackle shops?

It looks like the ones that my kids are playing with but what my kids have are longer. What I saw from them are just about an inch long.

Thanks,
WABS

[JOHN1]

keep an eye out for them in LIDL when they do there fishing gear 50 in a box for 4 euro

about 1.80 in tackle shops for two they are called chemical tip lights or starlights.

[simplywabs]

Nice tip. I'll swing by LIDL once in a while to check it out.

Thanks,
WABS

[JOHN1]

check them on

www.lidl.ie

[doggie3131]

most tackle shops stock them,but there more expensive! i paid 75cent for two before lidl!!

[Dave]

The Lidl starlights certainly are great value, I got a couple of boxes of them last time they had them in. You can get them in any tackle shop but as the lads already pointed out, they can be a little pricey. Alternately I suppose you could just use a headlamp and put some reflective tape on your rod tip.

[beebub2]

Veals online shop have them too. Not as cheap as Lidl but still a lot cheaper than takle shops.

https://www.veals.co.uk/cgi-bin/sh000001.pl?REFPAGE=https%3a%2f%2fwww%2eveals%2eco%2euk%2facatalog%2f&WD=tip%20lights&PN=Tip_Lights%2ehtml%23a1018#a1018

Be careful in there; it's easy to get carried away. Fishing porn!

[Tony Fella]

Iv got around 15 packs sitting around the house pm me your address and il post them to ya! Thats my good deed done for the year!!

[eric]

dont waste your time with starlights, their fidly, none reusable and can be problematic as regards to line getting caught around them while casting, get yourself some quality reflective tape instead

[simplywabs]

Thanks Tony.

Sent you PM on my address.

[The Austrian]

Iv got around 15 packs sitting around the house pm me your address and il post them to ya! Thats my good deed done for the year!!

good man Tony, nice one, fair play

[gfkelly1969]

i use a led tip light and buy spare batteries from the 2 euro shop,works out cheap this way

[contender]

I get the snap lights from ebay in bulk. They work out nice and cheap.

[roger de dodger]

i use a bell cheaper than all them modern gadgets and they ring when you are doing fiddly things with your tackle bit like a woman they are now mandatory when fishing with dennis

[Cormdogg]

Have look see in the pound shop, you can get all sorts of luminous stuff in em, I even seen em in tesco

[red]

i used the chemical lights for a while, then moved to the tip lights and then onto the tip tape. its much better than the lights. i paid 2.50 for it and it did 2 rods so its cheaper than the others too.
the chemical lights are handy to have in the box tho. if your not catching much put one onto the snood about an inch or 2 above the hook. ive had a few flats and doggies doin this when nothing else was happening. the 2 guys who laughed at me for trying it blanked so i had the last laugh

[Hagar the Horrible]

I better get to LIDL too. I paid €8.69 for 1 tip light last week in a well-known Dublin tackle shop.

[alanmcc64]

I used to buy them from here,

http://www.glosticks.co.uk/-c-54.html

available in a range of colours at under £7 per 100.

They last about 8 hours and if you only use them for a couple of hours then freeze them and they will do another session.

[simplywabs]

Hi Tony,

I got the lights you sent me today. Thank you very much!

[dan]

they arent bad on the tip of the rods, but if you get a few packs pop one on to your snood too, deadly for pollack and doggies.