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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petekd
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#1 Post by petekd Wed Nov 29, 2006 5:46 pm
Loads of it on Ebay at silly prices. As ever, you get what you pay for.... Its a complete pile of cack. I ordered a spool of the 50lb, its the kind of stuff you tie up bales hay with......complete tat. 50lb spiderwire is at most 1/3 of the diameter of this stuff, its a big pile of poo!
Fluff chucking is the new black..... Rampant Wreckfish is a fly angler in denial
Bradan
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#2 Post by Bradan Wed Nov 29, 2006 5:57 pm
Good man Pete, objective as ever!
Will avoid like the plague from the sounds of it......
Its called fishing, not catching. If it was called catching it wouldn't be fishing!
petekd
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#3 Post by petekd Wed Nov 29, 2006 6:25 pm
Well unless you have some cardboard to wrap, hay to bale or are into knitting
Fluff chucking is the new black..... Rampant Wreckfish is a fly angler in denial
m.b3
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#4 Post by m.b3 Wed Nov 29, 2006 6:31 pm
petekd wrote: Well unless you have some cardboard to wrap, hay to bale or are into knitting
what colours can you get? might make a nice jumper!
Pat Spillane
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#5 Post by Pat Spillane Wed Nov 29, 2006 7:30 pm
New socks for the winter maybe
The Martini angler:- Anyfish anywhere anytime
m.b3
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#6 Post by m.b3 Wed Nov 29, 2006 8:16 pm
socks for the oul'fella!
SeanP
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#7 Post by SeanP Wed Nov 29, 2006 8:37 pm
There is usually some Power pro on ebay at a decent price have you tried any of that?
petekd
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#8 Post by petekd Wed Nov 29, 2006 10:00 pm
Ah, got plenty of braid, just trying it out as it was v cheap. Kind of fancy trying braid on a multi and with the onset I'm sure of inevitable birdies initially I didnt want to be using Powerpro or Spiderwire.
Fluff chucking is the new black..... Rampant Wreckfish is a fly angler in denial
glengormley-gavin
#9 Post by glengormley-gavin Wed Nov 29, 2006 11:26 pm
BOLLOX!!!!!
I bought a spool of Ultraflex Braid on ebay last night.
FFS mb.3 could you not have posted this yesterday?
Mind you - the wife wants to start knitting - maybe she can use it
Jude
petekd
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#10 Post by petekd Wed Nov 29, 2006 11:29 pm
Yeah Mark, could you not have told us sooner......
Fluff chucking is the new black..... Rampant Wreckfish is a fly angler in denial
glengormley-gavin
#11 Post by glengormley-gavin Wed Nov 29, 2006 11:45 pm
Al
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#12 Post by Al Wed Nov 29, 2006 11:49 pm
petekd
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#13 Post by petekd Wed Nov 29, 2006 11:58 pm
Jude, you did not ask......
Fluff chucking is the new black..... Rampant Wreckfish is a fly angler in denial
m.b3
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#14 Post by m.b3 Thu Nov 30, 2006 12:04 am
Yeah FFS mb3....
just thought i get in on the act
!
i'm a lonely man...............
Seancelt
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#15 Post by Seancelt Thu Nov 30, 2006 12:08 am
m.b3 wrote: Yeah FFS mb3....
just thought i get in on the act
!
i'm a lonely man...............
Mark, with friends like these who needs enemies.
All fishermen are liars except you and me and to tell you the truth, I'm not so sure about you!
petekd
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#16 Post by petekd Thu Nov 30, 2006 12:08 am
Anyone in need of a new tow rope for their car, let me know. Got 300m of this cack to offload.
Fluff chucking is the new black..... Rampant Wreckfish is a fly angler in denial
MC
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#17 Post by MC Thu Nov 30, 2006 1:56 am
use it to tie up a boat,
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#18 Post by jd Thu Nov 30, 2006 2:21 am
Well I'm waiting for my 20lb power pro to arrive. It should do the job with that (continentalish) shimano speedmaster rod I got..
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