Hi all
I've just started fishing again after a twenty year layoff so almost all of my tackle is over twenty years old (apart from some that i've had to replace as my son misappropriated it )
My rods consist of just a Diawa whisker kevlar (13') and a sigma wand light tip rod (comes with three light tips in the butt), the rest have been given away to mates when their offspring have decided to take up the sport, a few poles were given away as i never really took to it...
My reels consist of a Mitchell match (440a) and four mitchell 300a's, somewhere i also have a Ryobi cf something or other, this was an ultra lightweight closed face carbon matchreel that didn't have a clutch, the bell inside was teflon coated which was totally rubbish, after i'd used it around ten times for trotting a stick down the river idle it wore a groove in the bell making it nigh on impossible to reel a fish of any size in- one of the biggest lemons that i've ever bought, i don't know whether it's languishing in one of the old boxes in the shed or whether it went in the bin all those years ago...
My box is an old fibreglass Lintek mod2 (very obscure!! and was second hand when i bought it ),it has the octoplus adjustable leg system fitted but all the locknuts have rusted, ten minutes with a wire brush and WD40 have all working fine now, it stinks of mould but it does the job i suppose...
Any views on my stuff??, should i be OK with it or would it be better to give it a decent send off to the tip???
Cheers, John
BTW, anyone know where i can buy the self adhesive foam strips with slots in for floats to hold in??, mine has perished to nothing and needs replacing..
I made the tackle box when i was bored so would like to re-furb it but none of the tackle shops near me seems to sell it
I've just started fishing again after a twenty year layoff so almost all of my tackle is over twenty years old (apart from some that i've had to replace as my son misappropriated it )
My rods consist of just a Diawa whisker kevlar (13') and a sigma wand light tip rod (comes with three light tips in the butt), the rest have been given away to mates when their offspring have decided to take up the sport, a few poles were given away as i never really took to it...
My reels consist of a Mitchell match (440a) and four mitchell 300a's, somewhere i also have a Ryobi cf something or other, this was an ultra lightweight closed face carbon matchreel that didn't have a clutch, the bell inside was teflon coated which was totally rubbish, after i'd used it around ten times for trotting a stick down the river idle it wore a groove in the bell making it nigh on impossible to reel a fish of any size in- one of the biggest lemons that i've ever bought, i don't know whether it's languishing in one of the old boxes in the shed or whether it went in the bin all those years ago...
My box is an old fibreglass Lintek mod2 (very obscure!! and was second hand when i bought it ),it has the octoplus adjustable leg system fitted but all the locknuts have rusted, ten minutes with a wire brush and WD40 have all working fine now, it stinks of mould but it does the job i suppose...
Any views on my stuff??, should i be OK with it or would it be better to give it a decent send off to the tip???
Cheers, John
BTW, anyone know where i can buy the self adhesive foam strips with slots in for floats to hold in??, mine has perished to nothing and needs replacing..
I made the tackle box when i was bored so would like to re-furb it but none of the tackle shops near me seems to sell it