Wakou
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So, being skint (and naturally tight) I went ahead and bought one of these. Amazingly cheap, and perfect for what I want. After two weeks of feverishly checking the tracking sites, it arrived. Reader, I was thrilled! A thing of beauty! Lightweight, and of good quality, packs down to approx 18" and extends to 9' 6"!
Imagine, then how I felt, when I realised that it has an M8 (8mm metric) thread to attach a net. Making it 100% useless, unless you buy a net especially with a M8 screw. Almost all nets, banksticks, rod-rests, bite alarms, etc etc, have 3/8" BSF threads. Much head-scratching and google research resulted in nothing. No adaptors to be found. Neither of my spare net-heads can be bodged to have a M8 screw attachment. I could drill out the end of the new pole, tap and helicoil it. But that would cost far more than the handle did.
I am sorely miffed! Any suggestions welcome!
This is the offending item on Ali-Express:
Imagine, then how I felt, when I realised that it has an M8 (8mm metric) thread to attach a net. Making it 100% useless, unless you buy a net especially with a M8 screw. Almost all nets, banksticks, rod-rests, bite alarms, etc etc, have 3/8" BSF threads. Much head-scratching and google research resulted in nothing. No adaptors to be found. Neither of my spare net-heads can be bodged to have a M8 screw attachment. I could drill out the end of the new pole, tap and helicoil it. But that would cost far more than the handle did.
I am sorely miffed! Any suggestions welcome!
This is the offending item on Ali-Express:
7.56US $ 40% OFF|Fishing landing hand Nets 4M 3M 2.1M Folding Carbon rod Nylon Collapsible steel Tackle tank Hole Depth Dipfor fishing|Fishing Net| - AliExpress
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