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Anyone care to share anything they have made at home that may be of use to others? It could be tackle related like Scuba's feeders or feeder mix receipes like Mark's Rig related ideas, chair or rod...

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Many moons ago, when the "swinger" type Carp indicators first became popular , I spied some new Solar jobbies at the local tackle shop. Hmm.... I could make a couple of those thought, tight fisted as...

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Thanks for that Vernon, not exactly what I was looking for, along with Andy you are plunging this thread into oblivion. Millwall need points more than I need a Barbel

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Moi? Seriously - only option was for a homemade one - not commercially available. Andy

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I dislike how the bite alarms that I have for night use dazzle me when they go off, and I seem to prefer to use a bobbin in conjunction with watching the tip isotope to lessen eye strain. I used a...

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About time I answered this one - make and adapt quite a bit of kit, landing net handles and heads, rod rests and loads of others. Perhaps my most popular 'bit' is the rod rest heads - built before the...

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Hi Bob, just knew you wouldnt be able to resist this thread mate real old school, if yer cant buy it make it i never ever got a chance to be bored, always tinkering with tackle and stuff, me dads...

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Rods of course, can't understand why more peole don't make their own. Floats, usually a bit 'traditional'; though I'm no great float angler. Weights, in fact anything if I think I can save a few quid....

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A few years ago made my own built cane rod. Got a copy of Rod Building For Ameteurs by Dick Walker.Made a MKIV carp rod, blood sweat and tears and very sore fingers and 100 hours later had a rod....

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Big Kev was explaining a float to me yesterday that he saw a chap stet pegging with. It was very big, over a foot and shapped like a bent nanna, and about an inch wide. Due to its shape he was able to...

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I used to make my own floats many years ago to use in the wier pool on the mole.An oval balsa body with a 2 inch peagcock tip that you could see above the foam in the wier.Also used to make floats for...

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I've made a few camouflaged weights by mixing my kids' plasticine to get a colour to match the river/lake bed then mould it round a narrow straw. You can have any shape you like - problem is they're...

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While we're at it, Does anymone know where I can get a decent lead mould? And then I'd get some powder coat if Scuba aint bought it all. I've heard from a carpy mate that those boys at atomic knock...

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Hi Dougal, have a look at Dave Lumbs website as he sells them, grippa's/watch leads as well as "normal" bombs and flat leads sorry can't do links www.dlst.co.uk Just bought a 6 and z watch mould for...

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Bingo- thanks matzzz.... i remember now seeing them in Pike n Predators mag..cheers DZ

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Doug, I've seen a guy on our river use a pole float that's shaped like a saucer. He can fish with alot of weight to hold in the fast current without getting washed away too soon, also allows him to...

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Thanks Bob, I will have a look around at a couple of tackle shops.Millwall need points more than I need a Barbel

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Doug, the floats Bob is refering to are called lollypop floats used by match anglers when faced with fast,deep flows or flood conditions,they come in sizes 5gr-25gr. atb malc

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Thanks Malc, that narrows it down considerably.Millwall need points more than I need a Barbel

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Forgot to mention they are used in conjuction with a pole as they can be held back against the flow of the river.I would not reccomend trying to cast one as they are not designed for that purpose. atb...

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Walking around my local department store - the family run kind that sells everything from ironmongery to curtains and furniture - I found some plastic tree wrap (the stuff that protects saplings from...

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