neil r
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It’s mainly the lack of stretch and it’s not wiry like mono
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Thinner braid will be like cheesewire . The 30lb I use is .26 , 50lb .36 and the 100lb is .60 . I’ve got a bulk spool of 80lb aswell that i use for jerkbaiting . That’s down as being .50 and I’d have no concerns at all using that either straight through or as a shockleader if the 100 runs out
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Bear in mind I use 100lb braid shockleaders so it’s fairly thick , I wouldn’t fancy whacking a big lead out with thin 20lb stuff .
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No never had a problem with it . Started using it about 25years ago for lure fishing and then exclusively for deadbaiting and now for sea fishing. The only time I’ve ever cut myself with it is when I’ve been really pulling hard when tightening knots up . Never cut myself casting even with 6-8oz leads and big baits and I don’t wear finger stall . Never had it damage the eyes on a rod either . The only slight problem I’ve come across is holding bottom when it’s double windy and there’s a lot of weed about . Because of the lack of stretch it can trip the wires when you get a clump of weed hit the
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I did have a dabble with the new mag 4 when they came out and it lasted 2 trips before packing up so swapped it with the shop for a magged fathom 2 that I put abec 9 ceramic bearings in and it was not bad but I can cast as far with fixed spools so went back to them for ease of use . I’ve got 30 and 50lb braid on with 100lb braid shockleaders and can put baited rigs well over 100yard with hardly any effort on a straight overhead cast
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Have a look at the okuma 8k surf , I was using them last year and they are spot on , handled rays , bull huss and smoothound no problem and they’ve got brilliant line lay and they’ll cast as far as your able to . I used to use Shimano’s but don’t think the quality on lower to mid price models is what it used to be so I took a chance on okuma . Liked them so much I’ve actually got a couple of their 6000 size mini pits coming today to go on some daiwa 10ft ext rods
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Shimano tld15 multiplier . It’s never been out of the house , I bought the reel and an 20/30lb ugly stick on an impulse because a few of the lads had some good tope trips on the blue mink last year and I fancied having a go . I get really seasick though so I’ve decided to stick mainly to the rivers and the pier
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My mate sells loads on there and said the same but I haven’t got the patience for it
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I’ve had an email off eBay saying they’ll credit me the final sellers fee so hopefully it’s all sorted now . I did see the option to re list but can’t be bothered with messers so decided against it
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Think it’s sorted now , my mates got some concierge service thing with them and rang them and I followed the steps they told him
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I’ve took it off altogether now , can’t be bothered messing about . I had the same on Facebook with someone who arranged to meet me for it and never turned up and someone who asked me to get a price for postage and then he’d send the money but then disappeared . They were the reason I put it on eBay in the first place
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It’s the first thing I’ve put on there and only did it because of the Facebook messers. The messages were through eBay and I’ve also screenshot and kept the email that came to notify me of the message
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Anyone know how things work on eBay . I sold a reel on there yesterday and someone kept outbidding other bidders and won it , every time someone bid he outbid them a second or 2 later . He didn’t pay yesterday and at half 5 this morning messaged me and said he left the country yesterday and it was too expensive and asked me to cancel it . I had a quick look and if I’ve read it right , if I cancel it I’ll lose the final selling fee that they have already taken and get some kind of markdown for pulling out . Also if I cancel the only option given is to refund the buyer even though he never paid
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Nice one, bet them mullet and bass pull back a bit . Ive had 120 , 123 and 125s but tend to stick to the abus so I sell them on if someone asks me . I sold the last one , a 123 only a few months ago . They are not bad reels at all and are very useable , and even though it’s irrelevant to the actual fishing i just prefer the character of the old abus even though I’d still buy them again if i saw them at a decent price , likewise the Shakespeare international cf and ryobi technomatch cf100 but I’d draw the line at the hideous looking dam coffee grinder
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They are all in pretty good nick considering the age and they all run brilliantly . First thing I do with them when I get them is totally strip and clean them to get rid of the old caked on grease and take the pawl out and put the handle back on so it’s pointing to the 6 o’clock position so that I know without looking that the spool is at the bottom meaning the line will come off the spool easier without having to go down and back up the bell housing . The 506’s have upgraded handle bearings aswell . Do they react badly with the salt water or are they ok if you wash them as soon as y
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I’ve got a few old Abu reels . 2 506’s from 71 and 74 , a 501 from 79 , 505 from 69 and 503 from 68 . All bar the 501 have been converted to backwind and I still use them for all my river stickfloat fishing .
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I did think he’d do better at wsm but he’s has just won the shaw classic . Most if not all of the the contestants were the line up of the wsm including novikov , carron , pritchett , bishop , Terry Holland’s and Luke stoltman plus others . It was an heavier contest than wsm aswell and because it was his own contest and he won he split the 1st place prize money amongst the other contestants rather than take it himself . Jf carron also broke the big z’s hummer tyre deadlift record with a lift of just over 545 kg and it was the first time he’s done that type of deadlift .
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He is and he’s having a fight before that against someone 12 stone lighter , not even picked someone who’s a proper heavyweight , he’s picked a cruiserweight
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It’s probably true that there’s less mink about because of them . Used to see them all the time but it’s a lot more common to see otters than mink now and other than altham , and I’ve not fished there for about a year so it might even have changed there , it’s only in a few areas I still see the them .
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I see them further up around altham even though there’s otters there aswell but not seen any down by the abbey stretch for a while . I do see them occasionally on the ribble aswell around balderstone/ribchester areas but not like you used to years ago
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Went down on the Calder this morning for a few hours to see if I could get past the minnows and get anymore big chub on the stick . Put 4 balls of thatchers original in when I got there with some hemp and maggot and then loose fed maggot and hemp for a bit before starting and was in to grayling from the off on double red . After about 30 of them plus half a dozen brownies I switched to double white to see if it made a difference and had a few more brownies and some chublets around the 3/4-1lb mark and then had this small barbel . I know they are in there but they are nowhere near as common as
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Thought Thor had retired from strongman now
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Been following it online best as I could without a live stream and thought without keliszkowski competing that it was shaws best chance of a 5th title but he struggled throughout . Tom stoltman did well especially after his last place in the Hercules hold but it isn’t surprising his grip let him down after watching the way him and Luke trained for it . What was a surprise was him winning the log medley which isn’t one of his strong points . He smashed the field in the stones as expected and I think he’ll definitely be a future winner if he carries on improving the way he has . Also don’t thin
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Did Warren not say he was fighting at the Albert hall in December , probably against kabayal if he signed the contract within 24 hours
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I’ve literally just been on a group chat on WhatsApp with a couple of mates going on about that . Can’t even get rid of the ad like you normally can either .
