Happy new River season !

Well the new season's finally here, my start wasn't too clever on the River Severn, with just a chub, a 5lb bream, and sunburn to show for my efforts ! And apparently, I did OK compared to half a dozen others there who blanked ! The bream was full of breeding tubercles, so I think that tells it's own tale  . . . . .

Inbetween a few services I dug a bit of kit out. . . . .

So I thought I'd get ahead of myself in a rare moment of forward thinking efficiency by making some heavy leads for when the inevitable rainy season starts  . . . . . . . .

So i cobbled together a mould (smartgrip mould) and a few tools......

 Dug out my trusty Hippolito stove and filled it with paraffin. . . . . .

 A bit of extra help from a gas torch to get the lead to temp' and away we go. . . .

 Here's a few from the batch I knocked up that were then powder coated.....

 The finished article :)

 

Barbel Landing net repair for the new season !

Well the new river season has arrived, and as usual, I left last season with a list of things I'd so for myself, and then forgot       : |  like I do every year ;)

This was one of them, my Gardner barbel spoon landing net, great bit of kit and I was very lucky to net a few lumps in it last year, but even that action of the frame just flexing is enough to loosen the screws, as pictured, which I've re-tightened enough times now for it to be getting annoying!

 

So I decided to do away with them altogether for something a bit more substantial.....

 

Drill the spreader block out to about 5mm. . . . . . 

I drilled the block out first, then inserted the 'arm' and then drilled it out, I 

did it this way because the arm then goes in a touch further, which in my mind 

is a little bit more secure, it certainly feels solid once in. 

And done. . . . . . A couple of M5 nuts/bolts, and then the threads are ground off on a bench grinder flat and smooth after making sure they're cranked up tight, hopefully I'll never have to fiddle around with it again, please take note, Gardner Tackle

Do it properly, and you only do it once  . . . . . . . . ;)

Currently my reel servicing charges are as follows: 
1 Reel  - £ 15.00
2 Reels - £ 25.00
3 reels - £ 35.00

You'll find that compared to some other southern tackle dealers, my prices are more than reasonable, in fact for 3 or more, they're LESS THAN HALF of their prices ..... 
see for yourself, and you have postage costs on top ........

Although the shop may be sadly  long gone, you can still get your rods repaired & built, and reels serviced and repaired etc, by Dave (ex-staff) - all inquiries to my facebook page please, or if you're not a fan of FB, simply email me, Dave from Trafford 

or you can add me on google+ via the link on the right of the page


 

A few shimano baitrunners for servicing . . . . . .

Well these should keep me busy for a few hours tomorrow ;)

Nice collection of Shimano Baitrunner GT's all in for servicing, dropped off yesterday,
I'll have the lot cracked off tomorrow so my customer can pick them up Friday :)

A new blogger page and a new Facebook site !

Well I'm fishing for traffick so I've been busy cultivating some new hits ;)

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