Newbie After Some Tackle Advice Please!

[52yotiddler]

Cheers Jerry

so I diligently visited the remaining four on my list of ten "local" tackle shops this morning, and found another (the third out of ten) had gone out of business.

Two others were pretty unhelpful again, but guess what? The Tackle Exchange in Walton were absolutely brilliant! Friendly, helpful, knowledgeable and unpushy. Must've spent 30+ minutes talking to me, and apologised that they didn't have exactly what they thought I needed.

They absolutely didn't try to foist on me what they did have in, and the result is that I'll be going back on Monday to order a Greys G-Lite 6' spinning rod and size 1000 Exage fixed spool, plus braid/mono, traces and the odd lure.

So many thanks for the recommendation and well done The Tackle Exchange!

[barbelboi]

Originally Posted by 52yotiddler

Cheers Jerry

so I diligently visited the remaining four on my list of ten "local" tackle shops this morning, and found another (the third out of ten) had gone out of business.

Two others were pretty unhelpful again, but guess what? The Tackle Exchange in Walton were absolutely brilliant! Friendly, helpful, knowledgeable and unpushy. Must've spent 30+ minutes talking to me, and apologised that they didn't have exactly what they thought I needed.

They absolutely didn't try to foist on me what they did have in, and the result is that I'll be going back on Monday to order a Greys G-Lite 6' spinning rod and size 1000 Exage fixed spool, plus braid/mono, traces and the odd lure.

So many thanks for the recommendation and well done The Tackle Exchange!

Glad I could help a bit.
Jerry

[mark brailsford 2]

Power pro is superb stuff and I swear by it
have a look on the Harris Sportsmail website, Power pro is really cheap and their lure selection is superb...almost all the gear is post free

Hope that helps mate and welcome to FM

[Ray Roberts]

Don't forget to buy a licence if you haven't done so already.

It's nice to see that good service is rewarded. I've had some pretty poor service myself recently and some surprisingly good. I have spent about a thousand pounds on tackle so far this year, one shop told me incorrectly that the fishing suit I wanted was no longer made and tried to flog me something else and two other items I wanted were incorrectly priced on their website, their loss.

[mark brailsford 2]

Originally Posted by Ray Roberts

Don't forget to buy a licence if you haven't done so already.

It's nice to see that good service is rewarded. I've had some pretty poor service myself recently and some surprisingly good. I have spent about a thousand pounds on tackle so far this year, one shop told me incorrectly that the fishing suit I wanted was no longer made and tried to flog me something else and two other items I wanted were incorrectly priced on their website, their loss.

Try Billy Clarkes of Sheffield Ray, there is a reason that they are the only tackle shop left in the City centre...The customer service is superb...Every little helps

[52yotiddler]

Thanks!

Rovex baitcasting combo has gone back to the online shop, and the Greys G-Lite 6' is ordered from The Tackle Exchange!

The EA rod licence arrived today, about which, may I ask a really stupid question?

The licence is for two rods, is that two rods both only to be used by me, or (if I had two) could the missus or one of the kids use one while I fished with the other?

[mark brailsford 2]

Originally Posted by 52yotiddler

Thanks!

Rovex baitcasting combo has gone back to the online shop, and the Greys G-Lite 6' is ordered from The Tackle Exchange!

The EA rod licence arrived today, about which, may I ask a really stupid question?

The licence is for two rods, is that two rods both only to be used by me, or (if I had two) could the missus or one of the kids use one while I fished with the other?

Sorry mate only those named on the licence can use two rods.

[52yotiddler]

Cheers.

As I suspected, but I just thought I'd ask.

Currently only own one rod anyway!

[bigsean]

not if you had kept the rovex