method feeders

[John Keane]

That's right, John. They're no different than any other swivel in size and weight. The photo exaggerates.

What are they called and who makes them? eBay could be a source?

 

[Jeff Woodhouse]

Tried ebay, John. They were 'shock swivels' and I thought made by Avid Carp? But I see in foreign lands that Kkarp sell them. I was introduced to them by Frank Guttfield and a couple of years ago went back to the tackle shop and asked if he still did them, at first he said he'd sold out then a couple of weeks later he'd found three packs of 6 and sold them to me for 50p a pack.

Then Fred Guttfield saw me fishing with them and asked where I'd got them from and of course he drew a blank until he found some on a site in Italy. It cost him just over £6 a pack with postage and he ordered 4 packs. Then again, he's loaded, probably. I've only found them on a Russian site since and I wouldn't trust a Ruski...

 

[rich66]

Are these the ones ?

Sema Shock Swivel – Glasgow Angling Centre

 

[John Keane]

They look like it, Jeff will know!