fishplate42
Well-known member
I had not heard of a 'Shock Stikk' until it was mentioned in a set of rules for fishing a commercial as something that was banned.
I looked it up and apparently it is (was?) something made by Middy. It looks like what I call a tele-pole; one of those sub £10 whips fitted with elastic. I have done a search of the forum and that threw up a few posts from 2006 when it was first introduced (it seems).
I gather it is a stiff pole with heavy elastic for dragging big fish from the margins just to make weight (much heavier than my tele-pole). There does not seem to be much finesse about the thing and I can only assume it is very likely to damage the mouth of the fish if used aggressively.
Does anybody use such a thing today? Sound's like a awful way to fish to me, no wonder the fishery banned its use, or am I missing something?
Ralph.
I looked it up and apparently it is (was?) something made by Middy. It looks like what I call a tele-pole; one of those sub £10 whips fitted with elastic. I have done a search of the forum and that threw up a few posts from 2006 when it was first introduced (it seems).
I gather it is a stiff pole with heavy elastic for dragging big fish from the margins just to make weight (much heavier than my tele-pole). There does not seem to be much finesse about the thing and I can only assume it is very likely to damage the mouth of the fish if used aggressively.
Does anybody use such a thing today? Sound's like a awful way to fish to me, no wonder the fishery banned its use, or am I missing something?
Ralph.