John Keane
Well-known member
Couple of little wrinkles using the ever adaptable zip ties.
Anyone who uses an old school rod with sliding reel rings and suffers with the reel dropping off... get the thinnest zip ties you can and put one permanently behind the bottom reel ring. When you’ve fitted your reel put one above the top reel ring but don’t pull it so tight that it indents the cork. Fish happily away with reel secured and, at the end of the session, cut the top one off.
Second tip for pole fishermen who like to fish paste but don’t like an unsightly paste pot stuck on their pole. Just add a small zip tie to the top kit at a place of your choosing and leave the whole tail on the zip tie sticking out. Loop your rig over said zip tie when shipping out and just turn the pole to lower the rig in over your desired fishing spot.
Anyone who uses an old school rod with sliding reel rings and suffers with the reel dropping off... get the thinnest zip ties you can and put one permanently behind the bottom reel ring. When you’ve fitted your reel put one above the top reel ring but don’t pull it so tight that it indents the cork. Fish happily away with reel secured and, at the end of the session, cut the top one off.
Second tip for pole fishermen who like to fish paste but don’t like an unsightly paste pot stuck on their pole. Just add a small zip tie to the top kit at a place of your choosing and leave the whole tail on the zip tie sticking out. Loop your rig over said zip tie when shipping out and just turn the pole to lower the rig in over your desired fishing spot.