thecrow
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I well remember back in the 70's buying sheets of white thin plastic which were cut into strips, wrapped around a battery (the fat old batteries that were in general use back then), held in place with an elastic band, then dropped into a saucepan of boiling water so that it took the shape of the battery. It was important to get a bit of an overlap at the joint of about half an inch.
Those carp bobbins were used for years, in windy conditions the trusty knitting needle was used in an early monkey climber fashion. They were extremely visible, but I seem to remember that their relatively light weight, when combined with heron (antennae) buzzers made for a marginal set up. But back then we thought it was the mutts nuts.mg:
Still use them for Zander Terry, I angle the needles behind the reel and have the bail arm open, the old Herons though were a pain in the bum constantly having to adjust them to stop false alarms, not everything is an improvement on the old stuff but buzzers nowadays are much better.