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Dave Rothery

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Could be a useful thread to start?
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The bags you get to put persil washing powder tablets into make great (and much cheaper) hookbait drying bags.
Anyone else?
 
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Rob Brownfield

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I use an old keep net (every caring angler should have an old one laying around!!..lol) to dry off boillies. U can get several kilos in no problem.

Make your own dead bait pop ups from either old foam scrunchy curlers from your missus..or balsa dowling from a model shop. Works out a couple of pence. Araldite an old hook shank into it to tie to your trebles.

Instead of buying rigging wire from F** at a rediculous price, nip to B and Q and buy a coil of picture hanging wire. U get several feet for a quid, and its goot about 30 strands to it...and is soft brass. U end up with a couple of years supply for peanuts!
 
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Modified film canisters make great swimfeeders.

Screw-cap food containers with a piece of pipe insulation tube glued on the inside of the lid make great rig bins.

Ordinary mallets from the iron mongers make great bivvy peg (carp) hammers.
 
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Dave Rothery

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Oh yeah, but you'll catch more fish with a "carp" mallett!!
 
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Dave Rothery

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Theres lots of dissolvable hookbait foam for free if you know what your looking for - just make sure its not toxic though!!
 
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Peter Morton

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old plastic curlers make great cage feeders,just add a strip of lead and a power gum link!
 
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Robert Woods

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Wollies for rod bands:buy a packet of stick-on velcro,stick both sides together.Use two packs for banding two rods together.

B&Q for double sided lure boxes and small tackle boxes.

Plastic food containers & plastazoot foam: makes a
fly fishing box for pike flies.

Camping shops: for bivvy pegs.
 
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David Will

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Minamino from the Chemist , half the price.
Shrink tube from electrical shops, loads for very little.
Sea leads for river Carp fishing and Piking/Zander fishing,dirt cheap.
Childrens powder paint for bait dyes.It is edible and child safe it has no aroma ,at a fraction of the price.
 
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Dave Rothery

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Halfords/ATS/Kwik Fit for lead if you make your own (melt down the old wheel balancing weights - just watch out for asbestos!!)
 
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Ralph Abbott

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Do'nt use the wife's food processer for making groundbait, ours blew up, whilst half way through 2 kg last month. It cost me a fortune
 
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Jonathan Faro

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pretent to be a beginer cos then everyone gives youlittle bits of tackl to help you get started. Also if you kepe tropical fish those food tubs make small bait/whatever tubs

jon
 
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rob d

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1/2 in balsa dowell from model shop cut to lenth
plumbers solder wrapped arond base hole poked through top with cocktail stick glue in peice of biro tube for line make cheap controller
dont even have to paint them
 
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Craig wnn

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250ml pump/Spray top bottles (like hairspray comes in now) take the lid off, cut the screw neck off, stuff inside with a bit of boyant foam , drill a few holes and waahaay a spod!! perfect size!! & if you want to get clever cut up an old ice cream tube to make a few fins to help it fly through the air!
 
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Craig w

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i get non toxic 'quaver' shape peices of PVA packing in the boxes of the new computers we sell where I work, these are almost the same shape and size as the ones you buy, try asking your local PC world!
 
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Steve Dixon

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Making your own boilies from scratch.
They work out miles cheaper.
And the buzz you get from catching on "your" bait makes it even better!
 
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