Hi All
I recently fished the River Trent for the 1st time and noted that there were some lads obviously out for barbel. They fished with their rods at a 45 degree angle in the rest as you would expect, but some obviously had bite alarms fitted to the front rod rest to avoid the necessity of always watching the rod top.
My question is, what attachment can you get that allows you to tilt the bite alarm - say a Fox MMX on the rest to allow consistent line contact because if you just fish a vertical rod rest / alarm and put the rod in at a steep angle, the line doesn't stay in contact with the bite alarm, or do you just put your rod rest in at an angle so it naturally angles the alarm back ???
I hope you know what I mean and that it's not a stupid question...
Mark
I recently fished the River Trent for the 1st time and noted that there were some lads obviously out for barbel. They fished with their rods at a 45 degree angle in the rest as you would expect, but some obviously had bite alarms fitted to the front rod rest to avoid the necessity of always watching the rod top.
My question is, what attachment can you get that allows you to tilt the bite alarm - say a Fox MMX on the rest to allow consistent line contact because if you just fish a vertical rod rest / alarm and put the rod in at a steep angle, the line doesn't stay in contact with the bite alarm, or do you just put your rod rest in at an angle so it naturally angles the alarm back ???
I hope you know what I mean and that it's not a stupid question...
Mark
