What Would Be Your Expensive Piece of Tackle?

dangermouse · Feb 28, 2012

Following on from the various "most you`ve spent on a . . . " threads.

If you were buying a set of fishing tackle and a rules were imposed that meant you had to buy the cheapest kit you could find (Avanti, CK etc) but you could have one luxury item what would you go for? Doesn`t have to be specific (but feel free) would it be your rod, reel, line, hooks, floats, chair, box etc?

Red Army · Feb 28, 2012

That would be a pole. I could live with other cheap gears but a cheap pole is not an option if you want to fish comfortably and efficiently at 13m and beyond.

Lord Paul of Sheffield · Feb 28, 2012

For me as I mostly fish with rod and reel it would be a reel

budget rods I've got and found to be perfectly fine - cheap reels I've tried and found that they let me down

mark brailsford 2 · Feb 28, 2012

Lord Paul of Sheffield said:
For me as I mostly fish with rod and reel it would be a reel

budget rods I've got and found to be perfectly fine - cheap reels I've tried and found that they let me down

same here Paul.

Mark

Lord Paul of Sheffield · Feb 28, 2012

not dirt cheap - I paid about £35 for a MAP CFS rear drag real - it lasted about 18 months then the drag was either full on or full off - flogged at a car boot for £4

Mr Cholmondeley-Corker (PaSC) · Feb 28, 2012

No poles yet?

Lord Paul of Sheffield · Feb 28, 2012

Mr Cholmondeley-Corker (PaSC) said:
No poles yet?

Red Army - first reply to thread

Mr Cholmondeley-Corker (PaSC) · Feb 28, 2012

It doesn't count.

The brand, spec, and price have to stated clearly.

Red Army · Feb 28, 2012

Daiwa Airity £2,500-£3,000 depending on the number of TK...Happy now

Jeff Woodhouse · Feb 28, 2012

Red Army said:
Daiwa Airity £2,500-£3,000 depending on the number of TK...Happy now

Ooooooooohhhhhhhhhh!

sam vimes · Feb 28, 2012

I was initially thinking that it might actually be my bivvy that came out as the most expensive individual fishing item I've bought. Then I remembered that I bought a pole just before Christmas. It's a Shimano Antares BX and I've no intention of saying how much I paid for it. However, the supposed retail price was around two grand but they usually sold at around fifteen hundred and could be had for less if you shopped around.

dangermouse · Feb 28, 2012

dangermouse said:
Following on from the various "most you`ve spent on a . . . " threads.

If you were buying a set of fishing tackle and a rules were imposed that meant you had to buy the cheapest kit you could find (Avanti, CK etc) but you could have one luxury item what would you go for? Doesn`t have to be specific (but feel free) would it be your rod, reel, line, hooks, floats, chair, box etc?

sam vimes said:
I was initially thinking that it might actually be my bivvy that came out as the most expensive individual fishing item I've bought. Then I remembered that I bought a pole just before Christmas. It's a Shimano Antares BX and I've no intention of saying how much I paid for it. However, the supposed retail price was around two grand but they usually sold at around fifteen hundred and could be had for less if you shopped around.

I think someone only read the title of the thread

sam vimes · Feb 28, 2012

dangermouse said:
I think someone only read the title of the thread

Not really, it would still be a pole, just as it is in real life. The reason for the jackanory was Corky's comment in post 8.

terry m · Feb 28, 2012

For me it would be the reel also - but also loaded with quality line with a decent hook on the end !!

S-Kippy · Feb 28, 2012

Not sure whether I'd go for rod or reel...certainly wouldn't be pole as I dont grow peas or beans.

little oik · Feb 28, 2012

It would have to be a reel and line for me as well .As long as you got a decent drag and some decent string doesn't matter about the rod .You will still catch whatever you use but at least you will be able to land them as well .

Paul Boote · Feb 28, 2012

But NOT when it comes to flyfishing - here, you need a good, even great rod; fly reels, unless you are fishing for tropical saltwater line-burners, are mere receptacles for the tapered plastic string you need to get confections of feather on metal to fish. Much has been made of fly reels in the past decade or two, but then they are merely customer-catching male jewellery. I like a nice centrepin, though, mind...

barbelboi · Feb 28, 2012

S-Kippy said:
Not sure whether I'd go for rod or reel...certainly wouldn't be pole as I dont grow peas or beans.

Come on, a pole is a very useful bit of kit...............for shipping your end tackle under a raft on the opposite side of the river.
Jerry

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