I was running short of beads so rather than go with my usual ones I thought I would try a different version I found in a tackle shop. “High quality buffer beads” it said on the packet. That will do me I thought and purchased it. Next day I am fishing - slid a weight on the line then the bead and then my hooklength. Dropped it in the margins as I looked for my bait and then swung it back to my hand. The bead was gone…just a shattered bit of bead was left on the line. Oh well, must have been a duff one, so I cut the line slid on a second bead, tied my hook length back on and dropped it in the margins again…same thing again…shattered bead. This is strange I thought. the pack definitely says High quality buffer beads.. so I slid on a third bead and retied the hooklength. I was about to drop it into the margins again but I paused. I grabbed the tackle and with the line hanging vertically I pulled the lead a few inches up the line and let it go and watched it slide down to meet the bead. The moment it hit the bead it shattered….this was dropping a 3oz lead from a distance of about 6 inches! …HIGH QUALITY BUFFER BEAD!!!!... you gotta be kidding… I just burst out laughing as to design something THAT BAD for an intended purpose takes real effort. I am keeping the pack as a sort of pick me up as each I time I look at it I just start laughing.
…Anyone else got any“not up to the job” tackle stories they want to share?
…Anyone else got any“not up to the job” tackle stories they want to share?
