I didn't want to hijack the Shakespeare thread, but I'm interested in the stuff that keeps coming up about Acolytes and their fragile tips.
This time last year I had an urge to buy (yet) another 14' rod.
A couple of friends urged me to go for the Drennan. But I like things that have come out well in the long-term road-test, so I went for a second Shimano Diaflash 14', even though the Ebay price for a mint one was higher than I paid for the first in 1995. (When I said "long-term"..... )
No regrets, but here's the interesting bit. I have re-ringed (re-rung?) the old one's tip with single leg rings, of the same height, spaced the same. With the original model and its double-leg rings, you can fish a whole session and never a wrap-over. With the re-ringed one, you'll get wrap-overs several times. As you do with a quiver-tip, I'm normally keeping a close eye that all's well at the tip end, and I'm careful to avoid mishaps, but the potential is there for something to go wrong. You can see from the pic how similar the tips are.
Anyone like to suggest why only the re-rung one gets line problems?
This time last year I had an urge to buy (yet) another 14' rod.
A couple of friends urged me to go for the Drennan. But I like things that have come out well in the long-term road-test, so I went for a second Shimano Diaflash 14', even though the Ebay price for a mint one was higher than I paid for the first in 1995. (When I said "long-term"..... )
No regrets, but here's the interesting bit. I have re-ringed (re-rung?) the old one's tip with single leg rings, of the same height, spaced the same. With the original model and its double-leg rings, you can fish a whole session and never a wrap-over. With the re-ringed one, you'll get wrap-overs several times. As you do with a quiver-tip, I'm normally keeping a close eye that all's well at the tip end, and I'm careful to avoid mishaps, but the potential is there for something to go wrong. You can see from the pic how similar the tips are.
Anyone like to suggest why only the re-rung one gets line problems?