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A firm favourite of mine and pretty much iconic since their commercial inception around the early eighties, where they began emerging sporting names such as John Dean and many others to follow.
But...
What about carbon stemmed sticks?
The material was not as readily available at that time, certainly not in the diameters required so could they offer an advantage over wire?
My thoughts are that the wire has the weight to stabilise the float in the surface turbulence but carbon could offer more shotting variations, given that the weight saved in the wire would have to be added as shot.
Does anyone think that carbon would offer a less stable float than wire?
It could come down to horses for courses depending on the type of swim but either way I reckon there could well be a use for it in certain situations...
Edited to add: Would you credit it, by pure chance I have just paid Andrew Field's site a visit and low and behold he's using carbon for his wire stemmed sticks
But...
What about carbon stemmed sticks?
The material was not as readily available at that time, certainly not in the diameters required so could they offer an advantage over wire?
My thoughts are that the wire has the weight to stabilise the float in the surface turbulence but carbon could offer more shotting variations, given that the weight saved in the wire would have to be added as shot.
Does anyone think that carbon would offer a less stable float than wire?
It could come down to horses for courses depending on the type of swim but either way I reckon there could well be a use for it in certain situations...
Edited to add: Would you credit it, by pure chance I have just paid Andrew Field's site a visit and low and behold he's using carbon for his wire stemmed sticks
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