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Hi mate.... The Ebay fees are a killer these days, plus you've got to pay postage and rely on them being delivered in one piece, and rely on the honesty of a total stranger to say that everything is ok when they arrive..... I have gotten rid of a few bits and bobs on Ebay, they take 10 perecent of anything sold plus charge for advertising it too...... Also, the cash isn't paid straight away, you may have to wait a couple of weeks before they release the funds........ A far better way , I've found, is too find a "used tackle group" on Face book, which is for your area. There are no fees involved, and people are local so they can collect or you can drop the bits off and the cash is straight in your hand.... Also, because there are no fees , you can price things slightly lower to help get rid....... For the sake of a couple of quid, I offer things dirt cheap, just to off load them... If there is no interest, then you could always pass them on for free to a youngster or someone who's a bit skint.

Good opportunity for a little role-playing as well.

£1 fee’s this weekend 😉 no time like the present to sort that shed

Take one of his rigs 😆

Looking good BC 😎

Yeah....... Thanks for that......... It's a four man job lol

Thanks for the kind words mate. weather's been a wash out this week. Soon as I've caught up on a few non fishing bits I'll try and get my head round sorting this out..... There's a ToolStation near me that does 3mtre lengths quite cheap, about the same per mtr...... Might be worth buying these and chopping them in half, each length being 1.5 mtres instead of 2mtres, may make them easier to totally fill with the foam.... I think it would be difficult to make a dead straight one as the conduit , being black, absorbs the heat from the sun on the side facing up, and expands slightly, causing a slight buckle as the underside stays cooler...... I'm not too bothered if it looks a bit snakey, as long as it does the job.....

Well, I've got another shed to empty and shelve out. Probably find a few bits to get rid of ( although sentiment on some things makes it very very difficult to part with them)... I'll try and be a bit more savvy and look out for listing promo's next time lol....... Think the shift worker guy was just a bit unlucky for me

B.C. - excellent work, I really appreciate what you've done here, especially the photo's... I'm definitely going to make one, at the moment keeping an eye on ya progress - the good tips, & any pitfalls are welcome before i start, looking forward to the next instalment...cheers mate!

Good advice mate....... The last thing I sold on Ebay, the guy worked shifts, so the delivery (Royal Mail) left a slip through the door for him to collect at the sorting office, took him over a week and then another week to leave any feed back and then another 4 or 5 days for the funds to be released. In the mean time, I got charged 10% by Ebay, plus listing fees and lost another £8 for a handling fee by pay pal... I never bothered chasing this up, but I may have been overcharged somewhere along the line..... 2 x Att alarms plus receiver,plus spares kit decent condition.... Sold for £85 but cleared about £60 ish, plus I had to package and send..... I prob need to look into it a bit more to save money, but I hardly ever sell on Ebay, just buy, so don't really know the shortcuts........... Rods are the worst to send £20+ for postage, due to the length. Sometimes there's discount deals, but still £15

Make sure you always do some sort of signed for delivery for anything of any value. If the buyer disputes that the item never arrived, Paypal will insist that you provide proof of postage and delivery.

Thanks for the replies everyone, I’ll have a think but I’ll definatly look at that selling on Facebook thing!!

Can’t go wrong with a Shimano Baitrunner 👍🏻

No mate... Once cured, it's air tight and waterptoof.... Like a waterptoof honeycomb (if applied correctly) ...... To be fare I bought the cheapest one, I'm sure there are prob better quality versions with better expansion... It's used a lot in the window fitting trade to seal gaps when fitting..... So it's basically weatherproof... the bubbles are tiny and it would only be any broken bubbles on the surface of the foam that could hold a little bit of moisture. It needs a little thought, as once a can is opened and used, you really need to use it all at once, it sticks to anything and the nozzle will block up , as this too, will start to cure, there are cleaning agents sold separately to unblock the nozzle, but that's just more expense..... A decent sized can of the foam is around £5, and it did the 16mtres with a bit of waste...... I'm gonna mess about with the spare lengths over the weekend and another can of foam, try and work out a way of totally filling them....... There is a case to say that the foam may not have fully cured inside the poles I did, as I was a bit hasty to test it and only left it for 18hrs and not the 48 that I intended...... I think it's known as "learning on the job" lol

Anyway, I think there is some milage in this pole which works out at about £1 a metre all in...... I have some extra sections to make up, and I'll take a bit more care with applying the foam, possibly drilling a few small holes along each length to let the air escape as the foam expands........ It's not something I use that often, and it's very unforgiving stuff....... ATM, I'd say it was good for use as a margin baiting pole, wher it can be drifted into the bank, but like I say, in open wter it's a bit snakey, unless I can think of a way to stiffen things up a bit............

Took a piece down the lake to test it for buoyancy, and it floated no problem..... So went back and got the rest, screwed all 16 metres together and pushed it out onto the surface....... It floats like a dream and turns over really easily , albeit with no pot attached........ It was a bit "snakey" at 16mtres, but I applied the foam really quickly and I'm pretty sure there were some air locks inside some of the lengths, which wouldn't of helped...

Next day cleaned them off and used solvent cement to attach the male and female connectors.......... This took about 45 mins as I was a bit sloppy when applying the foam....

Home made pole so far....... Screwed down some 2mtr lengths of conduit to keep them straight and squirted in some expanding foam at a few places along their length......... This took about 20mins for 8 lengths..... Had to drill out a few larger holes to accommodate the nozzle hose for the foam.