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I have watched most of alans videos ... great vids and a great guy urban banx is probley the most natural fishing i have seen in years ... gets to meet alot of people on his travels and all them waters some untouched and have probley never seen a bait hats off to him , just goes to show what park lakes can offer if your willing to give it ago his stunning brace of 20lb mirrors 15 mins after arriving early febuary on that park lake was a highlight for me ... right place right time ... location location.

Yes 150 yards is quite a chuck i have seen it done on rods of the same test thoe ... mabey my quote (easily) is abit misleading as its not easy atall and on them rods untested by myself i cannot give an accurate reply sorry ... but spot on with (do you need to be fishing at that distance) not atall most of my fishing does not exceed 80 yards ... i much rather hit a clear spot in open water at 50 yards than hit an island at 90 yards ... thoes that recast at night will understand the how easier that makes things.

If it is distance you are after i would look at line lay and what line you are using ... old line will never cast as far as new line ... normally half way throu the season i will load my reels with fresh line or to save money re-spool your line onto a spare spool so the fresh stuff is now on top. I can gain upto 30 yards in some cases depending on the line. Also when casting try not to over do the cast by that i mean put all your power into it ... a smoother softer cast will always go further than a hard swung cast. I would not change rods 2.75 is more than enuff ... also the shape of the lead will also affect distance so use one suited to long distance casting. Them rods with the right line and lead will easily hit 150 yards.

Also these are a very good allows the lead to drop off on a heli/chod rig ... once pressure is applied on the hooklink ... i always like the lead to fall off as during the fight i find the lead moving about can weaken the hook hold.

Korda do a buffer that sits on the lead and the chod just sits on it.

Try looking at the new fox eos 5000 i have the 10000s on my ledger rods and they are pretty good so i got the 5000 so i have matching reels matching reels ... ocd And yea that rod is top notch for surface fishing light and balanced i have had fish over 20 with size 10 hooks and you can feel everything right throu to the butt ... perfect for soaking up lunges.

I use esp striptease its the best coated braid i have used ... and you can't really go wrong with korda hooks.

I still think its an improvement thoe and a step in the right direction ... the tail rubber may be pushed right upto it ... but without that i still see novices pushing it right the way upto the butt ... atleast with that its not pushed fully on ... but yea its still on too far for my liking.

The most simple way to fix this would surley be to just trim the wafter ... test and re-test to its sitting right. Im not really a fan of them as i find that the wafter becomes more buoyant the deeper you fish so it may be sitting perfect in the margin but in 11ft of water you have no idea how it is sitting ... i think alot of fished are hooked when its almost sitting like a zig rig half the time ... i have also seen cases where an undertow has move the wafter/hooklink back on itself and managed to get wrapped around the lead system/leader ... i would not be confident when using them that my rig is actually fishing how i want it to. If i want a wafter type rig i will use a split shot after the hook that will hold the popup at desired height i find this is the nearest you will get to a wafter type rig that i no will be fishing right.

I like the look of these they dnt allow the tail rubber to be pushed on all the way and the whole lot slides off. Sent from my SM-G925F using Tapatalk

Hahaha sorry to hear that mate ... suppose that pb bream is out the window for abit [emoji1] Sent from my SM-G925F using Tapatalk

Thank you thats the bit i need fella. Sent from my SM-G925F using Tapatalk

Just been sorting my gear out and one of the bracket/sliders that mount under the bite alarms is missing off my swinger ... looked on ebay but none on there ... might have to buy a whole new swinger unless i can get that piece from somewhere else.

Im in the process of giving my tackle an overhaul and looking for a new reel to couple up with an esp mk2 floater rod i was using an old shimano 6000 ... im after an all rounder for stalking/surface fishing with 10-12lb lines ... i do not want a bait runner ... just something light with a smooth clutch would be nice ... budget of around £80 could poss strech abit more.

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