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Finally got a chance to use it yesterday and very impressed. Casts really well, and sinks very quickly (quicker than my usually preferred Technium Black). I did notice I had quite a few liners, but whether this was just coincidence or not, I don't know. The only reservation I have with it is the aforementioned diameter (or lack of it!). For 18lb line it appears very thin, much thinner than my usual 15lb line, almost like using a 10 or 12. The proof of the pudding is going to be if I hook into a massive great lump or get caught in a tree/bush/reeds and how much effort it takes to break free. The latter is more likely...

I was stationed in Oswestry when I was in the army. Park Hall camp. 1971. My how time flies.

But you're going to have to put more washers on there for it to load more towards the bottom of the spool??? Removing any of the 5 will taper it more to the front.

I've got Fox Micron MX+ alarms and for the price they are spot on. You can pick them up for just over thirty quid each and they have never let me down despite having been soaked at times. Delks are good but not £350.00 gooder Sent from my EVA-L09 using Tapatalk

Very informative, but my favourites not there! The tried and tested "tucked half blood knot". My go to knot for tying swivels and hooks on. Very rarely have a problem with them Made me laugh in France when my Daughters boyfriend was trying to tie one. He was holding the hook and carefully wrapping the tag end around the mainline. I said to him "just hold the hook and rotate it 5 or 6 times, it has the same effect and it's a lot, lot quicker" He'll learn

I was absolutely devastated in France a few weeks ago. Got to the Gite, unpacked my gear, and found that the insert had broken out of the bottom eye of one of my rods. I had taken some spare rods with me, and had my two 11' Outkasts in positions 1 & 3 on my pod, with my spare Korum 10 footer in the middle position. It looked awful!! It sat up higher due to the slightly thicker handle, and it was a helluva job setting the bobbins perfectly because the eye spacing of it was totally different. Completely ruined my holiday. Well not quite, but you get what I mean....

At the Gite we visit in France, there is no hard and fast rule on barbed or barbless hooks. I have always used barbless hooks for my carping, as most fisheries over here insist that you do and I personally felt that they did less harm to the fish. Whilst over there last year I was using barbless and lost a couple of fish. The bailiff, a really nice guy, suggested I used barbed hooks. I didn't have any in my bag but thought I would use them this year for a change. I felt much more confident using them and only lost one fish, a really big one, right old scrapper that slipped the hook on the way to the net. I was gutted, but feel quite sure had I been using a barbless hook, the fight would have been over long before it actually was. I didn't have any forceps with me, but the bailiff lent me a pair, and these made removing the hooks a doddle, so much so that I purchased a pair of my own as soon as I returned. Trying to remove the hook, even a large size 4, with wet hands can be hard work. Forceps make it so much easier. I am definitely in the barbed camp now, just as long as you have the necessary tools to remove them properly. I have read all the arguments regarding barbed and barbless. I'm a firm believer that all of the damage to a fish's mouth is done by the anglers ham fisted attempts to remove the hook, rather than the actual hook hold during the fight

It's not always easy in daylight either.

There is that of course!!

A lot depends on how you are going to be fishing..... If you were surface fishing, freelining, or using a very light lead, then you are going to notice more of an effect than if you were lobbing a heavy lead, PVA bag etc. some distance. Obviously it's all about friction, and the heavier rig is going to help overcome that to a certain extent. But, not being funny, if it bothers you too much I'd be inclined to buy a bulk spool (1,000m) and re-spool? Daiwa Sensor is one of the cheapest lines around, you can pick up a bulk spool on the bay for under £8.00. For peace of mind I'd buy one and re-spool.

I have mine on maximum volume and love it when I am adjusting my bobbins.

I do all of those things, apart from sleep in a bivvy with a door. I just turn mine up a bit.

You can buy a receiver for the MX+ alarms. You buy the plug in transmitter as an optional accessory and then the receiver. I've thought about buying one in the past but never find myself far enough away from the rods to justify the outlay

Oh just another thing..... sorry to bore you!! It's nice that a manufacturer actually puts the stated amount of line on a bulk spool! I've bought bulk spools before, gone to load up 3 reels and been short of the 3rd one. Loaded all 3 reels up now, stated line capacity of them was well over 300 metres of .35mm and I still have absolutely loads on the main spool. Nice one Wychwood!!

All joking aside.... managed to load one of my reels up last night with it. When you first see it on the spool it looks quite dark, but when you view it as a single strand of line, it lightens up considerably, you can hardly notice the purple colouring. It's definitely not a "hit you in the face" colour and I'm feeling fairly confident that it will do what it says on the tin. I read that it was fairly thin line (for the given breaking strain) so went for 18lb as I usually load my reels up with 12 for "domestic" fishing, 15 for when I go to France. It definitely looks thinner than my 15lb Technium Black. It loaded onto the reel superbly, very little "springiness" as it came off the main spool, which bodes well. Won't get a chance to use it until Sunday, as long as it casts well I'm feeling fairly confident it will work as intended. Will report back once I've given it a try.

Well it was delivered today. Was raining too. The package got wet and I thought for a minute they had just delivered me an empty spool!! This stuffs good.

Old fisherman never die..... they just smell that way

I use Chub Outkast "Small water" rods. 11' and 2.25lb. They are brilliant "all rounders" for most fishing situations, The only thing you couldn't do with them is lob a heavy lead any distance. I have caught carp to 37lb on them, and would be quite happy freelining, surface fishing or even float fishing with them

I've got three of them and they have NEVER let me down, rain or shine. My daughter has just brought 3 of them herself. The blue light is very (very) bright though. Blindingly bright at night. You can see them from miles off! Great alarms for the money, and I love the simple on/off toggle switch.

I really want it to make my new reels look good. They're all black and I reckon the purple line will look the mutts :wink:

Yep they did. And I blanked every time I used it. They may have well been invisible. So surely that must prove the point????

"It's just all this light refracting red/purple line that "vanishes" in water that I'm saying it a gimmick". Red line doesn't vanish in water. But purple might.