Building up again recommendations

[RFCARP92]

Good evening all, 

I had my gear all stolen around 8 months ago now, I’m looking to build a kit up again if somebody could recommend me some good reels, rods, pods etc and bivvies at reasonable prices. 

 

Cheers

 

tight lines 

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9 minutes ago, RFCARP92 said:

Good evening all, 

I had my gear all stolen around 8 months ago now, I’m looking to build a kit up again if somebody could recommend me some good reels, rods, pods etc and bivvies at reasonable prices. 

 

Cheers

 

tight lines 

Depending on your budget / what you had last time ??

Sonik do a 3 for 2 (150)on there Vader X rods...they also do 3 rod 3 reel and net Vader Xoffer (£269)...3 Alarms reciver and bivvy light (£129)...day shelter (£60).

Basically im a Sonik man too...they aint top of the Range (Fox, Delkim) but not cheap too (NGT, Advanta)they are an inbrtween...Also lifetime guarantee when registered with Sonik.

[RFCARP92]

I had a real good set up last time dude daiwa infinity rods etc the list goes on about £2500 worth of kit was stolen out of my locked up garage!. 

But I haven’t got that kind of money to spend again but I can’t keep away from the bank any longer haha. 

This time round I’ve got about 650 to get myself a set up to start with then build and change it all about when I can if you get me. 

I have been looking at some sonik rods do they do any 10ft rods? 

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8 minutes ago, RFCARP92 said:

 

I have been looking at some sonik rods do they do any 10ft rods? 

Yeh...in Vader X range (nice cork handles too)..Dominator X and Extractor (telescopic like dwarfs)

[RFCARP92]

Yeah I’m going to have a look today and see what they are like dude, thanks for that!! 

[elmoputney]

17 hours ago, RFCARP92 said:

I had a real good set up last time dude daiwa infinity rods etc the list goes on about £2500 worth of kit was stolen out of my locked up garage!. 

But I haven’t got that kind of money to spend again but I can’t keep away from the bank any longer haha. 

This time round I’ve got about 650 to get myself a set up to start with then build and change it all about when I can if you get me. 

I have been looking at some sonik rods do they do any 10ft rods? 

I've got the 10ft Vader's tbh if you don't need to cast to the moon they are good for the money, but if you can a 12 ft set may make make a better all rounder,I did see some Shimano tx1's on offer last night at a good price on one of the big sites they looked nice, not used them though 

I have quite a lot of ngt luggage and find it quite good enough for what I need, it's robust, cheap and will carry your stuff, cyprinus do good reasonably priced brollys and bedchairs,

But Facebook market place seems to have some good deals on second hand bits too so well worth looking there also 

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16 minutes ago, elmoputney said:

 

I have quite a lot of ngt luggage and find it quite good enough for what I need, it's robust, cheap and will carry your stuff.

Swcond this...i have 2 Carryalls...1 for tackle n bait..1 for food and drinks stove n that...also there buckets.

[dayvid]

Look down the second hand route , and buy at least at 50% 0f retail on your budget , their are plenty of mint excellent bargains if you have time to wait .

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33 minutes ago, dayvid said:

Look down the second hand route , and buy at least at 50% 0f retail on your budget , their are plenty of mint excellent bargains if you have time to wait .

Again...Second that...had a few good bargains myself....

At 1 point i was buying nearly every other day...but now ive got what im happy with.

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11 minutes ago, Dannygooner said:

You could open your own shop with all your gear mate lol

I could have done...ive offloaded quite abit since i realised i cant move in Garage...

[RFCARP92]

Evening lads, I don’t need anything to cast too far tbh on the lakes I’ll be fishing usually around 15-17 wraps out... I’ve brought myself just a little set to get me started again, I picked up a sonik xtractor set 9ft 3LB tc 2 rods, 2 VADERX 5000fs reels and the 2piece 42” landing net, also got a set of AD alarms and receiver, and a caperlan bivvy with wrap which will do me for now just need a good sleep system now and I’ll be able to get out pretty much fingers crossed 👌

[RFCARP92]

Anyone used xtractor rods before? I’ve watched a few videos which tempted me so just gone off that really..

[elmoputney]

Ive got 10ft 3lb Vader's 

17 wraps😮😬 😁 😀

I think that should be fine tbh not sure you will get loads more though that's the only limitation with the shorter rods I've found, but that may also be me Ive never been the greatest long distance caster but I can fish up to 11 wraps like a boss 😁😄

[RFCARP92]

What you think of them? 

Yeah well that’s what I used to fish but I doubt I’ll be fishing that lake as it’s abit out of my way tbh and I also don’t want to fish pressured waters really. So probably won’t need to fish no where near that. 

Im looking for a decent syndicate around the West Midlands area

[elmoputney]

7 minutes ago, RFCARP92 said:

What you think of them? 

Yeah well that’s what I used to fish but I doubt I’ll be fishing that lake as it’s abit out of my way tbh and I also don’t want to fish pressured waters really. So probably won’t need to fish no where near that. 

Im looking for a decent syndicate around the West Midlands area

Generally I like them tbh they do most I want the only thing like I said is the casting distance but it's not really bothered me yet, I do enjoy playing fish on them tbh and at aborter ranges they are a joy to use 

Can't help you with that neck of the woods tbh but good luck finding one 

[yonny]

On 19/09/2019 at 10:26, Dannygooner said:

Full second hand kits come up on eBay.

That.

Job lot on the bay is by far the cheapest way to a full set-up imo. You can get the lot for less than a grand.

[Old school]

just think before you buy, most people will try and buy cheap only to upgrade to what they really wanted (needed) 6 months down the line,

[RFCARP92]

1 hour ago, Old school said:

just think before you buy, most people will try and buy cheap only to upgrade to what they really wanted (needed) 6 months down the line,

Yeah I have done a bit of thinking to be honest before I bought the sonik XTRACTOR set up. I’m pretty happy with it I will soon find out more when I use it ey 😂.

there is always something to upgrade anyway so not too fussed on that but I want to do some winter fishing this year and this little set up is easy to pack down and keep mobile very quickly I guess.