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Recent content by Andrew Burt

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    Spliced tipped float rods.

    It certainly did for me and couldn't imagine using a spliced tip now, I think the last time was in the 80's. I too rarely use fine lines anymore but even on those rare occasions I feel absolutely no need for a spliced tip, I don't know what it would give me that a modern (after 1990!) hollow rod...
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    Normark float rod buyers guide

    by chance I spoke to Neil a couple of years back. He left the team well before that and now resides in London. Really nice guy.
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    Normark float rod buyers guide

    Back left Pepe Luxa, back middle Martin Foulkes, back right John Cockayne. Front left John Coats, middle Geoff Salisbury and bottom right Steve Jackson. I replaced John Coats in the line up when he passed away well before his time.
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    Spliced tipped float rods.

    The need for a spliced tip went out with advances in carbon fibre technology in the 1990’s. In the 1980’s and through the 1990’s river fishing was all about light lines, 12oz bottoms and the like. Early carbon fibre was good for light and stiff so a vast improvement on glass fibre but was not so...
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    Normark float rod buyers guide

    How time flies, a post I did in 2013 giving some background. https://barbel.co.uk/forum/threads/normark-avenger-3000.8659/#post-138524
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    Floats

    Cheers. Unless you want to offload a few we can see what Neil wants?
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    Floats

    No problem! Can you PM me your requirements for tip colour (orange or yellow), email and delivery address please. Do you need any olivettes? Please bear with me ref delivery as I’m not back at work, I’m going to try and sort all the orders out in the next two weeks Cheers Andy
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    Floats

    Hi Neil, I do an 11gr. It is best fished with a 10gr olivette and the rest is bait / droppers
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    Loss of fish haunting - redemption

    It doesn’t look that much smaller and it has that same shape. Great looking barbel
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    Loss of fish haunting - redemption

    Not sure how to tell a male from a small female? I caught a 5-08 on Thursday, yesterday there was a 7-08, 10-10 and 12-02 caught. The 12-02 is 100% a different fish. We take a photo of all the barbel and log them. The aim is to build up a data base and an idea of population. So far the 12-02 I...
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    Loss of fish haunting - redemption

    Cheers Andy
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    Loss of fish haunting - redemption

    There seems to be quite a few around there 5-8lb as well as the bigger ones. A mate caught that fish at Christmas and I weighed it for him, it was the same, just seems a strange shape
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    Loss of fish haunting - redemption

    Definitely won’t! I just think it’s sad and not worth any attention. Cheers Andy
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    Loss of fish haunting - redemption

    Cheers Steve. Looking forward to being fully mobile!
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    Loss of fish haunting - redemption

    You really do come across as a self righteous keyboard warrior Chris, truly a mu*****
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