whats been the best bit of tackle to come out in the last 10 years?

as the title says...?

dont know about 10 years, but the fox swinger has to be one of the best inventions to ever come out.

for me its the fox micron P.... i've never known such a great lil drop off bite alarm

yes there good,i use them abit,aslo use hangers when not windy.av you ever used them springers?solar made them i think? .

no i've never felt the need to...... when i go carping i use fox mk1 swingers with micron m's

apart from portable fish finders and bait boats ,both of which i don'thave ,I would say petzel tikka headlamp,korda extender bait stops or fox PS mk2 . I love them all

winter suits av come on leaps an bounds.better than me dads old pit wellys!

i prefer the micron p to the ps because the ps doesnt grip the butt (especially applies to aggressive takes/rods on angle other than horizontal)... whereas you clip the micron p to the back of the rodrest and use a buttgrip to hold the rod

Bait flags...Don't know how I ever caught a pike without them

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quote="Andy Webster"]Bait flags...Don't know how I ever caught a pike without them [/quote] do I detect a hint of sarcasm andy ?

sarcasm...moi?

braided mainlines

nothing compares

says a lot about pike fishing methods and innovation that this is all we can come up with

i will add digital cameras

Walter

Walter wrote:says a lot about pike fishing methods and innovation that this is all we can come up with

i will add digital cameras

Walter

its the same with other branches show me a true revolution in the last decade

to be a pedant i suppose braids are nothing new horse hair silk etc but the dyneema revolution with the likes of power pro etc has made such an impact on pike fishing it is unreal

more fish care,ie better hooks,barbed or barbless,.......unhooking mats...........bigger better landing nets....more information to newcomers in sport ie books,dvds,internet ect

noodle wrote:braided mainlines

nothing compares

The question said 10 years mate. Braided mainlines have been around since I was a nipper.

Andy Macfarlane wrote:

noodle wrote:braided mainlines

nothing compares

The question said 10 years mate. Braided mainlines have been around since I was a nipper.

true but the advent of us turning to brands like power pro etc has only been fairly recent

and as for old fashioned braids dont go there dacron horrible saggy stuff lol

i did point ot they were not that new just newish to pike fishing and again more so to the bait scene than the old time lurers out there

I'm with you on this one Nick,

pike care and handling products have really come into the 21st century.

I remeber scrounging S/S forceps from hospital scrap bins.

and just tonight I spotted my dad's old pike gag's hanging in the roof of my garage going rusty and cobwebed,how things have moved on(next thing you know there will be mobile phone's about) hehehe!!

theres a thread on p-p site about shops still selling them!

no way mate saving them for when antiques roadshow comes this way

Although it's not directly a tackle item, for me it would have to be the Korda ruckbag. Awesome bit of kit that allows me to carry everything i need for a day session comfortably and is so well made i reckon i won't have to replace it for a good number of years yet.
Also i really like the carboflex trace wire - very versatile compared to 'normal' trace wire.
Some of Rapalas new lures are awesome too...i especially like the minnow shad for perch fishing.

has there really been any NEW tackle in the last 10years???

noodle wrote:

Andy Macfarlane wrote:

noodle wrote:braided mainlines

nothing compares

The question said 10 years mate. Braided mainlines have been around since I was a nipper.

true but the advent of us turning to brands like power pro etc has only been fairly recent

and as for old fashioned braids dont go there dacron horrible saggy stuff lol

i did point ot they were not that new just newish to pike fishing and again more so to the bait scene than the old time lurers out there

For those not in the know. This is what we call "Dancing Round The Subject". When someone is wrong, rather than simply saying something along the the lines of,
"Ah yes, of course Andy, how silly of me not to have thought of that. You're absolutely right. Let me buy you a brandy and we'll discuss more important matters!".
Noodle instead chooses to detract from the point buy throwing in irrelevant information in order to make his his point appear valid still. This is is a ploy often used by Politicians to avoid admitting they're wrong by blinding us with remotely relevant information in order to appear correct to some degree.

I'd have thought more of a man of your calibre Noodle. I'm disappointed...


.......Regards......Andy.....

weedless hooks jeff?also newish,about 4/5 years old is klinick gel,blob a bit where hook hold been.helps heal quicker,an stops infections.tip if your tight use bonjella,mouthulcer cream we use.