Customised Fox indicators

carp bobbins are fine if you can live with the resistance from the weight of the bobbin with a drop back arm that works you fish open bail arm so all the fish feels is the clip letting go then nothing i know on some of my waters my catch rate went up a lot when i moved over to this style of fishing

i do fish with an open bail arm. i have a john Robert's run clip taped to my rod above the real. the line pulls out very easy, and i can adjust it to allow for different types of venues. also i adjust the swinger to as light as i can get away with, this way resistance is kept to very little. the line being pulled through the water (by a taking fish) is by far the biggest factor in the resistance stakes.

not a method ive ever seen used if it works for you fair play mate

hi nightwatchman done the same on my dropoffs but i rap a small strip of lead around the stem just behind the bulb you can then adjust the sensitivity good when freelining with no lead

deadbait wrote:i lost a pike the other day due to my fox gate clip not opening what is the best way to set the clip at first i tried with it vertical and it didnt open all the time then i tried it horizontal and it was a bit better but still not great i think im gonna swap the heads for a solar clip

do it!!! i modded mine and havent looked back, they work superbly now and release the line with minimum pull from a taking pike

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this is how the originals should be set up im sorry cannt show a pic of the actual line gate as the 1 i have is out of focus but there is a mk and mk 3 version available now

when i first used the oringinals i was fishing a local still water with braid taken out with a bait boat to approx 120 yds and they was showing dropbacks from zander at that distance with no trouble

stubbo wrote:hi nightwatchman done the same on my dropoffs but i rap a small strip of lead around the stem just behind the bulb you can then adjust the sensitivity

Nice idea stubbo!

Where did you get your lead from? (legally lol )

wolfie wrote:im sorry cannt show a pic of the actual line gate as the 1 i have is out of focus

Found some more photos.
Courtesy of 'woodchucker'





Mark Haughton is on the predator forum and he has started to make and sell them again, he so upset about the way fox have abused his idea that he has started to sell them again.

thanks nightwatchman are you a user as well (MH drop offs ) ? seems to be very few of us about

nightwatchman wrote:

wolfie wrote:im sorry cannt show a pic of the actual line gate as the 1 i have is out of focus

Found some more photos.
Courtesy of 'woodchucker'





Mark Haughton is on the predator forum and he has started to make and sell them again, he so upset about the way fox have abused his idea that he has started to sell them again.

nice picture work

wolfie wrote:thanks nightwatchman are you a user as well (MH drop offs ) ? seems to be very few of us about

No I'm presently not a user but didn't know there were any other options about when I first got into Pike fishing.
Some use Carp gear but I wanted to use drop off indicators and Fox and Solar were the only ones about, so I automatically thought Fox would be the best?

After using them I had problems with the 'gates' opening when I had very light takes so I customised the ones I had. (see 1st post)
Mine work a treat now!

I was going to get me a Fox drop off indicator but 2 things put me off:

The apparent reluctance to work properly.

And the price difference between the Fox catalogue and the price in shops.

Fox catalogue £6.99 (for the basic one)
Shop price £9.99 upwards

If the Fox catalogue price is to the dealers then how come it is freely available for anybody to download from their website?

got the fox one's lefty and never let me down but always turn head slightly will bring one tonight to show you because i could never explain

Cheers kell