Me and me tilley

Fired up the coleman northstar there last week for the first time this winter, fishing a club match and lo and behold It was the only one on the beach. Have the battery brigade taken over with their flashy tiga's and are we a dying breed us tilley men :lol: ?

Just can't beat the excitement/panic that goes with cranking her up, the aroma of burnt eyebrows and petrol is just something you cant get with yer petzl :!: A night on the beach just isn't the same without it :lol:

couldnt be bothered to hump a big heavy, bulky tilly lamp with me down a beach, especially if i had to walk any sort of distance. far easier and brighter to use a halogen headlamp

I bought a coleman lantern from america not the northstar but it takes propane tanks or a small cylinder. where do i get these???

I have a coleman myself, but normally don't bother with it during matches.... If I'm out for a pleasure session, it always goes with me. Like you say, you just can't beat the excitement of starting them up, I don't know what it is about them....... Great for warming the hands as well.

KK, You can pick them up in most angling and some camping stores.

i wouldnt be without my coleman when fishing lonesome rock marks on my own. cant beat the comforting sound off them and i like to have a base light to work off,..makes me feel much safer.

They make good company alright especially when your fishing an isolated mark, the heat of them too is sweet for bringing a bit of feeling back into the hands. My own has started to hiss at me now If i have it on for a long time :o One of the lads we used to fish was terrified of it, convinced it would blow up whenever we went to light her up he would stand 40 yards back :lol: The fact that it would then start hissing used to shatter his nerves altogether :lol:

i have a coleman to but have only used it once and that was a disaster anyone know were i can send it to see whats wrong with it bought it second hand so it could possibly need a service



fintan