Wed Jun 15, 2011 6:43 pm
Wed Jun 15, 2011 7:00 pm
saving private brian wrote:dont know how this topic hasw survived
Wed Jun 15, 2011 7:24 pm
Wed Jun 15, 2011 8:25 pm
Wed Jun 15, 2011 8:47 pm
sparkey+1 wrote:Fished in the windy winters and windy rainy summer and the lashing storms and my Ian Golds hasn't once fell over , also the lightweight of it i know with a long walk ahead to a mark its a hell of a lot lighter than a salt stand.
Wed Jun 15, 2011 9:24 pm
Wed Jun 15, 2011 9:32 pm
roger de dodger wrote:saving private brian wrote:dont know how this topic hasw survived
cos where all bored and love a good argument
Thu Jun 16, 2011 2:08 am
Thu Jun 16, 2011 1:16 pm
Thu Jun 16, 2011 1:25 pm
Gabbey11 wrote:No idea what my tripod is ive found the feet round so it slides on hard surfaces however on a beach or even slightly bumpy surfaces its fine and locks pretty well. It has hollow legs and shortens to fit nicely anywhere you want it, once extended the tips of my rods hang nicely and in rough conditions it does its job.
Dont see the point in buying an expensive tripod for the name, one that keeps my rods of the deck is good enough even if I have to break it and make a wall of metal its all I need
Thu Jun 16, 2011 1:36 pm
Thu Jun 16, 2011 2:01 pm
stevecrow74 wrote:Oh, we're keeping an eye on it!! i've just split the off topic stuff, keep this on topic please.. and no macho proving who's what from where please (ye know who ye are!)
the only bad tripod's out there are the telescopic ones, the light and flimsy ones and the ones with corrosive parts!
i have a breakaway tripod, and have had it for years, never had a problem with it, even though the top and rod holder parts are plastic, it seems to be made of strong stuff to not have broken in the several years i've had it, like the ian golds (i've used once or twice), i can't flaw it at all, and the bonus of it having hollow aluminium tubing means its light and floats,(which is handy when it accidentally gets knocked off the pier wall )
as mentioned its not the tools that are the problem, but the user, setting anything up in a wrong manner will always eventually come back to bite you on the behind.
that's my 2c
Thu Jun 16, 2011 2:07 pm
saving private brian wrote:2 sandspikes on a beach are better than any tripod i think
Thu Jun 16, 2011 2:18 pm
shamoo0804 wrote:saving private brian wrote:2 sandspikes on a beach are better than any tripod i think
I took up seafishing a few years back, and was advised by the guy in the tackleshop that I needed a sand spike for my newly aquired rod/reel - it was used all of 2 times before I got a tripod.
Needless to say it hasnt been used since
Brian if your that mad for sandspikes, your welcome to mine free of charge
Forgot to mention..................is that a tripod in the background of your avatar
Thu Jun 16, 2011 2:33 pm
Thu Jun 16, 2011 2:46 pm
kstaff wrote:So you carry a big heavy tripod and sand spike!
Ohh man!!!
Thu Jun 16, 2011 4:07 pm
saving private brian wrote:nope i carry a light tripod and a man made sandspike,,,all in the rodbag,,,not a bother
Thu Jun 16, 2011 4:10 pm
saving private brian wrote:well theres a good chance to test the tripod tonight with those strong southerlys .anyone else fishing this lunatic moon eclipse
Thu Jun 16, 2011 4:14 pm
shamoo0804 wrote:saving private brian wrote:2 sandspikes on a beach are better than any tripod i think
I took up seafishing a few years back, and was advised by the guy in the tackleshop that I needed a sand spike for my newly aquired rod/reel - it was used all of 2 times before I got a tripod.
Needless to say it hasnt been used since
Brian if your that mad for sandspikes, your welcome to mine free of charge
Forgot to mention..................is that a tripod in the background of your avatar
Thu Jun 16, 2011 5:29 pm
red wrote:saving private brian wrote:nope i carry a light tripod and a man made sandspike,,,all in the rodbag,,,not a bother
but thats a salt tripod in your avatar and thats not light