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Thumbie

Postby round_ourway » Thu Jul 30, 2009 4:13 pm

Alright fellers. what do u use for thumbies for casting.
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Re: Thumbie

Postby paddyc » Thu Jul 30, 2009 6:01 pm

A section of inner tube off a push bike usually, or one of those rubber coated gardening gloves works well too
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Re: Thumbie

Postby JPS » Thu Jul 30, 2009 9:01 pm

Yellow cricket bat rubber grip cut into strips and held with the coasters :mrgreen:
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Re: Thumbie

Postby Jonny » Fri Jul 31, 2009 6:40 am

AG got me into the Gorilla grip cloths last year and thats all I've used ever since.

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Re: Thumbie

Postby round_ourway » Mon Aug 03, 2009 9:27 am

cheers lads. going to order some of that stuff jonny
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Re: Thumbie

Postby Conger » Tue Sep 15, 2009 10:53 pm

Was in the chemist recently and found a neoprene thumb covering for €2.50 works perfect

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