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bite indicators

#1 Post by marsy »

Anyboby know of any good alternatives to staring at the rod tip during beach fishing trips?
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#2 Post by IDPearl »

A lot of continental and pier fishermen clip small bells on the end of the rod tip. I have some which are a very small clip with small springs attached and bells attached to the end of the springs. They annoy the hell out of m.b3 which is why I clip them on every session!! The clip is strong enough to withstand a pendulum cast.

http://www.psfishing.com/rodbell.html

http://www.profish3.com/alarm.htm look at the bottom of the page.

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#3 Post by no one »

take a mate ask him to watch your tip. works for me
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#4 Post by marsy »

Yes I saw those bells before but did'nt think they would be great.Are they any good IDpearl , do they not just jingle continously wheter you have a bite or not?
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#5 Post by IDPearl »

They might give a little tinckle if it's windy or if there are small bites. A good bight will rock the tip and give a god indication. Flatties will jiggle it. Wrasse will tug, tug, tug. It's all good fun.
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#6 Post by IDPearl »

http://www.askari-fishing.co.uk/ has a few in the bite indicators section. They've got some cheap other bits also.
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#7 Post by Tanglerat »

Excellent!!

I've been looking fopr some of those bells.

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