Maybe about 10 sessions - I seldom fish full days. My usual fishing and the fishing I really love is on rough spate rivers but I do fish wider rivers with less variable flows from time to time. I've also fished these waters with an 18ft rod and 95ft head but that's because I like fishing the big ro...

Hi Malcolm, How many days a year would you think you fish in such a way? I love fishing a long line, great fun in the right situation but I only find myself in a situation where a long head (Carron 85 or similar) is not a ball ache for about 6 days a year tops. Beauly town water, odd day on the low...

skeg wrote:...tryin to be there.
checking time, holidays and flights....errr... where to fly?

Cool,

Fly into Aberdeen or Inverness.

For anyone flying into Inverness, and needing to get to the venue. Get a train from Inverness to Huntly and from there lifts should be possible.


Cheers

Ben

I use Sony Vegas Pro 10 but it is way OTT for anything I will ever ned to do with it. A mate of mine uses power director for stuff shot with his GoPro and the end result is superb. So much so that may ditch Vegas and get a copy myself. Problem with some of the cheaper programs, particularly the in ...

shielfisher wrote:I appear to have a split personality now :p

If you've clocked the fact now H, it probably means you are on the mend. We worked it out a while ago.

I said most. Ben, you seem to be the exception. Although I still think that there must be some other factors too. There must be a logical explanation why most don't wear them out and some do. If they destroy the Dremmel stones they can't be so fragile and soft, can they? :cool: Yup, can't quite get...

It is very interesting that those who use rods with Recoils like them, most of the negative feedback comes from anglers who either have heard from someone that they suck or only had a couple of casts with them. I mainly fish Helios which are factory built with Recoils and had my custom TCR built wi...

Paul Arden wrote:I personally still prefer it to the Z-axis.

Didn't like the Z Axis in that particular configuration either really, ZXL 590 is a sweet rod though and the SLT690 makes a nice #5 rod.

Cheers

Ben

Thanks Torsten, What I'm trying to determine is whether or not the minimas will wear better than a standard H&H chromed snake. Even small Ti SiC guides could make a rod feel a bit chewy but I'd rather have that than guides that give up too quickly and, I;m also looking for the lowest friction. ...