Carp landing poles as tiller extensions

   What are your tips on using carp landing poles as TEX's?
i.e.
what diameter section?
Attaching the poles to UJ's?
What grip to use?
Do decent tackle shops chop them to the right length in the shop for you or do you have to do that yourself?

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lozza Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Visit Member's Homepage Far too distracted from work Joined: 23 Sep 04 Online Status: Offline Posts: 262	Post Options Post Reply Quote lozza Report Post Quote Reply Topic: Carp landing poles as tiller extensions Posted: 20 Jul 05 at 12:38pm
	What are your tips on using carp landing poles as TEX's? i.e. what diameter section? Attaching the poles to UJ's? What grip to use? Do decent tackle shops chop them to the right length in the shop for you or do you have to do that yourself?
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Phil eltringham Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Visit Member's Homepage Really should get out more Joined: 16 Mar 04 Location: England/Hitchin Online Status: Offline Posts: 1105	Post Options Post Reply Quote Phil eltringham Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 20 Jul 05 at 12:55pm
	Arn't the poles really bendy? surely that could make heading up quite difficult.
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lozza Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Visit Member's Homepage Far too distracted from work Joined: 23 Sep 04 Online Status: Offline Posts: 262	Post Options Post Reply Quote lozza Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 20 Jul 05 at 1:04pm
	Can't you just wrap more carbon round the pole or something?
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	just PM'd you with some details
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	I went into a local fishing shop to ask for a carp landing net handle only to be laughed at because no one fishes for carp around here. Instead I went to a local DIY store and baught 20 bamboo canes for £2.50 and a short length of hose to join them to the UJ's I have had some issues with the hose/UJ comination being a bit bendy but beefed that up with a short length of sail batten and all is now spot on. The spares even came in usefull for propping up a sun shade
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	Keep talking about that bamboo... I'm assuming you're not just using one cane - how many and what strength does this give, over what length? ish...
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	granite only uses one cane for each extension


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	Carp landing net handles are real good, not to bendy, they even come with a nice foam grip handle! To fix them to your UJ's just cut off the metal threaded end fitting, push in a little car filler ( P38 ) or similar having put a little parcle tape around the UJ's and let the filler go off (so you can get the UJ out if you bust it). Then drill a hole through and put a bolt through it with a nylock on. An M3 / M4 should do it.
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	After testing about everything possible, for my cherub I bought a kite rod in carbon for about 12 £ . They are 2meters long and 16mm diameter. http://www.e-kite.net/catalog/tarif.php?id=4257d20f33be4& ;cat=TUB3 I'm sure you could find the same in UK and even if it isn't Cherub-DIY-Stylee it work well, efficiently without any splinter in the fingers ...
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	Red Wolf is the way forward. There 6ft long and should be available in almost any fishing tackle shop, especially the one in Welwyn Garden City. Leave the metal bit on, it adds strength to the UJ, or it just rips out like Tim and Andy's did. Then just drill a half inch hole in the bottom, stick the UJ in, and whack a bolt through.
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