Carp landing poles as tiller extensions
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Topic: Carp landing poles as tiller extensions
Posted By: lozza
Subject: Carp landing poles as tiller extensions
Date Posted: 20 Jul 05 at 12:38pm
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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? ------------- Life's a reach, then you gybe |
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Posted By: Phil eltringham
Date Posted: 20 Jul 05 at 12:55pm
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Arn't the poles really bendy? surely that could make heading up quite difficult. ------------- FLAT IS FAST! Shifts Happen |
Posted By: lozza
Date Posted: 20 Jul 05 at 1:04pm
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Can't you just wrap more carbon round the pole or something? ------------- Life's a reach, then you gybe |
Posted By: Phil eltringham
Date Posted: 20 Jul 05 at 1:10pm
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just PM'd you with some details ------------- FLAT IS FAST! Shifts Happen |
Posted By: Granite
Date Posted: 20 Jul 05 at 1:25pm
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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 ------------- If it doesn't break it's too heavy; if it does it wasn't built right |
Posted By: Bobbins
Date Posted: 20 Jul 05 at 2:40pm
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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... ------------- www.fastsail.org Fireball GBR 9476 |
Posted By: stuarthop
Date Posted: 20 Jul 05 at 3:21pm
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granite only uses one cane for each extension ------------- |
Posted By: Jack Sparrow
Date Posted: 20 Jul 05 at 3:21pm
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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. ------------- http://www.uk3-7class.org/index.html" rel="nofollow - Farr 3.7 Class Website https://www.facebook.com/groups/1092602470772759/" rel="nofollow - Farr 3.7 Building - Facebook Group |
Posted By: guytoon
Date Posted: 20 Jul 05 at 3:48pm
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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 - 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 ... ------------- Cherub 2692 "NBS" |
Posted By: Strawberry
Date Posted: 20 Jul 05 at 6:23pm
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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. ------------- Cherub 2649 "Dangerous Strawberry |
Posted By: Ginger_69
Date Posted: 20 Jul 05 at 9:05pm
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arent they the carbon landing net handle and there are some nice ones on ebay for under £20 http://search.ebay.co.uk/carbon-landing-net-handle_W0QQsofocusZbsQQsbrftogZ1QQfromZR10QQsacatZ-1QQcatrefZC6QQsargnZ-1QQsaslcZ3QQsadisZ200QQfposZPostcodeQQga10244Z10425QQftrtZ1QQftrvZ1QQfsopZ1QQfsooZ1 - http://search.ebay.co.uk/carbon-landing-net-handle_W0QQsofoc usZbsQQsbrftogZ1QQfromZR10QQsacatZ-1QQcatrefZC6QQsargnZ-1QQs aslcZ3QQsadisZ200QQfposZPostcodeQQga10244Z10425QQftrtZ1QQftr vZ1QQfsopZ1QQfsooZ1 ------------- Chew valley lake s c Topper(RED)-29412 I14 1209 lightning-168 Whaam (cherub) Atum bom (cherub)old crew (the 1 in the youtube vids) Will be arup skiff crew aka marmite |
Posted By: Strawberry
Date Posted: 20 Jul 05 at 10:48pm
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£20 is way too expensive. Don't pay more than a tenner! ------------- Cherub 2649 "Dangerous Strawberry |
Posted By: Iain C
Date Posted: 21 Jul 05 at 10:24pm
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"Carp Thief" is my personal fave... ------------- RS700 GBR922 "Wirespeed" Fireball GBR14474 "Eleven Parsecs" Enterprise GBR21970 Bavaria 32 GBR4755L "Adastra" |
Posted By: Ginger_69
Date Posted: 22 Jul 05 at 11:45am
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ok ------------- Chew valley lake s c Topper(RED)-29412 I14 1209 lightning-168 Whaam (cherub) Atum bom (cherub)old crew (the 1 in the youtube vids) Will be arup skiff crew aka marmite |
Posted By: Granite
Date Posted: 22 Jul 05 at 12:10pm
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I have twin tillers so use one bamboo cane for each extention. The poles themselves have a bit of give in them but that is good as it means they will take more abuse before breaking, they are very light and the segments provide grip every 10 cm along the length. I had a bit of a problem with one of them because there was a slight gap between the end of the bamboo and the uk and the hose itself started bending when I was right at the back of the boat downwind with a bit of lee helm. I did a temporary fix by taping a peice of sail batten across the hose to UJ joint. This worked well but in the long term I may put a couple of layers of glass over it. The bamboo may not look quite as fancy as the black carp rods but they are able to take more abuse and are cheaper without being much heavier so are great for learning. ------------- If it doesn't break it's too heavy; if it does it wasn't built right |
Posted By: Ginger_69
Date Posted: 22 Jul 05 at 12:42pm
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can you show a pic of one of these because i cant picture what it looks like. ------------- Chew valley lake s c Topper(RED)-29412 I14 1209 lightning-168 Whaam (cherub) Atum bom (cherub)old crew (the 1 in the youtube vids) Will be arup skiff crew aka marmite |
Posted By: Granite
Date Posted: 26 Jul 05 at 9:52pm
 A picture of the UJ and the hose and the Bamboo ------------- If it doesn't break it's too heavy; if it does it wasn't built right |
Posted By: Ginger_69
Date Posted: 26 Jul 05 at 9:55pm
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oooooooooooooooooooo what type of baboo is that cus it lookes more like dowel to me ------------- Chew valley lake s c Topper(RED)-29412 I14 1209 lightning-168 Whaam (cherub) Atum bom (cherub)old crew (the 1 in the youtube vids) Will be arup skiff crew aka marmite |