bite alarms

[biggun]

Originally Posted by NICK R

200yds , that's some chuck , How do they register slack lines or drop backs???

I was 200 yds away around the other side of the lake talking to a mate and the receiver still picked up the bite! They pick up drop backs quite well. I often fish slack lines with back leads when Carp fishing and find them good value!

[NICK R]

sorry i miss read it . i thought it was registering a bite at 200yds ,not that you were 200 yds away from your rods whe you had a run and the receiver picked up the signalemba rassed

[devondave]

well my main investment for these alarms with the reciever is for my trip to france........ i have a pair of fox mx alarms......but for one more alarm and a reciever it would be more expensive than 3 of the sundridge plus a reciever!..... being as at home i normally only use 2 rods (none of the lakes i fish are big enough to fish 3 rods) then the sundridge alarms would very rarely be used to be honest.... so as long as they last me the french trip i dont care!

[NICK R]

Originally Posted by biggun

I have had a set of the Daiwa Sundridge alarms for several months now and they work great. The range on the receiver is much more than you should use. I have had bites register well over 200 yds and had to get my mate to land the fish because I'm old and over weight and the fish would have been and gone by the time I had got to the rods! The only fault I can find with them is that the illuminated drop-off is only attached to the alarm by the wire and can pull it's self out when you strike. Not a problem when you have the bank sticks on dry land but I often fish with the front stick in the water and wouldn't want the bobbin to get wet. The way around it I use is to trap the wire to the stick with an elastic band. The bobbins do take apart and I suppose I could attach a chain if I could find one to fit! Sorry for the long winded reply but they are worth the money! I got mine of ebay for £65 inc p+p.

i see what you mean by the wire issue now .

i use these http://www.delkim.co.uk/products/nitelite.asp
these i attach to a http://www.foxint.com/catalogues-pro...ue=1&section=2

I just change swap the heads ,don't know if this can be done with these..
http://www.climaxtackle.com/sundridg...bite_alarm.htm

I attach cable by small cable clips