| #1  08-20-2004, 10:59 AM | ||||
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| power gum i brought some power gum today cause some1 on here said you can use it in rigs, but i cant attchuly work out how you use it, just looks like extra thick bait elastic to me  __________________ Bens The Name And Catchings The Game Anti the Anti's     |
| #2 08-20-2004, 11:42 AM | |||
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| Re: power gum power gum can be used instead of crimps on a trace. tie the gum into a stop knot but to be safe you can use a little superglue to ensure the gum doesnt slip. the main advantage of using power gum over crimps is that crimps when crimped too tightly will damage the line. |
| #3 08-20-2004, 11:50 AM | ||||
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| Re: power gum thanks, found out how to do stop knots but it seems to move, is that why you put glue on it as well then?? __________________ Bens The Name And Catchings The Game Anti the Anti's |
| #4 08-20-2004, 11:55 AM | |||
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| Re: power gum you got it! but to be honest its an expensive way of buolding rigs and really unnecessary. yoiu can buy crimps in bulk really cheap and as long as you use proper crimping pliers and dont over tighten the crimps i find it a quicker, cheaper option than using gum. gum is brilliant for having a sliding stop knot (float-fishing mainly). |
| #5 08-20-2004, 12:09 PM | ||||
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| Re: power gum yeah, it was quite expencive, £2.50 for 15m of it, what strenth is best?? cause they only had 4lb stuff there or does it not matter __________________ Bens The Name And Catchings The Game Anti the Anti's |
| #6 08-20-2004, 12:14 PM | |||
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| Re: power gum for float fishing the lower the better coz you need the lower diameter to run through the rod rings as freely as possible. for use as bait stops it doesnt matter (can be used to stop big worm baits running up the snood length). i would go stronger for securing snoods in place. the glue makes it almost indestructable aswell!!! btw - the best glue for rig making again comes from the carp fraternity. fox doing glue that is completely waterproof and very very strong but unfortunately that aint cheap either!!! |
| #9 08-20-2004, 01:28 PM | ||||
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| Re: power gum i only use it for stop knots when im float fishin __________________ |
| #10 08-26-2004, 10:46 PM | ||||
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| Re: power gum Watch that Superglue though, I got some in my eye a few weeks ago when tying on a new leader. I was stranded at Portland Bill for two hours unable to see. Yeah, I know it was a stupid thing to do but it shot into my eye when flicking off the excess glue, and I was wearing sunglasses. __________________ Portland Jon Anyone can catch 'em when they are there. It's catching 'em when they are not there that's the hard part. Portland's Biggest & Best Sea Fishing Site www.portlandbill.co.uk |
