| #1  02-14-2006, 02:40 PM | ||||
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| Thumb Cannon - not exactly going bang! Thought i'd try a thumb cannon with a fixed spool reel, can't for the life of me get the line to stop slipping through it when casting - rather makes the cannon redundant - has anybody has this problem, and can anybody recommend a solution?      |
| #2 02-14-2006, 08:01 PM | ||||
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| Re: Thumb Cannon - not exactly going bang! Be a man and buy a multiplier.  __________________ Check my blog for a daily fishing forecast from Weymouth, Portland, Chesil Beach & Kimmeridge Bay. www.fishingtails.co.uk |
| #4 02-14-2006, 09:33 PM | ||||
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| Re: Thumb Cannon - not exactly going bang! funny used a FS for ages before going to multis but either I got tough hands or what i dont know as never ever had probs with sore fingers and reels(maybe i'm doing something wrong) with either reels stick some plaster or rubber glove finger on casting finger may help __________________ www.exmouthsaa.co.uk 24 beers in a case and 24 hours in a day simples You won't know unless you go :D...and if you do go!! please let us know :D as thats how the forum thrives |
| #5 02-15-2006, 06:29 AM | ||||
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| Re: Thumb Cannon - not exactly going bang! wear a glove, problem solved __________________ Bens The Name And Catchings The Game Anti the Anti's |
| #6 02-15-2006, 08:04 AM | ||||
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| Re: Thumb Cannon - not exactly going bang! never used one and me to have never had sore fingers, R we supposed to |
| #7 02-15-2006, 08:13 AM | ||||
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| Re: Thumb Cannon - not exactly going bang! OK so it's clear from the responses that I am now regarded as something of a soft handed poofter! Yes I do work in an office, but that doesn't mean i some kind of willy woofter, I should warn you all I'm pretty handy with a stapler and operate a mean calculator! Not sure that i like the idea of wearing a "casting glove" that's all a bit too "let's play golf" for me, so I think I'm just going to have to bite the bullet and buy a multiplier (apparently the tool of real mean, eh Pirate!). Right that decided, I'm off to the local truck stop to start a fight and drink my mug of tea without letting it cool down!  |
| #8 02-15-2006, 08:36 AM | ||||
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| Re: Thumb Cannon - not exactly going bang! only time i did anything was one really cold night , when did seem to twang finger a bit, put some elastoplast (fabric type)along casting finger and that sorted it, maybe try that __________________ www.exmouthsaa.co.uk 24 beers in a case and 24 hours in a day simples You won't know unless you go :D...and if you do go!! please let us know :D as thats how the forum thrives |
| #9 02-15-2006, 09:56 AM | ||||
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| Re: Thumb Cannon - not exactly going bang! *psssst - Tony* I know what you on about, but don't let on that I said this okay? I have suffered what I call "the twang" before, and I'm sure it's down to my frankly appalling casting style. I've toyed with the idea of electrical insulating tape, or as Pingu says a plaster, but I think I'd rather deal with a little pain/discomfort rather than be ridiculed on the beach. Oh and I work in an office too, and as I have to keep pointing out to my mates, those paper cuts can be bl**dy deadly at times. I've seen one nearly take a woman’s arm off.... *ahem* * You ain't seen me alright. I was never here. * On second thoughts, if any of you guys see me on the beach with a plaster on my index finger, that'd be down to the tip being taken off by the alligator I was wrestling last week.... Rich. |
| #10 02-15-2006, 10:01 AM | ||||
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| Re: Thumb Cannon - not exactly going bang! i managed to slice a 20p sized bit of flesh off the end of my finger casting once, that slowed me down abit __________________ Bens The Name And Catchings The Game Anti the Anti's |
