Some good looking sticks there . Loved the purple acrylic rear grip .

Even as someone who has never thrown a jig, they look awesome. When summer comes, I reckon I'll have to give some a try for our local perch, trout and chub.

All my UL rods are between 6' and 7'3", The longer rod , a Hart LRF, gives me a bit more reach over bankside vegetation, which helps on some waters. However I really prefer a rod of 6' - 6'6" as balance feels more neutral.

I have a Core 51Mg7 and love it. I've been abusing this reel throwing 25g - 50g baits for the last year and it hasn't missed a beat. Just waiting for a new Major Craft Volkey VKC 65 UL/BFS to pair it with. Then it'll be a Yumeya BFS Ultralight spool and ZPI SiC Ceramic bearings

I seem to have cracked the casting and drilling side of the process. Here are a couple of pic's of my latest attempts, a standard Slider in Purple Haze and a BellyUp Slider in Red Dragon :lol: . The standard runs as I hoped with my normal leading pattern, the BellyUp is as yet untested. All my venue...

Any ideas on the best way to clean RTV Silicon molds? Mine have a few smears of polyester resin on them. Do you think acetone would work? Someone recommended nail varnish remover, but I'm not too sure.

At last I have been able to successfully drill one of my favourite cast resin lures, a 10cm Salmo Slider \:D/ . Having bought a Dremel Workstation, Multi Chuck, Drill Press Vice and a coule of diamond drill bits, not to mention two batches of RTV Silicon and casting resin, it has worked out costly :...

Way to go . I'd be stoked to get that on my regular pike gear, Loomis MBR 783C / Okuma Komodo, but I'd be in seventh heaven to take it on my UL kit. Well done.

That thing looks terribly good. Almost like a Salmo Slider lure. =D> Does it have any "action" with straight retrieve? It's a cast of a HRT Silver Fox, but I have just cast a couple of 10cm Sliders ;) . The Slider is an all time favourite of mine, one of my go to lures. Not had a chance to test the...

I've replaced a lot of bills. Filed or Dremelled out the broken one and fixed the replacement with Z-Poxy. I found that square Cokin photographic filters made good strong bills. Easy to cut, and I could get a lot from one filter.

Just started trying to cast resin lures. Not as easy as I thought. Made the molds without too much trouble, except for my 1st attempt vulcanising as I was pouring the RTV silicon. Second time around and I'd made a 1pc and a 2pc mold. Starting with the 1pc mold the resin pouring went fine, gave the l...

this topic made me want to go pike fishing, so i went yesterday :lol: i got 1 about 24" but it was cool for me because i almost only fish for bass, either way i think next year i'll be spending a little more time focusing on some pike :big grin: I spend six months of the year, October 1st - March 3...

Not with that model, but I've been using the Mg1000PGSDH for the last 3 yeas or so. It's the best UL reel that I have owned, hands down . Definately a keeper.

Lovely looking combo . There's something about JDM rods that always makes you want more .

Arrived at my home water, a 26 acre estate lake, at 7.30. Started out throwing an old floating ABU Terminator in perch pattern. Had a single knock and nothing else. Whilst changing lures another angler arrived in the car park. I knew he'd fish the easy bank, so immediately moved to the woods. There ...