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Re: Memories of Swing Tipping

Posted: Sun Nov 22, 2015 8:04 pm
by Catfish.017
In my teens having only a float Rod it was the butt indicator for me; made of peacock quill as recommended by Benny Ashurst in his book on match fishing ( my bible in the 70's) the slight disadvantage of friction through the Rod rings was amply compensated for by having the indicator much closer to the eye.

Re: Memories of Swing Tipping

Posted: Mon Nov 23, 2015 11:16 am
by Aquaerial
I still use a swing tip extensively for late summer shy biting tench and bream- with the exception of a float it remains, in my view, the best tell tale of what is going on at the business end. Set up correctly as explained above one can fish at distance with the sensitivity of a float....it is also enormously good fun working out when to strike..with bream especially.

Re: Memories of Swing Tipping

Posted: Tue Sep 12, 2017 7:43 am
by Bobthefloat
I've just purchased an unused 9ft Shakespeare swing tipbrod and am waiting for it to be delivered havent used one for years I'm quite excited I'll pop up some pics when it arrives.