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Banksy wrote: ↑Wed May 02, 2018 3:07 pm I dearly wish that I still had my first electronic bite alarm.
I couldn't afford a proper one, so I made my own.
Based on the same "line behind the wire" principle as a Heron bite detecter, it boasted a visual alarm in the form of a bicycle rear light, and an audible alarm cobbled together from a house doorbell, all housed in an old Rowntrees cocoa tin.
I was insanely proud of it. But then, I was just 12 years old.
The first time I used it for pike fishing, I had a run on my legered sprat.
The peace was shattered by my DING DONG DING DONG (Avon calling!) alarm.
The other anglers on the pond fell about laughing, and my alarm never saw the light of day again.