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Duckett wrote: ↑Thu Feb 01, 2018 11:21 pm Thanks for that Lee. Don’t know why the Mer name didn’t jump out at me at the time.

Probably a good job I did bottle it. So far I’ve not felt tempted to try traditional tackle for my bass fishing. When I cover 2-3 miles of coast, casting and retrieving a lure every 10 yards or so in a 4-6 hour session, lightness really does matter!

Iv just picked up a Davenport & Fordham Farstrike “The Clive Gammon Bass Rod”, 11’6” 2 piece green hollow glass,in a joblot, still got the plastic on the cork

Ljm183 wrote: ↑Fri Feb 02, 2018 12:10 am

Duckett wrote: ↑Thu Feb 01, 2018 11:21 pm Thanks for that Lee. Don’t know why the Mer name didn’t jump out at me at the time.

Probably a good job I did bottle it. So far I’ve not felt tempted to try traditional tackle for my bass fishing. When I cover 2-3 miles of coast, casting and retrieving a lure every 10 yards or so in a 4-6 hour session, lightness really does matter!

Iv just picked up a Davenport & Fordham Farstrike “The Clive Gammon Bass Rod”, 11’6” 2 piece green hollow glass,in a joblot, still got the plastic on the cork

I'm stretching my memory here but that's a light beachcaster for bait work isn't it? Even back in the 70s and 80s, I always preferred lighter spinning and plugging techniques for my bass fishing. The one area of lure fishing I do enjoy going traditional for is for Perch and Jacks, with a very light Milwards spinning rod and a Mitchell CAP. That set-up works as well as it ever did with Mepps and is ok for Drop Shotting and light jigs.

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