country-kid Posted March 5, 2010 Report Share Posted March 5, 2010 do old fishing rods make good bouncer? if you were to get the top one or two sections of a rod and trip the eyes of would it make a good bouncer? i was just wondering as theres a sporting auction near me soon so chance of a few cheap rods like £4 etc cheers CK Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deny essex Posted March 6, 2010 Report Share Posted March 6, 2010 do old fishing rods make good bouncer? if you were to get the top one or two sections of a rod and trip the eyes of would it make a good bouncer? i was just wondering as theres a sporting auction near me soon so chance of a few cheap rods like £4 etc cheers CK Yes they work , I use a cpl as bouncers , just remember if you are going to mount real birds use a thickness and strength of rod to handle the weight of a bouncing bird in the wind. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rigwallet Posted March 6, 2010 Report Share Posted March 6, 2010 they work but you need to put some form of spade end on the rod or you will find that they spin as the weight of the bouncer turns the decoy upside down in the wind Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deny essex Posted March 6, 2010 Report Share Posted March 6, 2010 they work but you need to put some form of spade end on the rod or you will find that they spin as the weight of the bouncer turns the decoy upside down in the wind Yep correct, I glassfiber'd spade ends on mine them finished shaped them when hard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charliespaniel Posted March 7, 2010 Report Share Posted March 7, 2010 i used top part of a wilson avon rod joined to 6mm rod as per greenhunters desine works a treat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mart46 Posted March 9, 2010 Report Share Posted March 9, 2010 i used top part of a wilson avon rod joined to 6mm rod as per greenhunters desine works a treat That's sacrilige - my john wilson avon is my favourite rod Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UKPoacher Posted March 9, 2010 Report Share Posted March 9, 2010 That's sacrilige - my john wilson avon is my favourite rod Too right! Why can't he use some of them old bamboo Richard Walker Avons instead? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charliespaniel Posted March 10, 2010 Report Share Posted March 10, 2010 ive still got my original avon the one iused was spare i got given half the eyes missing so its just good green recycling Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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