In reply to Post #13
No probs

In reply to Post #15
You are a heavy sleeper I guess or your rods were robbed by a ninja who bizarrely passed his initiation into the fund raising department of the local yakuza gang by the most stealthy display of rod theft ever. As for fools who's mentality allows them to consider a machete as a option against theft well where to start.....

In reply to Post #17
when fishing dodgy lakes i pretty much have my rod butts under my bedchair
also simply set up a spare delkim with line and a weight at shin level

In reply to Post #17
Have you got anything useful to add? No need to answer,
Really.

In reply to Post #18
I've heard people using that method many years ago, I use my spare delk for my snid rod.

Motion detectors start from £20

In reply to Post #18
Wouldn't you be better off setting the line slightly higher than shin level??
That would stop the odd fox etc. from setting it off... or am I missing something??

In reply to Post #21
never had that problem

could also just get a cheap micron
ive fished quite a few dodgy waters and think id rather have something set away a bit that hopefully is enough to have the thief turn round than end up rucking with couple of guys

sad times really

Slightly off thread but would be interested to know how many people feel their gear is seriously at risk on the waters they fish.

Thing is should a unexpected visitor trip over your carefully set trip wire and break his neck or smash his skull in or maybe even impale himself as a result of your work the assumed thief out to Nick your gear will become an innocent walker with a large compensation claim for personal injury against yourself and pressing charges for a act of deliberate intention to cause injury or harm so basically the trip wire set up is just ridiculous in reality, the actual occasions of being in any serious danger on the bank are tiny and remote to be resorting to a lot of actions usually spouted.