I get it with pods, as you don't get a choice, but why do people put the rear rest just behind the reel (which is fine) but the buzzer about a foot in front of it? Every time i see a take with this sort of setup, the rod is pulled off the buzzer, even with snag ears, so why do it? Am I missing something? It even looks shyte 
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Butt ring behind buzzer rear rest where ever is convenient. Line clip at best position for bite indication depending on which bobbins or swingers you are using. Weight of swinger or tension on arm depending on range fished at.
Butt ring behind buzzer rear rest where ever is convenient. Line clip at best position for bite indication depending on which bobbins or swingers you are using. Weight of swinger or tension on arm depending on range fished at.
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Apparently it's carpy
Seriously though the only reason i could ever imagine why you may do this is if there is reeds or whatever to the sides of the swim and you wanted your line angle to go around them and the margins were deep. So having your alarms right at the edge of the bank and reels close to them you would maximise the rod sticking out over the water and you could fish margins or whatever line angle you wanted.
You rarely see anyone doing it for that purpose though.
Apparently it's carpy
Seriously though the only reason i could ever imagine why you may do this is if there is reeds or whatever to the sides of the swim and you wanted your line angle to go around them and the margins were deep. So having your alarms right at the edge of the bank and reels close to them you would maximise the rod sticking out over the water and you could fish margins or whatever line angle you wanted.
You rarely see anyone doing it for that purpose though.
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DP
DP
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And I thought it was me
And I thought it was me
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Dont forget rods so close together on single sticks that they have to fold the handle
Dont forget rods so close together on single sticks that they have to fold the handle
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I put the butt ring about an inch behind the buzzer, so I dont need to use a clip.
I get “Carpy” but people bleat on about fish care, but put the rod at risk at being pulled in. There's even a vid from a well known company of someone snag fishing with it - every take that wasn't a drop back was pulled off the rest, negating the point of being locked up!
I put the butt ring about an inch behind the buzzer, so I dont need to use a clip.
I get “Carpy” but people bleat on about fish care, but put the rod at risk at being pulled in. There's even a vid from a well known company of someone snag fishing with it - every take that wasn't a drop back was pulled off the rest, negating the point of being locked up!
Fashion before function it seems.. 
Maybe its because they have a small pod that does not extend much. I saw one yesterday online that folded up to about 40 CM and fully opened up, it was about 49 CM reading the specifications. I thought it was a Fox one but I cannot see one like that that they make.
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I did say i get it with pods, but tbh i cant see the point using a pod when you can get banksticks in either 🤷🏻♀️
I did say i get it with pods, but tbh i cant see the point using a pod when you can get banksticks in either 🤷🏻♀️
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All my rods have Neville ball clips whipped about 100mm behind the reel seat, this acts like putting the butt ring behind the alarm and means I can fish with smaller bodied pods if required - but to fish so short that the line pivots from the reel line roller to the bobbin and then alarm head . . .absolutely daft and I hope all their rods get pulled in.
Almost as annoying as those that fish single sticks without a butt rest at all and handles just on the ground or indeed lined up neatly on the nearest convenient log . . . .daft.
All my rods have Neville ball clips whipped about 100mm behind the reel seat, this acts like putting the butt ring behind the alarm and means I can fish with smaller bodied pods if required - but to fish so short that the line pivots from the reel line roller to the bobbin and then alarm head . . .absolutely daft and I hope all their rods get pulled in.
Almost as annoying as those that fish single sticks without a butt rest at all and handles just on the ground or indeed lined up neatly on the nearest convenient log . . . .daft.
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one of the benefits of fishing with sticks instead of a pod is the ability to get good distance between alarms and butt rests - it makes it far more stable. I don't get the alarms right in front of the reels nonsense either, it allows for the rod to twist so easily. I can only assume they never fish tight clutches, which is a bit of a no no for me.
one of the benefits of fishing with sticks instead of a pod is the ability to get good distance between alarms and butt rests - it makes it far more stable. I don't get the alarms right in front of the reels nonsense either, it allows for the rod to twist so easily. I can only assume they never fish tight clutches, which is a bit of a no no for me.
I'll be honest when I use my pod (jag super compact mk2) I actually like the compact look and having it like that, I don't like my rods sprayed across my swim. I do have a single stick for a sly rod down the margin or what ever, I've had some savage takes and not once have I ever had a rod come off the rest or even move up towards it either