Description : I've been useng these indicators for about 15 years in one form or another. When fishing standard feeder or ledger tactics on still or slow moving waters you can't beat them. The current one is the MK3. Basicly it consists of a rubber block witch fits on the rod butt and three sensitive tips. Once you have decided which strength tip to use, you just thread the line through the tip ring and fish with the rod pointing straight at your hookbait.
They were originaly designed for bream anglers to enable them to fish in rough and windy conditions on lakes and drains were a normal quivertip would be difficult to read.
A major advantage is you're able to fish at long range 60/70yds with a 1oz tip giving you incressed sensitivety which is something you can't do with a normal tip rod.
Pros :
The indicator is unafected by the wind and being sited just in front of the angler he is able to read the bite much easier.
Cons :
The way the line is threded though the tip ring could be made easier maybe by replacing the coiled tip with a gated one (the type found on a necklace)
Sidewinder Bite Indicator Mk III - RRP £9.99
by Martin Womble
Description : I've been useng these indicators for about 15 years in one form or another. When fishing standard feeder or ledger tactics on still or slow moving waters you can't beat them. The current one is the MK3. Basicly it consists of a rubber block witch fits on the rod butt and three sensitive tips. Once you have decided which strength tip to use, you just thread the line through the tip ring and fish with the rod pointing straight at your hookbait.
They were originaly designed for bream anglers to enable them to fish in rough and windy conditions on lakes and drains were a normal quivertip would be difficult to read.
A major advantage is you're able to fish at long range 60/70yds with a 1oz tip giving you incressed sensitivety which is something you can't do with a normal tip rod.
Pros : The indicator is unafected by the wind and being sited just in front of the angler he is able to read the bite much easier.
Cons : The way the line is threded though the tip ring could be made easier maybe by replacing the coiled tip with a gated one (the type found on a necklace)
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