Gardner Wrappers Measuring Sticks

Description

These smooth-sided, clutter-free aluminium sticks from Gardner Tackle are designed for wrapping your mainline around when you clip up onto the line clip on your reel spool, so you can fish accurately at a predetermined range. Consistently casting and baiting up accurately will catch you more carp, or any other bottom-feeding species, wherever you fish. Use the Wrappers to replicate exact ranges across all of your fishing rods, including your marker and spod rods. The smooth sides ensure the line doesn't catch or snare as you wind it back onto the reel after clipping up. 1. Lay your marker or spod rod on the ground and use it to accurately space the Wrappers out at a set distance apart. As most marker and spod rods are 12ft, which equates to 4 yards, work out distances in wraps using multiples of 4 yards; so 10 wraps is 40 yards, 25 wraps is 100 yards, and so on. Hint: lean the Wrappers out at a slight angle to help stop tangles when reeling in off the sticks. 2. Locate the area you want to fish with a bare lead, preferably on a braided mainline, as braided main lines offer better feedback as the lead hits the lake bed, taps on gravel as it's pulled back, or glides across sand or silt. 3. Clip up using the line clip on the reel at the exact range so the lead lands exactly where you want it to when you recast and then reel in. Then simply wrap the line around the pre-spaced sticks in a figure of 8 pattern until the line hits the clip on the reel. 4. Mark on the ground the position of the tip ring with the line still in the clip, then reel the line in off the Wrappers. You now know the exact range the lead was from the rod tip. You can also note distances down for specific spots using far bank sight markers in a notebook for future reference. This is a massive edge when you arrive at a fishery and find fish showing in an area you have mapped before, as you can get hookbaits out with minimal disturbance. 5. Now grab one of your fishing rods and, using the same method, wrap the line around the sticks until you have exactly the same amount of line out, then clip up on the reel spool. 6. Your leading or marker rod and fishing rod will now have a fixed amount of line from the tip to the lead. 7. Use the same method for your spod rod. Consider shortening the clip by approximately 1ft for every 3ft of depth to allow for the swing of the lead on a tight line. This varies with your casting style and whether you allow the lead to drop vertically after it has hit the water. - Wrappers are supplied as a matching pair. - Length: approx. 46cm (18 inch). - Wrappers weight: 162 gram (pair). - Feature a 3/8 BSF thread so can be used with buzzers, rod rest heads, etc.