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Welcome to Dave Lewis Fishing Blog. Take a look at some of the great pictures taken on some of the recent fishing trips.
Hi,Im a friend of Chris Angell of Shimano and he said to ask you for any advice on tackle needed and some tips on the fishing in Panama and Costa Rica.Im going for a few weeks in July\August.
Any help would be great.
Cheers
Paul France
email: frenchyfrance@hotmail.co.uk
Tel: 07943193234
hi Dave its Paul Cozens from holsworthy. You came out with us on the looe boat with Murray on Tuesday 17th june. Is there any chance you could email me a few of the pics you took that day, of me with the pollack and whiting and the group whiting shots. Will have a word with Steve McDonald when I see him about coming out on one of your trips abroad.
Cheers Paul Cozens
paulandsamantha@hotmail.co.uk
Hi Steve
Will do, give me a day or two-very busy!
Did you see the blog on this years March trip to Nicaragua? There also a blog from the previous trip, plus a more detailed piece under ‘Memorable Trips”.
All best
Dave
Hi Dave . I have a fishing trip booked for Norway in August.I would like to know where you buy your swivels ,snapswivels and split rings that are strong enough for Norway. Thanks Mick.
Hi Mick
I’m sure you will have a great trip inAugust. For the bits you require, contact my mate Terry Smith at: http://www.jigabite.co.uk he will have what you need. Let me know how you get on.
tight Lines:
dave
Hi Dave. We have been back from our trip for a couple of weeks now.This was our fifth time to
Skjervoy Fiskecamp. We found the fishing patchy this time we were fishing the marks we fished
on previous trips but could not locate fish in numbers. Some of the other boats found some good fish ,fishing around Bird Island. The best fish we saw was a 126lb Halibut.Nice Fish! The best fish
on our boat was a 28lb cod caught on a whole coalfish. We had some good Haddock and in
numbers. Anyway it was a great trip to Norway.The four guys I travelled with were great company
especially my father who is 80 yrs old. Also Dave can you help me with a problem,I know you
endorse Shimano rods recommending them for Norway. I took both the Beastmaster 20-30lb class
and the Exage 20-30lb class S.T.C. travel rods with me ,both rods I enjoyed using.My problem
is both the liners on the tip rings on both rods were damaged,the rods were not abused so I do
not know how it happened.I was using braid on both of the rods at the time. I e-mailed Shimano
to tell them about the problem ,they replied telling me they do not have any replacement rings
just the liner part of the ring. I do not know if you can get replacement sections for these rods
Also on one of the rods travel cases the zip snapped off , Shimano told me they do not have no
replacement travel cases. I hope this is not on going problem getting parts for Shimano rods.
Dave can you help me with this problem. Thanks Mick in Canada.
Hi Mick
Contact Shimano servicing at Felindre 01792 796584, as you have been told they supply & fit the inserts of rod guides. This really is a fast and easy process with the repaired ring as good as new, lots easier than whipping new guides, which will never look the same. Unfortunately these hard ceramic inserts are very easily cracked, all it takes is a sharp tap at the wrong angle, especially in cold weather. Regarding the tube zip, I have had it happen to a few of mine, and repair them using thin plastic cable ties, I am not aware of anywhere you can get replacement tubes?
All in all sounds like a good week in Norway, some weeks will always be better than others.
Let me know how you get on with Shimano.
All best
Dave
Hi Dave, I have just had a reply from Shimano telling me they only supply parts to U.K. customers.
Can you help me out here. I thought Shimano was a worldwide company. Thanks Mick.
Hi Mick
Shimano are indeed a worldwide company, but Shimano UK/Europe are entirely separate from Shimano USA, Canada etc. I do have good contacts with the Uk servicing facility, tell me exactly which model rod you have & which rings are affected, including their size. Can’t promise anything but I will see what/if I can do anything… Probably best if you send me your email address & we can exchange information that way.
Hi Dave, thanks for relying to my e-mail. The rod codes are :- TBMAXBT20 1 and TEXAXBT2030 1
both the tip rings are damaged . I have removed the broken liners and I measure the ring to be 11.5 mm . My e-mail address is :- maevans@sympatico.ca. Thanks again Dave. Mick.