Fishing unbrellas with zips for pole shipping?

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- 28/02/2011 at 7:30 pm #45033
  TF_punchcrumb
  Has anyone had any experience good or bad about these umbrellas? i was thinking about getting the greys version,
  Normally speaking i hate umbrellas and usualy it would be the last resort to put the brolly up, but last year whilst on a fishing holiday [ pleasure fishing] i bit the bullit and set up my quite old but little used wavelock complete with storm caps and storm poles.
  I Managed to fish the tip quite comfortably in wet conditions keeping me and my bait and spare kit relatively dry.
  Thw question is i like to fish the pole ,would a greys or similar flat back brolly with zips enable me to pole fish and ship back properly? or are they just a gimmick that doesnt realy work well in practice.
  OH and is it possible to retro fit storm caps for use with storm poles like i did on my old wavelock? on the greys pole shipper brolly.
  
  Thanks in advance crummy
- 28/02/2011 at 8:01 pm #133910
  TF_piperpilot
  Personally I didn’t like the pole shipper brolly I had. For one shipping a pole back through the slit gives a very restricted view behind and after a very close encounter with a lead footed bankwalker the brolly was soon sold. Also the Super Legion I was using at the time suffered a few scratches due to the sections rubbing up and down the pole zips. An investment in some Gore-Tex gear and use of a Rive bait brolly was quickly made,
- 01/03/2011 at 6:50 pm #133967
  TF_punchcrumb
  Thanks piper but when your of a certain age creature comforts become a priority.~think
- 01/03/2011 at 7:25 pm #133974
  TF_piperpilot
  I kid you not that I’m of that age.LOL,
- 03/03/2011 at 8:46 pm #134183
  TF_punchcrumb
  @piperpilot wrote:
  
  I kid you not that I’m of that age.LOL,
  
  Then you will cerainly understand my dilemma then Piper LOL~think
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