yip have a look bri,narghh these`ll be bootifull by`t time i`ve finished..have to put on hold for a few days now tho...bizzy as foook!!

Serious question Timber. Are you bored with your fishing?

Think I recognise one of my old heads there Timbs? I thought you might have customised the front plate to house a roller(like a neville). Reliability/waterproof and still looking traditional with the casing. Hope I have not just started a new project for you

Good job - Keep the old school flying.

you`ll be reet there damian..cheers m8..yeah was gonna go a roller route..then thought i already have two sets of roller alarms..so now for a vibration set..

and answer to ste..no not bored m8..this is part of my carp fishing..like some make their own bait..rigs etc..i get the same buzz when i get a set of reliable alarms up n running from scratch and always wanted to do this when i got a set of herons..cheers!

when the lakes are frozen ...

heads are silent but options for sound later if needed,the little box is a wireless sounder which will be placed on rear buzz barr for peace of mind..whilst also using wireless reciever in the bivvy..two done upto now that are complete..not bad and cant w8 to test out!!!

Nice one Timber....to quote the mighty Tap: there's a thin line line between clever and stupid. Not sure which side of the line you sit mate, but as you so rightly said in an earlier post, sometime's it's just nice to do things for the hell of it....I salute you.

Thanks EV,i know some will be happy to see the herons back and still competing with todays technologies out on the banks..i`d salute you too if i knew your name

Salute accepted.

Good Luck mate.

I had my original Herons converted by Del Romang to make them more user-friendly I think in 1979....they were totally eclipsed by the Optonic when first released...also the BJ's and Rolons etc of the time were also made redundant...

I can't see any point in bringing them back mate, whatever upgrades you can make to them...the roller line effect is the key....

I dont intend bringing em back paul, but just to use specifically for certain occasions..i did do a test with this setting in an optonic and it was witnessed by a few anglers at the time..wind blasting..guitar strings..and no bleeps on the oppo..but a buzz from the needle of a fish shaking..approx 4 seconds prewarning to the one bleep with an 8 veiner wheel..ok theres more sensitivity alarms around with finer settings today..but would they stay stable enough in those winds..not sure!
I have 3 herons left..roller..i might or roller and vibrate..hmmm...am in no rush