Nash Tackle

<body bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> <div align="left"> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="570"> <tr> <td align="center"><font face="Arial" size="6" color="#008000"><b>Nash Tackle</b></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td><font face="Arial" color="#000080" size="2">This is a small sample of the products from Nash Tackle.  To see the full list please go to the main site.  To contact Nash Tackle please email us here- <a href="mailto:sales@nashtackle.co.uk">sales@nashtackle.co.uk</a> </font></td> </tr> </table> </div> <p> </p> <div align="left"> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="570"> <tr> <td valign="middle" align="left"> <b><font face="Arial" size="3" color="#FF0000"> Bullet XT </font><font face="Arial" color="#000080" size="3"> - Jim Gibbinson<br> </font></b><font face="Arial" color="#000080" size="2">"Nash Bullet Carp Mono is a reliable, durable, highly abrasion resistant mono suitable for all aspects of carp fishing."  Such a statement reads like typical advertising copy, doesn't it?  But in this instance it happens to be true.  And the reason I know it to be so is because I have subjected Nash Bullet to an extensive battery of tests.  In addition, I have used it for actual fishing - not just for a few trips, but consistently since last summer.  </font> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="middle" align="left"><img border="0" src="images/tran16.gif" width="16" height="16"></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="middle" align="left"> <font face="Arial" size="2" color="#000000"><b>Test strength - Diameter Ratio</b><br> </font><font face="Arial" size="2" color="#000080">Comparative linear strength tests on Nash Bullet and other brands of mono were conducted on computerised weights and measures certified equipment in a professional laboratory.  In these tests - which were witnessed by Gary Bayes and myself - Nash Bullet emerged as the strongest in relation to its diameter.  Most rival monos scored 15-20% below Nash Bullet, and even the best of the rest scored approximately 10% below.<br> <br> Following the laboratory visit, I conducted a series of bench-tests similar to those I undertook for my "Mono Multi Tests" series which was published in Carpworld numbers 88-90.  One was a stress test , which involved loading a length of line until it broke, then measuring the test strength of one of the surviving lengths.  Nash Bullet retained approximately 90% of its original linear strength.  We do not recommend that anglers fish with a stressed line, but is comforting to know that it is safe to do so should it prove necessary.  In common with most modern monos, Nash Bullet retains approximately 90% of its dry test strength when wet (after a 48 hour soak).  They are not all as good, though - one frequently recommended brand lost an incredible 23% of its dry strength when subjected to my "soak test"!<br> <br> </font><b><font face="Arial" size="2" color="#000000">Knots<br> </font></b><font face="Arial" size="2" color="#000080">I recommend that swivels, rings ect be attached by means of the Bullet Knot.  This is a modified version of a multi-turn barrel knot.  If tied with care - by which I mean it should be lubricated with saliva and tightened so all the coils butt neatly together - it will give virtually 100% knot strength.  The palomar knot is also good and will give 90% plus knot strength.  The uni (Grinner) knot, the five turn Tucked Clinch, and the Five -Turn Tucked Half Blood give satisfactory resuilts, but when tied with modern high-tech lines like Bullet they perform best if the line is passed just once, and not twice, through the swivel eye.  The same knots are suitable for eyed hooks, although my preference is for The Tackle Box's Knotless Knot.  For spade-end hooks I have found nothing to equal the overturn Whipping Knot. For the attachment of a mono shock-leader I recommend the Mahin Knot; while for Quicksilver Leader the modified Zen Leader Knot is the best choice.  The security of all the foregoing knots - particularly the knotless knot and the Overturn Whipping Knot - is further enhanced if a tiny drop of Superglue is applied to the coils by means of a cocktail stick.  That comment may come as something of a surprise in view of the currently held view that Superglue causes knots to crumble.  Take it from me, it doesn't.  I know this to be so because I have conducted extensive tests.  I recommend, though, that Superglue be confined to the knot coils, and not allowed to run along the line lest it crack and form an "elbow" which might lead to a stress fracture.<br> <br> </font><font face="Arial" size="2" color="#000000"><b>Abrasion Resistance</b></font><font face="Arial" size="2" color="#000080"><br> We hear a lot about abrasion resistance these days - and the impression given in some advertisements and promotional literature is that monos embodying this quality will withstand mussel and flint-topped gravel bars.  Such suggestions are nonsense!  No mono yet produced will, when under tension, withstand contact with sharp objects because what is required in such instances is shear resistance - a quality which no mono embodies; not even Bullet.  Which is not to suggest that abrasion resistance is unimportant - quite the contrary.  A line which has a high level of resistance to abrasion will more readily withstand general wear and tare such as might be caused by weed (which can be far more abrasive than most anglers realise), mooring ropes, sunken branches, clay boulders ect.  I tested most of the currently available monos by drawing them back forth over a sheet of carborundum paper; they were then categorised as having "High", "Medium" or "Low" resistance to abrasion.  Nash Bullet, throughout its diameters, maintained a position in the "High" category - in the top four, in fact.<br> <br> </font><b><font face="Arial" size="2" color="#000000">Stretch</font></b><font face="Arial" size="2" color="#000080"><br> Low stretch monos are excellent for fishing at long range, but are less well suited to margin and close range situations due to their lack of cushioning effect.  Conversely, high stretch lines work well when fishing close (also with barbless hooks), but are less than ideal at long range.  Mt preferred all-round choice, therefore, is for a medium stretch mono.  Nash Bullet fulfills this requirement.</font> <p><font face="Arial" size="2" color="#000000"><b>Colour</b></font><font face="Arial" size="2" color="#000080"><br> It seems at least possible, and perhaps probable, that the visibility of the end-tackle is a significant factor in modern pressured waters,  I am happy with any drab coloured line - Bullet is produced in a weed green colour, which in my opinion provides the best camouflage in the widest range of situations.<br> <br> </font><font face="Arial" size="2" color="#000000"><b>General</b></font><font face="Arial" size="2" color="#000080"><br> Nash Bullet is a reliable, durable, medium stretch, well camouflaged, highly abrasion resistant line which offers class leading linear strength relative to its diameter.  Were you to examine my reels you would find them loaded with Bullet - a fact which speaks volumes because you can be assured that I will only use mono in which I have total confidence.  So, unreserved praise then?  For the line itself, yes.  But I wish Kevin Nash had called it something other than "Bullet"...<br> Love the line; not keen on the name, though!</font></p> </td> </tr> </table> </div> </body>