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In reply to Post #30
I got the idea off Baz Griffiths fishing on Llandrindod Wells in the 80s... That boy could fish 
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In reply to Post #29
nope people started looking for them after Brian and I started using them trust me the ones from the motorway boxes were bigger and later you could not buy Isotopes when I bought the show samples
they did for a while sell Beta lights not sure if they are still allowed ? but they were encased in plastic a much shorter life instead of glass
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I read the original Isotopes where nicked from some form of roadside emergency breakdown box? Which where indeed super bright from what I recall from the story I read/heard.
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In reply to Post #17
Remember those isotopes in a Fairy Liquid bottletop wafting on a 3 foot drop at Darenth in the early 70s.
Was surreal to see them jump up in the dark, yes they were indeed brighter😁
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In reply to Post #26
people in the know upgraded from the tip up shytey ratchet sun lounger to the lafuma and thats a bit of foam and a cover made out of a pair of old curtains
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In reply to Post #21
I thought bedchairs where not around until the mid eighties? Sun loungers where the thing, then again I was a kid and my paper round wouldn’t have afforded me one anyhow.
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In reply to Post #21
I thought that Oliver Reed at first glance
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Only two manufacturers in the world and as Gerry has mentioned age and size.
Years ago it would be a 300 or 500 rating I have a 500 rating that’s 34 years old from a float I had as a kid. Still works and the half life is ten years plus. Can still see it from a few meters away, now housed in a bic pen case that’s strapped to my net float that I made. Sewing machines are great.
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In reply to Post #22
is that a polite way of saying Im a fat **** now  
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In reply to Post #21
Looks cosy  Do you look at your old pics and think who the hells that too 
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In reply to Post #20
only picture I have wearing the cold store Jacket long time ago Cut Mill pond Farnham late 60s to early 70s when I fished there
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In reply to Post #19
Things like this need collating Gerry, your experience echoes that like Dave from Kryston, stand out moments that have influenced generations. I can't help but feel that the younger generation take so many things forgranted, having said that the pace at which stuff evolves nowadays is breath taking, for better or worse
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In reply to Post #18
lol there were a few things in one of Clive Dietrich and Malcolm Winkworths videos they mention and are seen with some green coldstore suits with red lining
I was m8s with Malcolm ( lovely bloke taken so young ) and I made a delivery to a very large cold store company in Wandsworth and it was huge forklifts running around inside and they were wearing these cold store suits
I mentioned to the guy I could do with buying one for winter fishing he said well they make them in the factory next door !! but dont sell to the public but I can ring him for you and pull some strings and so thats how we got the suits 1st I got 2 made then Malcolm and Clive wanted some and in the end I had about a dozen made those were happy days
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In reply to Post #17
That deserves a mention in a history of Carp fishing somewhere down the line
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In reply to Post #16
I think I was possibly one of if not the first person to use isotopes
I should explain in late 60s early 70s I was driving a truck and made a delivery to a factory that was at the time supplying isotopes for all sorts of things emergency exit signs Aircraft instruments marine compass etc
and the guy said they had just done a trade show and showed me a load of different sample sizes and shapes I got really excited and begged him to sell me 4 so I could use them for fishing in the end he sold me 4 it was 2 for me and 2 for my fishing partner
then we had the problem of how to mount them first I tried a hair grip and a cork on a tether but then quite by chance I found that on the inside of a fairy liquid bottle top the isotope pushed in and fitted perfect also you didnt need the tether as it clipped on the line and stayed on and at a convenient time in the fight you could unclip it I must add they were incredibly powerful they would light up the ground under them ( I dont think at that time bottle tops were being used either? )
sadly legislation has reduced the power by loads to what they were health and safety and all that
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In reply to Post #11
Yes and the ones out of motorway sos boxes didn't make excellent monkey climbers made out of biro tubes and rod tip rings....ah the days before cameras everywhere 
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In reply to Post #10
this is his website ask him on here LINKY POO  
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In reply to Post #13
That is darrencarp 
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In reply to Post #10
Ice tope are another one to try, had a few from them last year
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In reply to Post #10
He has got plenty on ebay so I assume it's because you are in Canada.Drop him a message,he is very helpful
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In reply to Post #7
I know back in the day there wasnt such strict rules as most isotopes were used to illuminate things like compasses and even Trimphones and found on motorways lol but then after a few accidents there was a change in the laws thats why the ones 45 years ago were a lot brighter as I THINK ?? it was twice atmospheric pressure ? the higher the pressure the brighter apparently but then it was reduced for safety reasons and they became a little dimmer
now ALL because of legislation size for size contain the same amount of gas and pressure in some countries they
completely banned them for general sale
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In reply to Post #6
darren carp of ebay are very good,and so are cygnet,mine are green though.
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In reply to Post #3
As Gerry said
Darrencarp his green ones are great
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In reply to Post #4
I didn’t even know you could buy other colours
When I bought the only set I have ever owned in about 91/92 I’m sure they were a green colour
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In reply to Post #3
Purple is the dullest
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In reply to Post #1
only 2 things determine the brightest
the size .......bigger is brighter due to the amount of gas inside
and date it was produced so the answer is to buy from someone that sells the most as his stock will be the freshest and I would suggest you buy from Darrencarp on Ebay
and dont take any notice of people that claim one brand is brighter than another as its bullshine due to the now VERY strict laws dictating the pressure of gas inside isotopes size for size THEY ARE EXACTLY THE SAME
Colour can make a difference of course the brightest colour is green as thats the natural colour of the gas red is the dullest
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This is the guy I've have used in the past on ebay
darrencarp
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