Cheap Pirks

[MarinerKenny]

Well, we all know how many pirks we can go through on a days wrecking - well, me personally I go through loads of the bleeders !
I don\'t really mind losing them, as it is to be expected, but some can cost silly amounts of cash for a bit of lead.
Does anyone know where you can get cheap pirks ?
I would attempt to make some of my own, but would find lead hard to come by.

[Edited on 9/6/2004 by MarinerKenny]

[jeff]

I\'d also be interested in purchasing some cheap pirks.....

Jeff.

[KeithB]

Either Ray or Allan on Andy\'s site, is selling 12oz pirks for £1.20 dunno if that includes the treble etc.

or these look canny value, especially if the seller will let you collect
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=25564&item=3681638 641&rd=1&ssPageName=WDVW

Edit, cannot get link to work, do a search on ebay for norway & pirks
the seller is d3ave, he also has other nice lookin pirks

[Edited on 9/6/2004 by KeithB]

[jason]

Spotty dog tackle in stockton do the quick drop pirks for about £1.30 currently have mirror norwegian pirks 300g for £2.50 and 500g for £2.99 ( ithink prices are correct) ring them and check.

[Falcone]

Get yourself to rigs in seaham there are all different pirks to choose from and they are 4 for £5 with trebles i dont know anywhere cheaper myself...

[MikeR]

Kenny, the two guys from Doncaster were telling me they had ordered from a dirt cheap place in germany. Can\'t remember what it was called though. I\'m sure they said they were about £1.20 each, plus they did loads of other boat gear (rods etc). Might be worth getting intouch (and then reminding me what the company is called!).

[fredsfish]

buy a norwegian pirk mould £15-£20 use old bicycle spokes for the wires ,use a white base coat for first coat then paint with your own favorate flurescent colours.to lose less jiggers you should use 1 large quality hook 7/0 8/0 ,

[mark]

the yeloow adtrader paper. SOmeone advertises in there, 12oz boat leads 40p and 16oz norwegian lead pirks 80p.

best bet tho, as fredsfish syuggestss spend some money on a mould. soon pays for itself. wire coat hangers work well for the wires. Also, look out for chrome piping. I bought 2 foot length for 4 quid in B&Q, cout it down, hammer one end flat and fill with lead for shiny pirks. Better still keep your eyes on the skips, it not hard to see bits of it!

[MarinerKenny]

Getting hold of the lead would be a problem for me though - looked into it once before, where as I can get little scraps of it, a decent supply would be harder to find.

[mark]

not that difficult. there was a post on here a while back about it. there\'s a few scrap men around who sell lead by the stone, north shields in particular there\'s on eif I remember rightly, (maybe some kind sould will re-post the info)

alternatively, find a freindly roofer, wave a few pints at them and ask them to save all their off cuts of lead flashing and such like. The one I get lead from initially used to say \"give me the same as the scrap man\" now hre just gives me the stuff by the stone!

[KeithB]

For a great deal on pirks, email Dave on DaveMor2@aol.com he\'s sold me some at £1 each powder coated or 70p plain lead.

He\'s clearing out, so it\'s a case of when it\'s gone it\'s gone!

He does nice ORANGE ones (no cod attached) as well TC - lol



[Edited on 12/6/2004 by KeithB]