lads just wondering from you's who have travelled abroad to fish before and used airtravel,all we need to bring is end tackle alarms and reels,what im wondering is will we be allowed bring our reels and alarms onboard the plane as carry on lugigage?id feel safer doin this cos theres about €1500 worth of gear in them alone and i dont want it gettin lost,what i was thinkin if we took spools off the rels and batteries out of alarms would any there be probs?

Ive travelled with alarms on a plane and as long as you explain what they are i had no probs.But dont most all inclusives provide the best of ,anyway??

Reels are fine, but they dont like the spools on them, no hooks, or anything sharp.
Alarms are fine, but I always take the batts out as they tend to get a bit suspect at times!

cheers mike and damo that sorts that out and leaves things much clearer,ill spread the word to the other lads

When i flew over here from NZ i took 4 reels loaded with line in my hand luggage, had to change planes at Singapore and going through customs they pulled me aside and started going through my bag.....was so funny when the little asian pulled out the biggest reel of the lot then asked me what it was for? I was stumped as you can imagine and said to him, "well what do you reckon mate" embarassed he quickly packed the reel back in my bag and hurried me through.

To be safe, spool up when you get there.

You can bring your reel and alarms on as hand luggage but you can´t bring line that would have to go through as check in luggage,Anythning that is sharp (hooks,baiting needles,scissors etc...) must be put on as check in luggage.
It`s only 8 euro each way for baggage up to 15 kg so your better off putting it through as that.

cheers tom and paul,thats that sorted now,checkin everything in bar alarms and reels without spools

heading anywhere interesting trigger:?:

hi colin headin to etang de briegeuil,my 1st time carpin in france so looking foward to it,headin 12th april

nice one m8 sposed to be a cracking spot have a good one

enjoy it there trigger

ill do my best to enjoy meself men,ill let ye know how we all got on when we come back,it looks and sounds good from the lads who have been before and tracey and andy who run it are very helpful organizing everythin:D

Best of luck mate.

Have a good one

tight lines and have a good 1