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I've used mine a few times now.
Pros: Works great in places a Golden Reriver is useless: trees, nasty, thorny shule, poison ivy/oak swampy ponds with lots submerged sticks and branches which make using a retriever next to impossible. Standard threads accept typical paint roller handles and such.
Cons: Not as compact or easy to carry as a Golden Retriever. Limited reach and even with the telescoping pole, it's a bit longer than I personally want to carry around strapped to my bag, so I leave it in the car.
Bottom line: the clamp works great. Simply a tradeoff of how you feel about it's on course portablity and how much pole you want to carry.
If there was a lightweight pole that extended to 15' feet and collapsed to less than 3' it would be damn near perfect... not sure how feasible that is.
Pros: Works great in places a Golden Reriver is useless: trees, nasty, thorny shule, poison ivy/oak swampy ponds with lots submerged sticks and branches which make using a retriever next to impossible. Standard threads accept typical paint roller handles and such.
Cons: Not as compact or easy to carry as a Golden Retriever. Limited reach and even with the telescoping pole, it's a bit longer than I personally want to carry around strapped to my bag, so I leave it in the car.
I picked up inexpensive pole that telescopes to about 12' that I keep in the car as well, which really makes a big difference in what you can get to.That is probably the way to to go, I saw that when I first heard of the disc gator, I googled it and the images looked like it was compatible with most poles with the screw end. A telescopic roller pole would probably work great.
Bottom line: the clamp works great. Simply a tradeoff of how you feel about it's on course portablity and how much pole you want to carry.
If there was a lightweight pole that extended to 15' feet and collapsed to less than 3' it would be damn near perfect... not sure how feasible that is.
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