Smith Ambush

Advantages: Hook potential, colour, price
Disadvantages: Discontinued

...The Brunswick BVP Goliath is part of their 'Value Performance' range of bowling balls together with BVP wizard, BVP Ambush, BVP rampage and the BVP punisher. The BVP is now a discontinued bowling ball replaced by the BVP Mammoth. The BVP range of bowling balls are supposed to give high end performance at value prices which they seem to do very well. The BVP Goliath has a high-load particle cover-stock (400 grit sanded) which up until the mammoth was the highest hook potential ball in Brunswick's history with a hook potential rating of 160. The two piece core of the goliath is a inverted bell core which gives a medium RG of 2.590. This gives a ball that hooks through the oil. The ball comes in a deep purple colour which is almost black which I think looks good. It isn't noticeably purple which is what I was after cause I'm not too... Read review

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Advantages: Brilliant design, light, strong
Disadvantages: Quite expensive.

...This helmet may be one of the most expensive helmets on the market but it is the most expensive for a reason! I believe the first designs of the helmet were designed by the England test player Robin Smith, with a focus on erradicating any blind spots that were always present in older style helmets. And what a success this was! There is a minimal amount of bars making up the grill of the helmet and those that are used are very thin and are little if no distraction for the batsman and there are none of the dreaded black spots where you can't see the ball pitch. The idea of the titanium grill is also inspired, you are able to bat for long periods of time (not that i tend to!) without getting that pain in your neck with the weight of the helmet and in comparison to other older style, heavier helmets, you literally hardly notice you... Read review

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Advantages: Easy to set up, all sorts of wierd & wonderful artificial lures to choose from, can last years
Disadvantages: Can be rather expensive, especially if you keep loosing them in the scenery

.../ Swivel / box of lures / forceps / Sunglasses + a landing net and go exploring the River or Lake. When doing this, it's probably best to try and imagine you're a fish, and think "where would be a good place to hide and ambush my prey?" Things like Bridge supports, sunken tree branches or roots + Jetties / Boat landings / fishing platforms are often a good bet......... then cast as close to them as you dare without getting snagged up on something, and don't stick to casting out straight in front of you...... try casting right over to your far left, then slightly further to the right each subsequent cast until you've come round in an arc, that way you'll cover more area. Once you've mastered the humble spinner, you can then start expanding your collection to include Plugs..... which are made of Balsa Wood or Plastic, which come in a variety... Read review

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