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There can’t be many innovations in the pole world more signific
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Internal updates have made slight improvements to pole handling
Up, Up and Away
Things started to move quickly now and 1998 saw
Above: Mick netting an ‘early’ fish with white Hydro on Gold Va
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IT’S NOT JUST INSIDE POLES THAT HYDRO IS USEFUL FOR!
Any spare
Above: The thickness of Hydro, particularly red, requires an ex
Right & far right: History repeats itself... Mick back on Gold
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NOTE: Since this original article was published back in 2006, t
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hydro elastic… a new concept for the new millennium

Dave Jo
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Above: The original packaging on the right and Daiwa’s slick co
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