Fox "S" Type Bite Alarms
May 1999. There are a few bite alarms on the market, all doing
much the same job. I was looking for a bite alarm that would give an audible
warning if a fish took or gave line. I did not need an alarm that could
give me varying tones, nor did I need an alarm that could differentiate
between a drop back bite, as opposed to a take. I did not need the alarms
to have different coloured lights, nor did I need the facility to plug in
leads for an external sounder box. In fact I just wanted a basic bite alarm,
that would emit a beep if a fish took line. I settled on the Fox Type S,
and I am very pleased with them. My old Optomic had one bad failing, and
that was it was not very waterproof, and frequently packed up working when
it rained. Well glad to say the 2 Fox units have proved to be completely
waterproof. I have had them out in the pouring rain for 8 hours at a time
with no problem. A question comes to mind every time I set up the rods,
and that is why on earth would anyone need an alarm with such an over generosity
of sound. These alarms if set to maximum volume could wake the dead. On
the estate lake where I spend most of my fishing time, I have been able
to hear bite alarms going off from the car park, and that is fully a mile
from the lake.