Defiant MPS Indicator Range
The Indicators featured below all serve the same purpose- to keep the line in contact with the Alarm's Roller or Sensor through friction in order for the Alarm to actually work! It's that simple, but all eight preform this simple task in slightly different ways or with extra enhancements built into the design
The whole range is completely modular as in -
~ Exactly the same Mounting Bracket/Stem fitting, that allows instant fitment/removal and 360 degree of instant alignment
~ Exactly the same Mag Head mounting utilising standard British 2BA threaded stud combined with an O Ring to allow the Mag Heads line slot alignment
All the range is sold as "Complete Ready to use Units" ( Bracket/ Indicator/Mag Head) When you buy a complete Indicator you choose what size/colour/type Mag Head you have fitted from the large range of standard 32mm long MKI, and 38mm long MKII Mag Heads. You also have the option to have the "Specials" fitted for a small extra charge, as in Glow Mags, Tall Boys etc...
You can also purchase just the actual Indicator Chord/Arm, Mounting Bracket and Mag Heads separately
Here are a few Tips to help you decide what Indicator will best suit your needs-
General Fishing: a Hawk, Merlin, Banshee, Scorpion without Tension Rods fitted or any Warlock version will be fine.
Fishing in Strong Winds/Storms: All are fine except Hawk Hangers, as any Chain type Hangers is highly prone to "swinging about in the wind" creating those annoying false bleeps, which always seeds that doubt in your mind "was it the wind or was it a bite?"
Fishing at long Range/Snags: a HG Banshee or a Scorpion with the Tension Rod inserted. A strong Tension Type Indicator like a HG Banshee (As powerful as it's viable to make an Indicator) acts like a "Mouse Trap" not giving an inch. Hence the reason why Tension/Spring Loaded Indicators are so utterly efficient at enhancing hooking, not giving them a chance to eject the hook, just like a spring loaded Mouse Trap.
Slacklining: Rotary Warlocks all day long, as they can be set totally weightless at will. The other option is to fit a MKII Mag Heads that can be set to hold position, via setting the line in a "S" shape configuration. # But this is only achievable if the Indicator the MKII Mag head is fitted is not too heavy and the line is not too thin.
Shown with a 38 x 1/2" Fluro Green MKII Mag Head fitted
The Merlin Indicator
The Merlin Indicators Stainless Steel Flexi Arm can only be described as having a movement like "fluid" it's that supple, only putting a slight bit of tension on the line (very similar to a standard Banshee) Also just like the Banshee the Merlin is totally windproof.
Merlin's have proved to be the first choice for those after a good "All-rounder" Indicator.
Merlin Indicator Complete = £16.50 + Postage
Merlin Chord Only = £6.50 + Postage
Shown is fitted with a Emerald Green 32 x 1/2" MK I Mag Head
The Hawk Hanger
The Hawk Hanger is a basic chain type Hanger that I've been making for near on 20 years now and in that time not one has ever snapped, corroded or been returned with a fault. The reason why is simple, as with all MPS Indicators only the very best materials are ever used. The Stainless Steel Chain used in the Hawk's is the very best money can buy, it's of a welded Link construction, it's impossible to snap it even thou it's still has a narrow gauge
There is no set length - they can be made any length up to around 8" long (Raw Chain length) for no extra cost
Hawk Hanger Complete = £16.50 + Postage
Hawk Hanger Chain Only = £6.50 + Postage
Shown with a 38 x 1/2" Fluro Green MKII Mag Head fitted
Banshee Hanger Complete
= £16.50 + Postage
Banshee Chord Only
= £6.50 + Postage
The Banshee Hanger
It got its name way back in autumn 2003 on the very first time on the bank, it was a very stormy night with the wind howling like a "Banshee", tree's making cracking noises as they swayed almost to breaking point in the powerful gale. It was instantly noted that my Alarms were not making any "False Bleeps" even thou they were swaying about and waves hitting the lines were they entered the water. The other four on the bank were using in vogue at the time Indicators with Sink Ball Chains or the equally useless Dacron chorded ones, and their Alarms were singing their little heads off in the severe weather conditions!
The design has hardly changed from that autumn night all those years ago, I'd cracked it first time - by using a woven 316 Stainless Steel chord which when formed into a "U" shape becomes semi-ridged and in turn windproof, not just that the cord is unbreakable with a 560kg breaking strain!
Pair of Banshee's in use, fitted with Orange 32mm x 1/2" Mag Heads
Shown with a Amber 38 x 20mm MKII Mag Head fitted
HG Banshee Hanger
Based the original Banshee, this can only be described as a brutal no mercy form of Indicator! If set just right with a Lead heavily enough to just hold bottom, when you get as bite everything happens in an instant - in most cases the lead comes flying back towards you, Rod jumps up into the air, an the clutch screams as all hell break loose, there's none of that finicky stuff - it's hooked instantly by it's own doing!
Like the standard Banshee they are also windproof and can be fitted with any Mag Head size or colour in the large range, ideally the strongest 20mm diameter versions as they need the stronger line clip mechanism to cope with the strong tension.
If I was only allowed to use one of my own Indicators, the HG Banshee would be it - they are just so utterly efficient at putting fish on the bank.
HG Banshee Complete = £16.50 + Postage
HG Banshee Chord Only = £6.50 + Postage
Example shown is fitted with a Green MKI Glow Mag
Removable Internal Solid Carbon Tension Rod, via the chamber in the solid Titanium fitting
The Scorpion Hanger
The Scorpion Hanger, was the very first Indicator I invented back in the late 1990's,was (and still is) so effective once Martin Locke at Solar Tackle saw and example at a meeting a deal was struck and Solar made a version (It was called The Adjustable Quiver Lock)
Still just as efficient at putting fish on the bank as way back then,
can be used as a basic Hanger or as a "Springer" when a solid Carbon tension rod is inserted into the hollow internal chamber of the Stainless Steel Flexi Chord.
~ Supplied with a medium strength solid Carbon tension Rod, reference 0.8mm is fitted as standard. But most customers like to make their own unique range of strengths to suit their own needs, Carbon Rod is readily available and also cheap - from eBay, Amazon etc.....
Scorpion Hanger Complete = £16.50 + Postage
Scorpion Chord only = £6.50 + Postage
Rotary Warlock fitted with a 32 x 20mm Fluro Green MKI Mag Head
Supplied FOC, 5 gram Slid on Bob Weights
The Rotary Warlock
Of all the many Indicator design I've invented over the decades this is probably my favourite, a swinging arm type but with a uniquely shaped solid Stainless Steel arm, being shaped the arm does not just go "up and down" it actually moves in a fixed large arc of movement. If set at it's lowest position (Set to be weightless for Slack-lining) from that point to the other end of the arc of movement is over 14", that's an awful lot of free movement to watch a bite develop compared to say a Hanger or basic swinger. Supplied with slid on 5 gram weights that fit directly under the Mag Head for when that bit of extra tension is required on the line. Can be fitted with any size/colour in the Mag Head range, ideally MKI versions.
Complete Rotary Warlock = £21.50 + Postage
Rotary Warlock Arm only = £11.50 + Postage