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Hi I am after a bit of advice on fishing tents. 

My son has started fishing this year and keeps going on about 'night fishing' with his friends and needs a tent.  We have looked at the ones you can buy from the 'Fishing shops' and I can't understand why they are so expensive?  Two man tents going for over two hundred pounds, could my son use a 'normal' 2/3 man tent for fishing instead?  Could somebody give me advice on what my son could use as a cheap alternative instead.  Thanks for your help.

Quote: Originally posted by Jan P on 02/10/2006

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I bought John a cheap camoflage dome for 19.99 its on its fourth season. They need a porch you can sit under on a chair/ box and enough depth behind that to fit the rod or pole. Ours has eight pegs and with those flipping bite alarms going off all night no one had better complain to me about the noise of banging the pegs in.

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Hi Guys

Many thanks for all your info, will definately take it on board.  My son who is 15 will only go fishing with his pals (4 of them, one is 21 and been fishing since he could hold a rod and is quite knowledgeable!!).  Anyway he has caught the bug (and boy is it costing me and the OH) he is also an Air Cadet so has plenty of sleeping bags, good quality roll mats etc.  Will probably look into buying a decent (not too expensive) tent when he does go night fishing.

Thanks again for all your info.