Marksman rods!

[mark brailsford 2]

Hi guys,

I have just found a terrific deal on Hardy Marksman Rods and I am very interested in the 11ft 10inch float rod. Has anyone got any info on this rod?I like the Idea that it has a shorter handle than similar rods.

Thanks

 

[sam vimes]

I think I picked one up for a waggle yesterday. Can't say that I was overly impressed, as has been the case with all the Hardy coarse rods. They look nice enough, I'm sure they perform well enough, but the price of them is way over the top.

 

[Berty]

Way way over the top for cheaply made blanks!!.......you could do what most of us do if we want a shorter handle.......cut it.

 

[sam vimes]

Hardy Marksman Supero Float Rod | BobCo Fishing Tackle, Leeds

I'm pretty sure that I did pick one up now. A good price at a fraction less than £200 in the sale. However, I still think you could do better for less.

 

[tigger]

Hi guys,

I have just found a terrific deal on Hardy Marksman Rods and I am very interested in the 11ft 10inch float rod. Has anyone got any info on this rod?I like the Idea that it has a shorter handle than similar rods.

Thanks

11ft 10inch float rod...why would you want a rod short enough for a hobbit

 

[mark brailsford 2]

Hardy Marksman Supero Float Rod | BobCo Fishing Tackle, Leeds

I'm pretty sure that I did pick one up now. A good price at a fraction less than £200 in the sale. However, I still think you could do better for less.

The ones I looked at were the original Marksman range Sam, the Supero are a cheaper version like the Marksman XT range...I just like the look of them, being a tackle tart, but I would never pay £360 for one

 

[Peter Jacobs]

I quite like the look of the shorter rod which would be very useful on some of the sections of the Hampshire Avon above Salisbury where the river is not too wide at all.

 

[Berty]

I quite like the look of the shorter rod which would be very useful on some of the sections of the Hampshire Avon above Salisbury where the river is not too wide at all.

Get Harrison's to hand make you a better one then PJ

 

[Lord Paul of Sheffield]

Not got a Preston rod in the length Mark?

 

[mark brailsford 2]

Not got a Preston rod in the length Mark?

Well nearly Paul, but like most Tackle tarts I like fancy rods

Well it is Christmas, but for gods sake, don't tell my other half mg:

 

[tigger]

My Mrs got me a 14ft marksman specimine float (not the later supero) for crimbo. She got it for £200 brand new. I haven't used it yet but look forward to. I'm not being ungratefull but I wouldn't swap a normark for one, that's for sure !
Mark, do yourself a favour and go get yourself a normark m8 .

 

[Berty]

My Mrs got me a 14ft marksman (not the later supero) specimine float for crimbo. She got it for £200 brand new. I haven't used it yet but look forward to. I'm not being ungratefull but I wouldn't swap a normark for, that's for sure !
Mark, do yourself a favour and go get yourself a normark m8 .

Normark........real class.

 

[mark brailsford 2]

My Mrs got me a 14ft marksman specimine float (not the later supero) for crimbo. She got it for £200 brand new. I haven't used it yet but look forward to. I'm not being ungratefull but I wouldn't swap a normark for one, that's for sure !
Mark, do yourself a favour and go get yourself a normark m8 .

If I could find a new one I would, I won't by secondhand, It's just me, I am just a fussy bu&&er

 

[binka]

Hi Mark,

I can't comment on that particular rod but as you already know i've got three Marksmans and can't praise them highly enough and I have no reason to doubt that the one you're looking at is any different.

It's not really enough to give them a waggle in the shop to appreciate them but when you're holding a fighting fit 18lb Carp right off the edge of some lillies on 8lb line as I was earlier this year (Marksman Specimen Float 13') and the rod is hooped almost to the point of passing the cork handle whilst pumping right through the handle to absorb the lunges and keep it in the open you'll soon come to appreciate their qualities... on that particular occasion my mate had come to net the fish for me but then cleared off out the way as he was convinced the rod was going to shatter and he didn't want to be in the firing line but you just feel in total control.

Edited to add: This was the culprit (complete with shredded lilly) taken on the rod's first outing...

And this was whilst I was happily winkling out small roach on a 3lb bottom on the Specialist Float 13' within a couple of outings of buying it... it's nothing remarkable in itself but a rod that can give the maximum pleasure winkling out small roach and still get you out of the woods when you hit something decent on light gear has to be good...

I won't bore you with the Barbel taken on the Extreme Feeder...

Hardy & Greys Rod Test 006 - YouTube

 

[tigger]

Blimay Binka !!...that can't be carbon, it must be a stiff peice of elastic lol.
I must addmitt I was expecting it to snap . Was that just a section of rod/blank or a full rod and was it a fly or coarse rod ? Pretty impressive though whatever.

 

[lutra]

My Mrs got me a 14ft marksman specimine float (not the later supero) for crimbo. She got it for £200 brand new. I haven't used it yet but look forward to. I'm not being ungratefull but I wouldn't swap a normark for one, that's for sure !
Mark, do yourself a favour and go get yourself a normark m8 .

Your to nice Ian, I would have given her a good whipping for that.

ps. Stop telling everyone how good the Normarks are, unlike you i haven't finnished filling my wardrobe with them yet.

I think them Marksman feral bungs are a lovely touch, so fill your boots lads.....

 

[binka]

Blimay Binka !!...that can't be carbon, it must be a stiff peice of elastic lol.
I must addmitt I was expecting it to snap . Was that just a section of rod/blank or a full rod and was it a fly or coarse rod ? Pretty impressive though whatever.

Lol... i'm not sure on the type of rod in that clip but I have three DVD's which came with each rod and show a similar thing which i'm sure are based on their float rods and having been in the position with a fish on the end i've no reason to doubt it, if I hadn't watched it before using the rod I would never have given it that much wellie but thought to hell with it and was very pleasantly surprised, especially as the rods are equally at ease coping with light hooklinks without cracking off on the strike or breaking on turbo charged runs.

Your missus deserves a bottle of wine... :w not only for the great pressie but as a soother when you start buying throughout the rest of the range because she won't be pleased when you do, and you will

 

[tigger]

Lol... i'm not sure on the type of rod in that clip but I have three DVD's which came with each rod and show a similar thing which i'm sure are based on their float rods and having been in the position with a fish on the end i've no reason to doubt it, if I hadn't watched it before using the rod I would never have given it that much wellie but thought to hell with it and was very pleasantly surprised, especially as the rods are equally at ease coping with light hooklinks without cracking off on the strike or breaking on turbo charged runs.

Your missus deserves a bottle of wine... :w not only for the great pressie but as a soother when you start buying throughout the rest of the range because she won't be pleased when you do, and you will

Binka, do you know if there is a difference between the Marksmans and the supero's ?

Hey Brian, wot you up to moochin' on here I thought you'd been abducted by aliens or summot Give me a shout and well go fishin'

 

[lutra]

Binka, do you know if there is a difference between the Marksmans and the supero's ?

Hey Brian, wot you up to moochin' on here I thought you'd been abducted by aliens or summot Give me a shout and well go fishin'

Yes fetch that Marksman and i will give you a shoulder hind when you need to land a good fish.

 

[binka]

I couldn't tell you to be honest, I noticed that the Superos are slightly cheaper and assumed to myself that this was just market positioning and that these were the new Marksmans to keep them selling but again I couldn't confirm as I don't know if the Marksman are still the current flagships although the Hardy website still lists them, Hardy Coarse Fishing - Home, I know the XT range was brought in as a "fighting range" within that respective price bracket.