Best Chub Quivertip/Feeder Rod of ALL TIME?

[bigchub]

I'd really like to know what peoples views are on what they feel is the best quivertip/feeder rod of all time for chub. Doesn't have to be an up to date rod, it can be any rod.

I have an old (must be getting on for 20 years old) 11ft 6", Shimano Twin Power Light/Medium Feeder and its a brilliant bit of kit. It bends al the way though to the butt when you get a fish on, but I sometimes feel under gunned when I need to stop a big chub dead in its tracks. Maybe something with a bit more backbone like the Medium/Heavy Twin Power Feeder might be needed?

 

[tigger]

Chub don't really take much stopping, even the largest so a 1.25 test rod is plenty ample. There's loads of suitable rods it's just a case of deciding which one to plump for. These are ample power enough to stop the largest of chub...

Drennan Rod - IM6 Big Feeder | eBay

The series 7 avon quiver from drennan is a favourite of many chub specialists and you have the choice of 1.25lb or 1.5 lb tests to look at.

 

[bigchub]

The Drennan Matchpro Medium Feeder looks to be a lovely rod with a bit more backbone than my current rod. The trouble I had with my Shimano was that I was fishing very tight to a far bank bush and before I knew it the chub had got me into the roots even though I had my clutch done up tight on the reel and walking backwards up the bank. I needed to stop the fish straight away but my little rod didn't have strength.

 

[Terry D]

Daiwa Connoisseur 11/13 Stillwater Quiver - extremely versatile and a superb rod to boot.

 

[mark brailsford 2]

Daiwa Connoisseur 11/13 Stillwater Quiver - extremely versatile and a superb rod to boot.

Had a look at the new Daiwa Tournament float/feeder rod the other day...WOW what a cracker, but it aught to be at £400!!

seriously, I love my Preston excel 11.5ft feeder, Its the dogs b!!!!!!s but for river work I mostly use my little fox specialist...a delightfull rod!

 

[cg74]

The Drennan Matchpro Medium Feeder looks to be a lovely rod with a bit more backbone than my current rod. The trouble I had with my Shimano was that I was fishing very tight to a far bank bush and before I knew it the chub had got me into the roots even though I had my clutch done up tight on the reel and walking backwards up the bank. I needed to stop the fish straight away but my little rod didn't have strength.

Regards my favourite chub rod, it's a toss up between my Fox Duo-Lite Avon (0.75lb) and my Eurostar Barbel Feeder rod.
Downsides; the Fox rod comes with very soft tips - unusable in any flow.
The butt section on the Eurostar is a little to soft for cranking down on fish, though if I think that more backbone will be needed, say for fishing very tight to snags; I put the Eurostar top section onto a Grauvell barbel rod butt and also gain the upper hand with the fish by striking early.

For fishing in fast/powerful flows, I've yet to find a good balance between enough rod strength to deal with the flow and not feeling overgunned.

 

[tesco value]

The classic Wilson Avon/quiver is still a great rod. Give it some teddy!

 

[mark brailsford 2]

The classic Wilson Avon/quiver is still a great rod. Give it some teddy!

Think your on the wrong thread, should be on the worst quiver rod of all time!!!

Mark

 

[tesco value]

Think your on the wrong thread, should be on the worst quiver rod of all time!!!

Mark

Haha, really? Why?

I love 'em. Nice soft, through action and great fun to use.
Okay, they perhaps aren't the most cutting edge bit of kit in the world and they really don't respond well to hurling a very heavy feeder out 80 yards (as I found out many years ago!) but I wouldn't be without the old Avon/quiver.

 

[The Sogster]

I agree that the fox duo-lite is a great rod, the tips are light (max 1oz) but useable on rivers. I use mine on the Don and Rother coupled with 4lb line.

Better than that though is my old Shakespeare Aerial C.T.B match rod - hollow tip, 1lb test curve, beautiful playing action and lightweight. Trying to find one these days is like looking for rocking horse manure. To paraphrase Charlton Heston "They'll have to prise it from my cold dead hands."

It weighs less than the new Fox specimen float rod I bought to accompany it.

(oops: I didn't realise it said feeder rod when posting originally)

 

[redfin123]

look no further mate , the rod you,ve got is good enough save yourself some money.

 

[andreagrispi]

I love my fox Kevlar multi-tip specialist rods - got 2. Also have the very old daiwa specialist rod 12 foot with either top section Avon or push in quiver-tip section. This rod is totally through action, I have hooked and held 15lb+ river carp which have literally bend the rod down to it's cork handle - amazing rod!

 

[ravey]

Another vote for the Daiwa 11/13. Classic rod, well loved by matchmen on the Trent. I use the heavy amorphous version for 1.5 - 3oz and a TriCast Trophy for 0.5 - 1.5oz.

 

[mark brailsford 2]

Haha, really? Why?

I love 'em. Nice soft, through action and great fun to use.
Okay, they perhaps aren't the most cutting edge bit of kit in the world and they really don't respond well to hurling a very heavy feeder out 80 yards (as I found out many years ago!) but I wouldn't be without the old Avon/quiver.

It's just that I once bought one mail order and it really bad varnish and the ring linings started to drop out and don't even get me started on that awful cork!

Mark

 

[chav professor]

I don't know if it can ever be claimed to be the best Chub rod ever, but for around £55 the J W Avon/quiver was a superb entry level rod that did every thing you could ask of it.

It was my first specialist rod at age of 19 and I still have it to this day - it has caught some truly memorable fish - or some 'clonking big Chub and carp'. That it is still usable to this very day is testament to its solid, no nonsense construction. I can think of a few friends who have owned custom built blanks constructed to the thinnest tolerances that technology allows, only for catastrophic breakages/failures to occur.

I have replaced it with a Drennan Big feeder which I paid £50 for from the bidding website (that one) - it does a super job. I often use a bobbin in preference to the tip for bite indication. There are advantages to having a tip though. You can drag a bait back and it transmits the topography of the river bed really well. A small deflection on the tip followed by a the sensation of gravelly bottom is good! the tip locking up and sticking is weed....eehhg!

I now use the quiver tip rod most of the time and if i choose to add the bobbin, they work well in conjunction with one another. A full deflection of the tip, followed by the bobbin rising - very effective on slow moving venues!

 

[alchemist]

I don't know if it can ever be claimed to be the best Chub rod ever, but for around £55 the J W Avon/quiver was a superb entry level rod that did every thing you could ask of it.

It was my first specialist rod at age of 19 and I still have it to this day - it has caught some truly memorable fish - or some 'clonking big Chub and carp'. That it is still usable to this very day is testament to its solid, no nonsense construction. I can think of a few friends who have owned custom built blanks constructed to the thinnest tolerances that technology allows, only for catastrophic breakages/failures to occur.

I have replaced it with a Drennan Big feeder which I paid £50 for from the bidding website (that one) - it does a super job. I often use a bobbin in preference to the tip for bite indication. There are advantages to having a tip though. You can drag a bait back and it transmits the topography of the river bed really well. A small deflection on the tip followed by a the sensation of gravelly bottom is good! the tip locking up and sticking is weed....eehhg!

I now use the quiver tip rod most of the time and if i choose to add the bobbin, they work well in conjunction with one another. A full deflection of the tip, followed by the bobbin rising - very effective on slow moving venues!

Completely agree Prof I switched all my carbon for cane 20 years ago but kept my JW Specialist Avon even though I don't use it just because it has some great memories and was such a lovely rod.

 

[murv]

I loved my J/W Avon rod, until my daughter slammed it in the boot of the car...

I've recently pricked up a Drennan series 7 puddle chucker method feeder rod for my Chub fishing.
Although it's obviously not intended for that, of all the rods I looked at in the shop it seemed to have the nicest action.
It's got a lovely soft tip (two actually, 2oz and a 3) and between the pair of them, it's given perfect bite detection in a range of flows and with using weights between 1/4 oz and 2.5 ozs

Despite the beautifully soft tip it has some real steely power in the butt and although it struggled a bit with an 8lb barbel recently, with heavy line it slowed down the runs rapidly whilst still being lots of fun with Chub of 2.5lbs or so.

I've no idea if it's the greatest chub rod, but I'm seriously impressed with it so far.

Chris

 

[redgils]

Haha, really? Why?

I love 'em. Nice soft, through action and great fun to use.
Okay, they perhaps aren't the most cutting edge bit of kit in the world and they really don't respond well to hurling a very heavy feeder out 80 yards (as I found out many years ago!) but I wouldn't be without the old Avon/quiver.

I have two of these and i too wouldnt be without them, an awesome tool for the job, how can they not be liked

 

[sam vimes]

I read these debates on the relative worth of the JW Avon rods with a grin on my face. For the record and those that don't already know, I don't like the things and don't understand what so many folks see in them.

However, I'm beginning to wonder if it's down to the types of river the individuals concerned are fishing. There seems to be a bit of a north/south split in the reverence stakes. I wonder if the lovers of them are fishing the tiny and almost stagnant ditches that count as rivers in some places?

 

[dalesman]

My old Shimano Techie Specilalist