Mark Wintle
Well-known member
Over a year on I've had a chance to use my Tricast Allerton stick float rod a great deal and love using it with 2 to 2.5lb line on the river for roach and dace. The 'grating' that Tigger reported I also had and proved to be the old bugbear of varnish on the rings, easily cured with a scalpel. It's a very different rod to my old Daiwa stick float rods, more like a much lighter (less top-heavy) version of my original Bruce and Walker John Dean stick float rod. I've used it mainly with stick floats but it will work with light wagglers at close range (the B&W John Dean rod was surprisingly good for waggler fishing). It's not a rod to suit all tastes and I'd say wasted on lines over 3lbs and doesn't stop me using other rods when the fancy takes me. Best fish landed so far include decent chub and bream, and pike to 10lbs.