Jeff Woodhouse
Moaning Marlow Meldrew
Following another thread on their reels, I'm afraid that whenever I see the name of Shakespeare on tackle now, I give it a very wide berth.
It's a shame because for a short while, they made some lovely equipment, at least I thought so, and the quality was superb. I bought a 9ft President feeder rod in a club's auction once, the separate quivers tucked into the handle, and the quality was superb. I gave the rod to a lad who used to come fishing with me, but I don't know what happened to it because he gave all the stuff away he had. He gave up.
I did have a short 9ft feeder rod that I bought a few years ago, can't say it was the best because it lasted just one season. One fine day after a few casts, one cast was one too many and it snapped, a clean break just above the joint. I think that's what put me off them and I didn't return it, the cost of post and the arguing wasn't worth it.
If you like it, fine, just not for me any longer. And so to Shakepeare's (the real one) famous sayings,
[h=3]‘All that glisters is not gold.’[/h][h=3]‘There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so.’[/h]
It's a shame because for a short while, they made some lovely equipment, at least I thought so, and the quality was superb. I bought a 9ft President feeder rod in a club's auction once, the separate quivers tucked into the handle, and the quality was superb. I gave the rod to a lad who used to come fishing with me, but I don't know what happened to it because he gave all the stuff away he had. He gave up.
I did have a short 9ft feeder rod that I bought a few years ago, can't say it was the best because it lasted just one season. One fine day after a few casts, one cast was one too many and it snapped, a clean break just above the joint. I think that's what put me off them and I didn't return it, the cost of post and the arguing wasn't worth it.
If you like it, fine, just not for me any longer. And so to Shakepeare's (the real one) famous sayings,
[h=3]‘All that glisters is not gold.’[/h][h=3]‘There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so.’[/h]