I had a pair of 11 foot ABU Conolon Carp rods that gave up the ghost and I really miss. Amazingly thin blanks even by todays standards and so through actioned you could literally bend them tip to butt. Terrible casters but great to play fish on.
I always used to put at least 1 out alongside the "proper" rods in the margins with a running rig and it was amazing how often that was the one to go off. I caught some good Pike on those rods too.
I snapped one at the butt playing a fish and the other I snapped as well but I cant recall how. Not the best rods by a long way but ones I miss allot. They would have made great Barbel rods.
I always used to put at least 1 out alongside the "proper" rods in the margins with a running rig and it was amazing how often that was the one to go off. I caught some good Pike on those rods too.
I snapped one at the butt playing a fish and the other I snapped as well but I cant recall how. Not the best rods by a long way but ones I miss allot. They would have made great Barbel rods.