Funny you should say that. I bought a Greys Prodigy single rod sleeve. Well padded, good zip, reinforced base, quality material...... and you practically had to stretch it over the ends of your rod. (Yes, I was trying to put a 12' 2 piece in a sleeve for a 12' 2 piece.) Rendered it useless. Why skimp on the length and ruin it for the sake of another 1"?
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Funny you should say that. I bought a Greys Prodigy single rod sleeve. Well padded, good zip, reinforced base, quality material...... and you practically had to stretch it over the ends of your rod. (Yes, I was trying to put a 12' 2 piece in a sleeve for a 12' 2 piece.) Rendered it useless. Why skimp on the length and ruin it for the sake of another 1"?
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My wife is always bemoaning the lack of an extra inch!
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I've had one of these rods (11ft .75tc) for a few months now but hardly used it until yesterday, I fished a well stocked commercial and set up a 20gm cage feeder packed with"crumb" and micro pellets and and banded 11mm pellets on a #14. Chucking that lot out towards an island (and sometimes hitting my intended mark).
I eventually had over a dozen carp from 5lb+ including 3 or 4 doubles to around 14lbs. I wouldn't necessarily recommend the rod for that type of work out but it reached some very alarming arcs as I locked hard into those carp thumping away under the rod tip!
Very impressed with loads of backbone and I now have no reservations about using it on the Stour and Avon.
A very well put together rod with a nice finish, an absolute bargain!
I eventually had over a dozen carp from 5lb+ including 3 or 4 doubles to around 14lbs. I wouldn't necessarily recommend the rod for that type of work out but it reached some very alarming arcs as I locked hard into those carp thumping away under the rod tip!
Very impressed with loads of backbone and I now have no reservations about using it on the Stour and Avon.
A very well put together rod with a nice finish, an absolute bargain!
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Exactly. Its incredibly annoying and the main reason why mine is now permanently confined to the shed.
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Ridiculously basic design fault for a tackle manufacturer to not allow extra length for the spigot or overfit joint. For a rod to be exactly 12ft assembled then the butt section needs to be 6’3” to allow for the overlap at the joint. Given that rod manufacturers probably don’t like unequal sectioned rods then they must have a simple formula to allow the sections to be equal and still be 12ft assembled.
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Anyway, back on topic, I think the DV Specialist is ridiculously good and am ordering another tomorrow.
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Good man ! Its ridiculously good value too.
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Going to team it with a Daiwa Regal X 2500 baitrunner reel, WITH SINGLE HANDLE!
Thats Perfick !
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Thank you Pa Larkin!
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Just had an evening session with the DV Specialist 0.75lb and...
I LOVE IT TO BITS!
Further adulation to follow in HDYGO.
I LOVE IT TO BITS!
Further adulation to follow in HDYGO.
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I used mine today for floater fishing and caught 11 carp to 8lb all on crust. I missed loads but I paid attention and enjoyed it. It barely merits a mention in the HDYGO thread and we all know what a carp looks like. I am learning slowly.
I did post after all and the bream were all caught on crust; amazing.
I did post after all and the bream were all caught on crust; amazing.
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Been to the Dartford angling centre today,received a slapped wrist when I got home,bought the 0.75lb specialist,a landing net pole and a landing net....
Oh and a kilo of boilies...it's one helluva shop....
Oh and a kilo of boilies...it's one helluva shop....
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You deserve them Alan
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Buy treble the amount and get a slap on the back of the legs!
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eBay, failing that I once had some quality bags made to size by a very nice lady that I found out about on the Traditional Fisherman’s Forum. Can’t remember her name and I’m not on that forum anymore so not really very helpful!
I’ve bought Drennan Single Rod Sleeves for both of mine as I like to keep them made up.