Hi all,
As the title suggests I am looking for a feeder rod for big fish - well at least beyond your average commercial size.
Something with a decent line rating (10+) and with a good action for decent fish under the tip.
I'm becoming less and less interested in sitting behind alarms for 2/3 rods just waiting for a take. I've always preferred to watch the tip of one rod and concentrate on my feeding - I find I fish better and enjoy it more.
Problem is all my tip rods are more traditional 'bream' rods - high ish loading points that can sometimes feel like they lock up close to the net.
Appreciate its not nessessarily the approach for really big fish on syndicate waters but at most well stocked carp waters with fish up 30ish and barbel and chub on the river its definitely my preferred method behind the float.
Does anyone have a recommendation? I'm not looking to cast to the horizon so not really looking for a distance feeder rod but would need to handle decent sized feeders in flow and (hopefully) double figure barbel/big chub in a flow and carp over 20 odd lbs.
I guess I'm looking more towards the barbel rod side of the market but it's hard to find a decent twin tip model these days with a dedicated quiver section for lakes.
Any help would be greatly appreciated!
Thanks.
As the title suggests I am looking for a feeder rod for big fish - well at least beyond your average commercial size.
Something with a decent line rating (10+) and with a good action for decent fish under the tip.
I'm becoming less and less interested in sitting behind alarms for 2/3 rods just waiting for a take. I've always preferred to watch the tip of one rod and concentrate on my feeding - I find I fish better and enjoy it more.
Problem is all my tip rods are more traditional 'bream' rods - high ish loading points that can sometimes feel like they lock up close to the net.
Appreciate its not nessessarily the approach for really big fish on syndicate waters but at most well stocked carp waters with fish up 30ish and barbel and chub on the river its definitely my preferred method behind the float.
Does anyone have a recommendation? I'm not looking to cast to the horizon so not really looking for a distance feeder rod but would need to handle decent sized feeders in flow and (hopefully) double figure barbel/big chub in a flow and carp over 20 odd lbs.
I guess I'm looking more towards the barbel rod side of the market but it's hard to find a decent twin tip model these days with a dedicated quiver section for lakes.
Any help would be greatly appreciated!
Thanks.