Pen rod / pocket rocket pen rod etc

Has anyone used any of these .
Des tailor is currently endorsing them from grandslam ,he says they have been specially designed but I think the grandslam ones are probably re-branded penfishingrod.com ones that do appear to be the better ones and around 5ft with fixed spool reels.
You can get very cheap 3ft ones with a baitcaster on ebeay but I have read in a few places that this baitcaster either does not cast or is of seriously low quality.

The granslam ones have a guarantee and everyone is encouraged to try and catch large fish with one, I have to admit it does look fun .


There will be a match with prizes as well for open to anyone who has got a genuine grandslam one.

It said "This combo has already started angling forums up and down the country buzzing with excitement about what this rod and reel can do!!!! " No it isn't !!

I am doing something along a similar line by just starting fly fishing for carp but they only average 4lb in my lake.

I will be going to mullarkeys on Saturday so should be able to look at one and will post on how it seems .
Opinions please .

I've looked at these rods in the past but I've only seen the ones on ebay, I like the look for ultra lite lures but unless your fishing from a boat or platform any reeds or weed would make landing a fish a nightmare.

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I think Shine had a similar rod

The rod does actually seem very good up close and personal and the reel looks like the best bit , a very sensitive clutch by all appearances but then it would have to be.
One of the lads at Mullarkeys is planning to take one fishing on the ebro mainly for the 3lb roach that are supposed to be common but he told me of plans to try and fit a larger reel then maybe go for cats but I think he was joking
It certainly looked like it would cope with 10lb fish but the 18lb must have been a brown trouser moment for a start the reel will not hold that much line .

I think i will be getting one as my birthday present from the wife but thats not till the 20th November so I hope they don't do the match before then .

BTW Mullarkeys were down to there last one so people must be buying them!!

To be honest a rod that short has only limited applications (as has been said already). You can land big fish with short rods, but it depends on the action of the rod and whether there are weedbeds and snags etc.

My first few barbel were caught (by accident) using a 9½ foot quivertip rod - it was an ideal rod for chubbing on smallish river like the Kennet. For barbel however the rod was useless, most of the rod was bent right round pointing downstream and I was effectively left with a handle and a few feet of rod!!

To "pump and wind" I had to use my extended arm to "pump"!!

I know that Des T isn't suggesting these little rods are used for barbel or big carp, but I was just making the point that they are not effective in all situations.

One of the videos shows a carp being played and landed, but I reckon it would have been brought in in half the time on proper gear!

I'm sure they will sell loads through junk mail and the stuff put out with national newspapers and magazines, just like Lidl does when it targets non anglers.
Obviously they are not very safety conscious in the US, I remember Matt Hayes was vilified in the letters pages of AT a few years ago after being photographed boat fishing without any floatation equipment.

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has any1 used this setup is this the one that the world record is held on ????

This is really funny..

dont get the cheap ones off the internet - I got one that came with a close face reel,but the hole in the face of the reel was too small for the line to come through it- it is impossible to cast, get a proper 'pen fishing rods' one or a 'grandeslam' one- not the crappy ones
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I've had one of the Grandslam pen rods and found it was great fun.

Caught many fish on it and adding a small folding landing net to a bag in the boot of the car it was always there along with a few small Mepps.

It's not something that I would deliberately set out to do but I've had pike to around 5lb on it with no bother at all whilst light spinning for perch and convinced it would handle bigger fish with no problem, it faired equally well chucking a small waggler out for roach on a local pond.

Again great fun, I know the makers state ctaches of large fish without a problem and I have no reason to doubt it but definitely to be used responsibly in relation to what you are looking to catch, in my opinion.

I've got some pics of it somewhere in action, if I find them i'll try and post them in.