Neneman Nick
Well-known member
i am thinking about purchasing either a fox barbel duo rod 1.5 test curve or a nash barbel elite 1.5 test curve.
my good friend yoggy who posts on this site has a fox rod and ive handled it and am very impressed with it and with the extra tips i could use it as a chub rod as well.trouble is though,i already have a john wilson avon quiver system rod for chubbing and i am more than happy with that.
now climax tackle in sheffield are doing some bloody good deals on nash rods and i could get a nash stillwater float rod as well as i am in the market for a waggler rod.
right,heres what is praying on my mind though....on friday night a work colleague of mine was showing me his nash 12ft 1.75 test curve barbel rod when a length of the tip just snapped off in his hand....this rod was brand new and never used!!!
this was a clean break,no splinters or cracks running down the blank and we suspect a dodgy batch of carbon perhaps/some sort of fault of some description.thankfully the shop who he purchased it from are sorting it out with no quibbles whatsoever.i`m just worried that if i buy a nash rod then its gonna snap on me as well and heavens forbid it snapping while playing a fish!!!
perhaps i`m just beeing bloody foolish??? i do value other peoples opinions especially those of the more experienced angler,so what do you guys reckon???
my good friend yoggy who posts on this site has a fox rod and ive handled it and am very impressed with it and with the extra tips i could use it as a chub rod as well.trouble is though,i already have a john wilson avon quiver system rod for chubbing and i am more than happy with that.
now climax tackle in sheffield are doing some bloody good deals on nash rods and i could get a nash stillwater float rod as well as i am in the market for a waggler rod.
right,heres what is praying on my mind though....on friday night a work colleague of mine was showing me his nash 12ft 1.75 test curve barbel rod when a length of the tip just snapped off in his hand....this rod was brand new and never used!!!
this was a clean break,no splinters or cracks running down the blank and we suspect a dodgy batch of carbon perhaps/some sort of fault of some description.thankfully the shop who he purchased it from are sorting it out with no quibbles whatsoever.i`m just worried that if i buy a nash rod then its gonna snap on me as well and heavens forbid it snapping while playing a fish!!!
perhaps i`m just beeing bloody foolish??? i do value other peoples opinions especially those of the more experienced angler,so what do you guys reckon???