Worse rod you've owned

Lord Paul of Sheffield · Jun 21, 2011

If I don't count my old rod from when I was 10 (because I don't remember it) then it would be a Browning Synth??(spelling)2

About 10 years back, I'd been back to fishing for about 6 months and floating when I got brave enough to try feeder fishing - so bought the said rod

I don't know why but it seems lifeless, - It comes out once a year for it's annual fishing trip and that's it

I ought to sell it but who'd buy it?

Bob Hornegold · Jun 21, 2011

14ft Milbro Enterprise

Far to heavy and unbalanced !!

Bob

beerweasel · Jun 21, 2011

In the 70s I had a 6 in 1 combination rod, I think it was a 10 piece making
float,ledger,fly,salmon fly,spinning and pike/boat. Not one good rod could be
made from this, not sure of the make possibly Daiwa (sorry Daiwa).

steph mckenzie · Jun 21, 2011

Never really owned a bad rod, they just weren't as good as the ones that replaced them.

Peter Jacobs · Jun 21, 2011

Back in the early 60's I bought one of those 9 piece split cane 'combination' rods made in Japan they were; 3 butts and assorted mid and top sections.

Absolute krappola that rod was. I managed to offload it (at a minor loss) to a kid at school, never bought anything like it since.

Oh, wait a minute, I did, a John Wilson 'Super specialist' that was unballanced, heavy and seemed to 'creak' every time it had a decent fish on t'other end of it. I managed to trap it in the car door, by accident mind.

sam vimes · Jun 21, 2011

I know it goes against the grain but I suspect that my least favourite rod has probably been the original John Wilson Avon. However, the reality is that the Edgar Sealey Black Arrow float rod that I started out with was probably the worst. Shame that I developed some strange emotional attachment to it

. Still got it somewhere, wouldn't dream of actually using it.

Fred Blake · Jun 21, 2011

sam vimes said:
I know it goes against the grain but I suspect that my least favourite rod has probably been the original John Wilson Avon. However, the reality is that the Edgar Sealey Black Arrow float rod that I started out with was probably the worst. Shame that I developed some strange emotional attachment to it. Still got it somewhere, wouldn't dream of actually using it.

Conversely, I rate the original Wilson Avon as one of my favourites!

Worst rod - hmmm. I've had a few, even though I'm a choosy beggar and don't buy rods on a whim. The 13' Shakespeare President Match was a big let-down; I'd hankered after one for years before I could afford one, and by then they'd long been discontinued. I eventually found one second hand, but it was horrid. A 14' Hardy Carbon Match (circa 1981) was pretty awful as well.

barbelboi · Jun 21, 2011

The bamboo one that I landed my first tench on in 1952 – the top section resembled a boomerang after landing the fish . At least I got to use a better rod after that.

watatoad · Jun 21, 2011

Not owned what I would consider a bad rod.

Rickrod · Jun 21, 2011

A Daiwa strikeforce 10ft pike rod.

dannytaylor · Jun 21, 2011

Theres no such thing as a bad fishing rod, just bad anglers

Frank Elson · Jun 21, 2011

After the war there were those rods made out of old tank aerials... absolutely useless, how on earth it didn't kill my youthful wish to go fishing I don't know.

Alan Tyler · Jun 21, 2011

Luxury! I had an 8' beast made of ash. I think it was ash, it was very white, but, unlike ash, it didn't do bending! Why anybody bothered to stick ferrules and rings on it is beyond me.

steph mckenzie · Jun 21, 2011

Them Bright flourescant ones you could get from Seaside Shops next to the nets with the cane handles .........

xenon · Jun 21, 2011

about 12 years ago, got myself a MAP 18-20 ft match rod. Weighed a ton, action like overcooked pasta with all the balance and finesse of a tractor. Thing broke on the first outing (!?). Got replacement. Same thing happened very next trip. No more MAP products for me then. Utter, utter ****. Expensive too. Rant over, and....breath.

sherlockofsheff2010 · Jun 21, 2011

I also bought a very poor Silstar 17ft rod, when the bolognese method was in vogue. Very tip heavy and weighed a ton. Hardly hit a bite on it, but on the plus side, I did develop biceps like Stallone. The scary thing is, that this felt the best of around 5 other rods which I tried in the shop. Decided to ditch the idea and weighed it in for a second hand Tricast spliced tip stick rod

Alan Tyler · Jun 22, 2011

" a very poor Silstar 17ft rod"
I've got one of those! It's quite light in the holdall, if heavy in the hand, and it does give some options you wouldnt have with a normal float rod, but after two hours, you'd better have a plan B, preferably involving rod rests.

I also have a MAP 15/17 which can be swung around all day; my cunning plan was to have a heaavy rig set up on the Silstar so if my "silvers" swim went quiet, I could try for the biggies responsible. Now you've reminded me, I must try that again. Thanks!

904_cannon · Jun 22, 2011

A Silstar boron/graphite rod sold as a 'chub/barbel' rod in the late 80's. It was horrible, just like fishing with a limp stick of celery.

chav professor · Jun 22, 2011

I have just bought a classic Drennan Big Feeder - I am hoping this will be the best Chub I have ever owned.

There are a lot of cr@p beach casting rods - you do get what you pay for within the limitations of your techniques when it comes to a long distance beach casting rod. Its hard to get a decent tool for less than £150........

Philip · Jun 22, 2011

beerweasel said:
In the 70s I had a 6 in 1 combination rod, I think it was a 10 piece making
float,ledger,fly,salmon fly,spinning and pike/boat. Not one good rod could be
made from this, not sure of the make possibly Daiwa (sorry Daiwa).

Yes my mate had one of those Combo rods too 6 in 1 ..as well .....I have never seen a rod before or since that claimed it could be both a light 9 foot fly rod AND a heavy 5 foot sea fishing boat rod at the same time...amazing...

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