Grumpy Git @
Well-known member
When starting my fishing career again after a very long lay-off, this was the rod that a nice chap in Hinders (Swindon) recommended as an all-rounder. I explained my long abscence and a preference for float fishing. Didn't he do well?
I have used it for two seasons now and it has seen action on small commercials, club lakes and rivers. I have taken plenty of silvers which hardly show the rods ability. The largest fish to date was a 7lb tench from a local reservoir on a waggler, the rod performed perfectly. I regularly trot the BA with a stick float and have taken chub and tench to 3.5lb with ease.
I would disagree with the idea of this rod being hard work with numbers of small carp, but then I prefer to play my fish as opposed to 'bringing them in'. As I said earlier I had a long lay-off, from the days when fibreglass and split cane rods were the norm and so have dropped into the midst of the carbon revolution with relish. I must say that this rod definitely instills confidence in any situation I have put it to date.
I have used it for two seasons now and it has seen action on small commercials, club lakes and rivers. I have taken plenty of silvers which hardly show the rods ability. The largest fish to date was a 7lb tench from a local reservoir on a waggler, the rod performed perfectly. I regularly trot the BA with a stick float and have taken chub and tench to 3.5lb with ease.
I would disagree with the idea of this rod being hard work with numbers of small carp, but then I prefer to play my fish as opposed to 'bringing them in'. As I said earlier I had a long lay-off, from the days when fibreglass and split cane rods were the norm and so have dropped into the midst of the carbon revolution with relish. I must say that this rod definitely instills confidence in any situation I have put it to date.