Right,my first days fishing with this rod was a hard one,due to bright sunny conditions and unsettled light winds,but a reasonably day was had,impressions...well the rod felt good in the hand,had a slightly lighter action with fish on than I at first thought with just a line through,the rod handled roach 4oz plus brilliantly,any smaller(you don't get them much smaller)and I had issues with bumping them off,that said,the roach were not taking that good and often you don't get a good hook hold(I was using a Drennan carp match #16),I had five bream to 4lb 8oz or thereabouts,which felt excellent,possible downside,the Fuji alconite single letters on the top section seemed small in diameter,probably not but I'm not sure.Anglers have been commenting on the bottom of the handle being strange,though whilst fishing though I knew it was there it didn't affect my session. Just to add I foul hooked a pike around 8lb,which shook the hook after around five minutes,again the rod bent in a very even and pleasant way. If you are thinking of buying a Cadence float rod they are a rod far more top range than their price makes you believe,
Just to add,I have no links with Cadence,I'm just a punter like most on here,I have had many,many float/match rods,just to put where I think this rod is,I had a Hardy Marksman 13ft match rod,this Cadence rod is far better imo and considerably cheaper to boot,as James Robbins said to me the #3 CR10 is not a power float rod,it's just a crisper slightly more powerful rod,if anyone wants to have a look at the rod(as you can't in the shops)and your fairly local to Luton,I'd be be happy to meet up and see what you think,be in no doubt this isn't a pure and simple silver fish rod,from what I gather that is left to the #1 & #2 rods,Silver's and Rob48 have those of you have questions about those PM them...