cal_sutt
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Just taking a minute to thank the glorious car boot sales! Just returned from selling some tat on a car boot at Harby in Lincolnshire and I decided to leave the missus with the stall for a bit while I went for a hunt around to see if I could find some cheap tackle. There wasnt much there, one guy selling a vintage Hardy rod for £110 which was somewhat out of budget and there was a man selling a split-cane rod and Mitchell Match reel. I thought I was going to leave empty handed until I stumbled across a man selling a couple of nets and a rod - there was a couple of match nets (bit too small for my liking) but it was the rod and net handle that caught my eye the most. The handle was a telescopic 3m Dinsmores handle which I figured would be spot on when roving on the river, then there was a Daiwa Ivan Marks Lightning Carbon 13ft Match rod. I didn't really want the rod as the net handle was £8 and I only had a tenner on me, I then ended up having a chat with the bloke and he offered to sell the rod and the net handle for a tenner! A steal to say the least! Has anyone got one of these rods or used them in the past? Really want to have a go with it this week just freelining maggots on the river, there's some big chub in the swim up to about 4lb but I've had 5lbers on a float rod in the past. Any advice on the rod?