Float Rods and Ledgering

[mikench]

Have a look at the Middy 4gs 11ft pellet waggler rod. This is a lovely rod and quite capable of landing smallroach and large carp. It could probably be used for light ledger work but I never have.

 

[shane99]

Sam, I waggle the Shakespeare's every time I go in there & they seem ok.. still struggle to justify the spend & do I really need two more rods.

And of course do I buy another Darent Valley ?

Or do I just stick to float fishing ....

 

[sam vimes]

If you've already got a Darent Valley, but only use it for float fishing, give it a whizz for light legering. Personally, I detest using Avon type rods (light or heavier) for float fishing. I only use them for legering.

 

[tigger]

I have one of these they're very slim and are a superb leger rod.....better to leger with than any avon rod by a country mile...

Shimano Technium Specialist Quiver Tip Rod | eBay

I think mine has about five tips though so maybe this one has a couple missing.

 

[iain t]

Just get a Avon rod. Leger, feeder and a waggler rod in one. A 11ft, 1.5 Tc should do. Simples

 

[robtherake]

Have a look at the Middy 4gs 11ft pellet waggler rod. This is a lovely rod and quite capable of landing smallroach and large carp. It could probably be used for light ledger work but I never have.

I'd have no worries about using mine for light feeder fishing - it has a softish tip with awesome progressive power that feeds in smoothly as you pile it on. Bit of a bargain, really.

 

[trotter2]

I use my Avon rods for feeder and bomb fishing .The float fishing I do with the avon rod is confined to laying on ,Stillwater carp and tench fishing with the float tip. It's not a rod I would purposely go trotting with .But I have done it a few times .
Brilliant rods and very versatile but not out and out trotting rods.

Pellet Waggler rods are better at trotting but lack the versatility of the more sensative quiver tip arangment
One rod is always a compromise most of my pleasure fishing is a one rod set up. Because I like to travel ultra light I am willing to except the disadvantages .

 

[tigger]

The only avon rod I can say is suitable for trotting is the Hardy marksman 11ft avon specialist....what a rod that is, it is possibly (imo it is) the best avon rod ever made or ever likely to be. I've purposely used it for trotting for chub and barbel and have hit them at serious range with ease, the only downside is when casting across river and trying not to pull the float off line, not so bad with a good upstream wind but any amount of downstream wind makes it hard work.

 

[trotter2]

A lot of the problems associated with trotting with an avon rod is down to the guide's which are very low to the blank and not many off them .
If anyone had the time to spend a few hours the rods trotting ability could be greatly improved by replacing the guide's with the high stand off type. Adding a few extra would not be a bad idea to avoid the line sticking too the blank on wet days
The action would still be a typical avon rod but it should produce a smoother trotting rod in comparison .

 

[tigger]

The guides arn't particularly stand off on the hardys rod but the blank is fast and progresses into a full arc typical of an avon rod. All the other avon rods i've used are slow and sloppy with far to much flex in the middle sections for any serious trotting....the hardys rod is in another league to any other avon rod i've ever used or handled, whoever designed the rod got it bang on!

 

[binka]

The guides arn't particularly stand off on the hardys rod but the blank is fast and progresses into a full arc typical of an avon rod. All the other avon rods i've used are slow and sloppy with far to much flex in the middle sections for any serious trotting....the hardys rod is in another league to any other avon rod i've ever used or handled, whoever designed the rod got it bang on!

That pretty much carries through on the 1lb Ultralite and the heavy Specimen too Ian, very nice indeed.

I think I will compete my collection by adding the Specialist one of these days

 

[trotter2]

Is the hardy specialist just a two piece rod no quiver tip section ,the only one I could find is a sold item on ebay ?

 

[tigger]

That pretty much carries through on the 1lb Ultralite and the heavy Specimen too Ian, very nice indeed.

I think I will compete my collection by adding the Specialist one of these days

I would like to have the ultralite Steve, it's just a case of having spare coin to get one when it pops up. As you say the 11ft 6inch rod is just a heavier version and I have used it for trotting but it's not quite as nice to use(for me) as the 11 footer being a little heavier.

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Is the hardy specialist just a two piece rod no quiver tip section ,the only one I could find is a sold item on ebay ?

Trotter, it's a two peice rod.
This is one recently sold on ebay....



Hardy Marksman specialist avon fishing rod | eBay