matthew collier
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Hi
I was unsure whether to post this thread here or under the general coarse fish forum. But it is sort of barbel related.
I am thinking of strett pegging (quite a popular subject at the moment i think) for Perch this Autumn with a nice fat lob worm. Question is which rod?
As you can only use the method effectively at about a rods length then obviously it is advantageous to use a long rod. I read somewhere that Martin Bowler has had a lot of success using a 17ft rod for Perch. To complicate matters, the water in question as well as holding Perch over 4lb (what I'm after ) also holds large Barbel and Chub so the rod needs to have the backbone to at least allow me a chance of landing a double figure Barbel or 6lb+Chub.
I found a great internet site which reviewed a number of rods and I narrowed the choice down to a ABU Suveran match 16/18ft, Browning Syntec Carp Match 16ft, Maver Destiny 15/17ft. Unfortuntely when I came to trying to find these rods I realised that the article was probably quite old as it seems these rods are no longer made . Can anyone recommend a rod similar to these or suggest any others that could do the job?
Thanks for any advice
Tight lines
Matt
I was unsure whether to post this thread here or under the general coarse fish forum. But it is sort of barbel related.
I am thinking of strett pegging (quite a popular subject at the moment i think) for Perch this Autumn with a nice fat lob worm. Question is which rod?
As you can only use the method effectively at about a rods length then obviously it is advantageous to use a long rod. I read somewhere that Martin Bowler has had a lot of success using a 17ft rod for Perch. To complicate matters, the water in question as well as holding Perch over 4lb (what I'm after ) also holds large Barbel and Chub so the rod needs to have the backbone to at least allow me a chance of landing a double figure Barbel or 6lb+Chub.
I found a great internet site which reviewed a number of rods and I narrowed the choice down to a ABU Suveran match 16/18ft, Browning Syntec Carp Match 16ft, Maver Destiny 15/17ft. Unfortuntely when I came to trying to find these rods I realised that the article was probably quite old as it seems these rods are no longer made . Can anyone recommend a rod similar to these or suggest any others that could do the job?
Thanks for any advice
Tight lines
Matt