Keith M
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I’ve no intention of buying one but; Has anyone fished with one of these ‘carrot fibre’ rods that are out there? and if so how good or bad did you find them?
Keith
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Biofibre is still one of Shimano's rod technologies. It even has its own logo. It's something added to carbon fibres in many different ranges of rod over many years. However, the explanation as to what biofibre may actually be is rather vague.Shimano sold 'biofibre' rods a good many years ago. They were sold as having a percentage of plant fibre content in them. From memory it was carrot? I've got one - a short quiver 'picker' type rod. Can't say it's exceptional. Another marketing ploy/ tech fad perhaps?
For those who think it’s a late April fools day type thing see below
Your post reminded me of something, a rod I forgot about, this 9ft 3/4 fly rod from China. It was only £16 which I got for £6 with a voucher I had to use up. I wouldn't normally buy from China but fair to them it arrived quickly and cant fault the rod, it is 4 pieces so packs up small which is good. I just dug it out, funny how you can forget about rods. This may do for any brook fishing I do and I can auction off the Wallop rod, its only sitting doing nothing.At the risk of sounding a philistine , and also not having a clue what notch strength is , I will say that the Wallop Brook I had was a sweet little thing but is totally eclipsed, in every respect apart from aesthetics , by my cheap as chips Shakespeare Agility Rise 6ft #3 . I fish some small and very overgrown wild trout streams and its fast, crisp action is just what I need . Some prefer a very slow action for this fishing- it seems to be received wisdom .But I like to be able to do a very fast cast with the minimum , or no false casting at all ; the Agility is also brilliant at roll casting .
Shimano sold 'biofibre' rods a good many years ago. They were sold as having a percentage of plant fibre content in them. From memory it was carrot? I've got one - a short quiver 'picker' type rod. Can't say it's exceptional. Another marketing ploy/ tech fad perhaps?
When I used to be into longbow shooting, one of my fellow archers owned a bow made of bamboo, which he aways referred to as his "grass bow".I suppose you could call a cane rod "Biofibre"??
If you forget about sticking a hook in a fish and want to environmentally friendly fish with cane rods. At least you can reuse and recycle them in the garden and they do rot in time unlike glass and carbon.As Carbon is naturally occuring I would imagine anyone could probably legitimatly say their rod was "bio" without having too many worries about trade description and so on.
Tbh it seems a bit screwy to me....as you say perhaps its just a fad...not sure what angle they are aiming for exactly ...use a bio rod because you care about not damging the enviroment ? .....then use it to stick a hook in a fish
Why do anglers speak of sticking hooks into fish? Anglers are the only ones who know getting hooked makes the fish smile.
Coz you caught em on a good day of course ?If they were in any way against being hooked then why are they always smiling? ?