Designed around a slim profile blank with built in torque resistance, the Longbows remain deadly accurate even at big distances.
Computer designed patterns within the top create a ‘quick action tip’ ensuring rapid power build up and fast recovery. Weight saving, slim SiC guides deliver maximum line travel, yet maintain the blank crispness and balance.
UK designed and made, with a superb finish throughout, this carp rod from Daiwa will meet the needs of most carp anglers at a price that will fit most budgets.
FishingMagic Verdict
The problem with reviewing rods these days is finding something you can moan about. Rods from the top manufacturers such as Daiwa are so good you have to go on a nit-picking spree to come up with a few negative points to make the review ‘real’, if you’re that way inclined.
Today, rods are designed by computers (CAD) and that means few, if any, human errors, and a design that will make the rod a very efficient tool. After that it’s mainly about cosmetics. And if those suit your personal taste then you’ve got a rod that will tick all your boxes.
Slim butt grip
This Longbow carp rod from Daiwa ticks all the right boxes for me, (or most of them anyhow) and if I liked those huge butt rings that most carp rods use these days then I’d have to give it a 10 star rating. But I don’t like them, even though I realise that, theoretically at least, they give you a longer cast. Course they do in the right hands, but how many of us are tournament casters where such innovations make a difference? Not many, that’s for sure, and as such the huge butt rings are, for most, an unnecessary encumbrance.
The rod also follows another latest fad in carp rods too; the bare butt….. A butt grip that isn’t, or a slim butt grip that doesn’t actually offer a lot of grip. Still, I can live with that and again, it seems to be what most carpers want.
So there, I’ve picked a couple of nits, and although most carpers will want a big butt ring and a slim butt grip, this carper doesn’t.
But don’t let that put you off, this is a very nice carp rod, that’s for sure, and the designers have to go for the latest fads whether they like them or not. It’s what sells that counts and big butt rings and bare butt grips are very much in demand.
