OH My Rodsssssssssssssssssss : )

[nala]

You can ONLY read this thread if you promise not to tell my missus.....

Just done an inventory of my rods ........ 24 in total.

But i had much more than and sold them on, some unused ..

The rods im about to list are in my opinion good rods for the job you want them to do..

Leeda Uptide Boat 9'10" A0048

Mitchell 332/40-100g Sea Bass carbon

Shakespeare (original) Hurricane Bass 1364 346

Leeda Riptide Pro-Bass A6132

ABU GARCIA Premium tele boat match 3 tips 1112418

SHAKESPEARE The Team Extreme Titanium 1372-500 3pc

Greys Triplex T160 FS 3pc

Iridium TRISTAR 4200 3pc

LEEDA Piranha 10'6" Bass spin

DINOMAX kayak by WSB (handy little rod)

Daiwa Megaforce MGF802ST1220

LEEDA Assassin 10' multitip boat A9065 6-12lb class

OKUMA classic trolling 9' 15-30lb class

OKUMA Lure Xtreme spin 9' 9" 16-52g

SHIMANO Beast Master travel 663 spin braid/mono

Jarvis Walker Mirage 10353 12' carp ( bass and or pike )

Shakespeare ZETA 1156109 2.5LB TEST CURVE 3.60MTR

ABU Garcia Suveran pro-uptide

ABU Garcia teleboat match 3.60mtr 1112418 3 tips

Mustad VIKING multitip boat braid/mono 8' 8-15lb class ( i hooked a bull seal with this (ate the fish that i'd hooked) in a 15" boat and it pulled me and the boat around,until the hook bent and came out !)

RON THOMPSON Flexide jerk 6' 140g (another nice little rod for kayak fishing )

Mustad VIKING multitip boat 11'4" cast 1-3oz A7516

JARVIS WALKER Mirage spin 8' 10332

CENTURY CCC LD signed personally by Danny Moeskops

I would recommend any of the above rods,boat shore and kayak.

The JARVIS WALKER 12' carp ,& Shakespeare ZETA unused are FOR SALE if anyone's interested (see FOR SALE section)

NOW, what RODS do YOU have ?

[chrisjpainter]

crikey! you could open your own shop with that lot! I've got barely any across all fishing forms:
Drennan Series 7 Avon/quiver 1.25lb TC
Drennan Series 7 puddle chucker 10ft
Savage Gear Bushwhacker 2 4-18g
Savage Gear Roadrunner 20-80g
Abu Garcia Specimin Twin-tip specialist 1.75lb/2lb
Korum Barbel 2lb specimin
Rovex 12-20lb
Shakespeare 30lb boat rod

Er and that's it!

[nala]

Hi chris,

Honestly, you've got some decent rods there too....

What i do like is a rod that'll do a few tasks apart from landing fish...

One you can use for lure/plugs, float, ledger with, and that's a carp/bass rod !

You can use it off a shore,pier, rock, lake side, river and kayak or boat.

It's one you can hold all day if needed, without fatigue.

I had thought of a catfish rod, get rid of most of what i have keeping the sentimental few.

Think the weight of it could be a bind when spinning or lure fishing, obviously you'd have to have the reel to suit.

But, they are very strong with good bite detection, and it'll do all the above fishing styles apart from fly fishing. (that's something im considering)

Thanks for your interest and reply chris,i am always interested what other rod and reels anglers use.

Considering my first actual rod as such, was a bamboo of about 6/7 ft with homemade rings whipped on and varnished with a side cast center pin reel

loaded with Ultra Damyl mono. Rod was made by my grand father....memories

[chrisjpainter]

yeah, it's all about adaptation with me! lately I've been using the savage gear roadrunner lure rod for surface fishing for carp. it's got a nice tippy action for casting just a dog biscuit type bait, but still plenty of oopmh should a monster take it

[nala]

I don't know whether to list my reels now or not, it's like stock taking !

In equivalence to your carp lure rod , mine would be the Shakespeare Hurricane Bass rod and or the Okuma Xtreme Lure ,now that's a really nice rod.

But,as a rule of thumb and only with experience over the years a good rod has to have a minimum of 7 rings that's including the tip ring.

And it's worked for me, i remember i bought a 3pc rod with 6 rings and a 1pc with 5 rings, plus a few others.....

Ok for beginners or summer holiday anglers, they weren't what i had expected.

I soon parted with them, informing the new owner(s) not to try and lift the seabed with them..

My first actual reel i purchased was an Intrepid Black Prince f/s reel.

It didn't last long, when i had saved enough money i bought an Abumatic closed face reel and the matching 6 1/2ft spinning rod to go with it.

And i caught my first bass with it, about 4lbs a hell of a fight.

I'll be getting the tissues out if i don't stop now.....

[nala]

Jul 14, 2016 18:22:12 GMT -1 nala said:

You can ONLY read this thread if you promise not to tell my missus.....

Just done an inventory of my rods ........ 24 in total.

But i had much more than and sold them on, some unused ..

The rods im about to list are in my opinion good rods for the job you want them to do..

Leeda Uptide Boat 9'10" A0048

Mitchell 332/40-100g Sea Bass carbon

Shakespeare (original) Hurricane Bass 1364 346

Leeda Riptide Pro-Bass A6132

ABU GARCIA Premium tele boat match 3 tips 1112418

SHAKESPEARE The Team Extreme Titanium 1372-500 3pc

Greys Triplex T160 FS 3pc

Iridium TRISTAR 4200 3pc

LEEDA Piranha 10'6" Bass spin

DINOMAX kayak by WSB (handy little rod)

Daiwa Megaforce MGF802ST1220

LEEDA Assassin 10' multitip boat A9065 6-12lb class

OKUMA classic trolling 9' 15-30lb class

OKUMA Lure Xtreme spin 9' 9" 16-52g

SHIMANO Beast Master travel 663 spin braid/mono

Jarvis Walker Mirage 10353 12' carp ( bass and or pike )

Shakespeare ZETA 1156109 2.5LB TEST CURVE 3.60MTR

ABU Garcia Suveran pro-uptide

ABU Garcia teleboat match 3.60mtr 1112418 3 tips

Mustad VIKING multitip boat braid/mono 8' 8-15lb class ( i hooked a bull seal with this (ate the fish that i'd hooked) in a 15" boat and it pulled me and the boat around,until the hook bent and came out !)

RON THOMPSON Flexide jerk 6' 140g (another nice little rod for kayak fishing )

Mustad VIKING multitip boat 11'4" cast 1-3oz A7516

JARVIS WALKER Mirage spin 8' 10332

CENTURY CCC LD signed personally by Danny Moeskops

I would recommend any of the above rods,boat shore and kayak.

The JARVIS WALKER 12' carp ,& Shakespeare ZETA unused are FOR SALE if anyone's interested (see FOR SALE section)

NOW, what RODS do YOU have ?

Some of the above rods are now for sale I realise this isn't the "for sale section"

[nala]

The Century ccc ld rod has been sold

Sad to see it go....