All rounder

Posted: Sat May 16, 2009 10:04 am

Can anyone suggest a good all round rod that can be used off the beach and rocks? I'll consider any rod up to about £200, but if there's a good rod that's cheaper than that then I'll go for that.

Posted: Sat May 16, 2009 10:25 am

Shakespare Salt
Cheers keith big grin

Posted: Sat May 16, 2009 3:07 pm

The Century cccld. For its price you won't get anything that comes near it in my humble opinion anyway its a cracking rod comes in a lovely rod bag complete with reducer and can definitely be called an all rounder.I don,t work for century by the way!!!just a favourite of mine.

hope this helps
funkel

Posted: Sat May 16, 2009 8:34 pm

Thanks you two, I'll have a look at both.

Posted: Sat May 16, 2009 8:54 pm

Keith, Which Salt rod?

Posted: Tue May 19, 2009 2:15 pm

there is some good older rods that you can pick up second hand cheap as chips e.g conoflex highlander even the conoflex source there is some cracking older rods to think about that you can get really cheap just a thought big grin

codfather

Posted: Tue May 19, 2009 10:15 pm

Cheers Codfather, just had a look at the Conoflex rods. V interesting. Have you had any experience of these rods or do you know somebody that has? Good or bad reviews?

Posted: Wed May 20, 2009 11:56 am

PM Rockhoper mate, he's got two of em. big grin

Posted: Wed May 20, 2009 12:29 pm

yes my uncle has one cant say he has caught alot of fish with it but there u go lol but nah it is a good rod the highlander that is and i may be wrong but as bucko says rockhopper does have conoflex rods but i do think rockhopper has a conoflex source he was planning on geting rid of not quite sure if he was or not he said it was abit to much of a rod for him lol but conoflex are good rods i also read in my fishing mags that the conoflex source is a good casting rod and great match rod my dad uses the nemesis and i have used that of late and wow what a rod to pull them fish out of the rocks and kelp anymore questions be sure to ask big grin

codfather

Posted: Wed May 20, 2009 8:50 pm

Cheers everybody, but I must admit that the Conoflex rods do sound good. Their quite expensive though, but I suppose you pay for what you get.

Posted: Wed May 20, 2009 9:09 pm

yes they are expensive but you can pick a second hand one up decent nick for half the price as it is new they are great rods they are well up there with century and zziplex rods big grin

codfather

Posted: Thu May 21, 2009 6:49 am

I hear so many times about this rod and that rod being better than the other rod.

Bear with me a min if you have time.

If you purchase a Rolls Royce and cant aford the fuel then the car is no good to you.

Same with a rod. As an example I purchased a Shakespeare K2 16ft 8in at £230.

Due to the fact that I have artritus of the spine I was unable to put the power into it that it needed, therefore the rod was no good to me. I offered it for sale some time ago for £150 in the for sale and exchange when it was running and had no takers, bearing in mind that the rod was new.

I ended up giving the rod to charity rather than let the leaches knock my price down.

Please when you recommend a rod take into account the age and size of the person that you are advising and their financial circumstances.

Remember its that little thing on the end that catches the fish THE HOOK

Cheers
keith big grin

Posted: Thu May 21, 2009 12:16 pm

Thats exactly why i reccomended the cccld its within the budget that the chap specified can be used in a variety situations thus making it a great all rounder and you don't have to be a mighty pendulum warrior to get the best from it.

So a cracking user friendly rod great all rounder job done

Funkel

Posted: Thu May 21, 2009 4:06 pm

yes but i did recomend a second hand rod would be better as you get alot more for the money as it is alot cheaper and there is some bargains to be had especialy conoflex rods as the they dont hold there price like zziplex and century do but still a really good make of rod and they know how to build them aswell so you do get better value
codfather cool

Member Joined: Mar 03, 2009 Posts: 46

rabbi2 wrote:

I hear so many times about this rod and that rod being better than the other rod.

Bear with me a min if you have time.

If you purchase a Rolls Royce and cant aford the fuel then the car is no good to you.

Same with a rod. As an example I purchased a Shakespeare K2 16ft 8in at £230.

Due to the fact that I have artritus of the spine I was unable to put the power into it that it needed, therefore the rod was no good to me. I offered it for sale some time ago for £150 in the for sale and exchange when it was running and had no takers, bearing in mind that the rod was new.

I ended up giving the rod to charity rather than let the leaches knock my price down.

Please when you recommend a rod take into account the age and size of the person that you are advising and their financial circumstances.

Remember its that little thing on the end that catches the fish THE HOOK

Cheers
keith big grin

What a post, making so much sense! (you should be charging for such guidance)so often you see people on the beach with all the gear and no idea on how to use it properly. The Salt range is a very good shout, might not be the in thing but bulletproof and very good the money 'bargin' google it mate and check out some of the write up's..