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paulcodling
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 Posted: Wed Oct 31, 2007 6:54 pm Post subject: wot is the best rod out ther please help |
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| need a nice rod to get some distance anyone tell me wot to but no budget either please any pros out ther help are ziplex rods worth paying the extra money heard coneflex are good to i lkie the diawa sand storm but dont know if its worth getting cast range is 200m pleae help me |
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eccles
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| Posted: Wed Oct 31, 2007 7:33 pm Post subject: |
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| How long is a piece of string mate and which casting style are you going to do? Personally, I do a modified version of OTG style with a Shakespeare Salt Beach (light and easy to use) - they are made with a decent thickness of carbon fibre and go for well under £100. On a good day I can do 150 yds which is all I need to do in my neck of the woods, in fact I catch a lot of stuff much closer in than that. I am just pointing out that you don't need to spend a lot of money to catch fish and I don't know anyone who feels the need to cast 200 yds in the Solent area in order to get bites. |
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sp3ctrum
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it depends mate any beach caster is good but if you want to pay that little bit extra then yeah get a name brand but i dont bother i just test cast in a field with a good weight on the end something like 4oz you usually get 200 yards no probs hope this helps
ps i got a few rods all different makes they all do the same thing cast easy 200 yards and catch fish when there is some about |
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gazza76
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| Posted: Fri May 02, 2008 11:55 am Post subject: |
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| eccles wrote: |
| How long is a piece of string mate and which casting style are you going to do? Personally, I do a modified version of OTG style with a Shakespeare Salt Beach (light and easy to use) - they are made with a decent thickness of carbon fibre and go for well under £100. On a good day I can do 150 yds which is all I need to do in my neck of the woods, in fact I catch a lot of stuff much closer in than that. I am just pointing out that you don't need to spend a lot of money to catch fish and I don't know anyone who feels the need to cast 200 yds in the Solent area in order to get bites. |
after reading the review by eccles on the homepage and speaking to AD aka Rag i deided to get the salt mx and it sure hell is a lot of rod for very little money , comes free with coasters and a 40mm reducer and hitting distance is very easy , i would of excepted to pay more than i did i got mine for 54.99 plus 10 postage and i had top of the range rods and can say the salt does the same job , i got a conoflex enigma south o a friend as he took up freshwater so sold it to me or 50pounds and it was a lovely rod but the salt really does stand up well to the higher price range rods.
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sp3ctrum
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| Posted: Fri May 02, 2008 2:15 pm Post subject: |
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| you can get good rods and reels cheap if you know were to look my dad got two rods and reels for 50 quid in illfracomb which aint bad and they had line on the reels i think 20lb line not sure just shop around find the good deals |
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sp3ctrum
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| Posted: Fri May 02, 2008 2:33 pm Post subject: |
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just looked on ebay they got some nice rods and reels in mitchel 15 footer with reel to match including line 30 quid
including carry case |
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rabbi2
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I wish I had taken the advice offered ie casting lessons before spending money that I didn't have to. A word from the wise take notice from the old hands and invest in lessons, they will do you more good than a new rod. Hope this helps,  |
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sp3ctrum
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i would do the same it does pay to get casting lessons i dont need to i did mine when i was young lad i just tweeked abit for the sea fishing look around for casting lessons i am sure you will find some  |
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