Steve Arnold
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I recently broke my beloved Browning Carboxy telescopic pike rod! After 20 years of fishing many waters for many species it was a mistake on my part that left the line wrapped around a ring as I went for a big cast! At least it went with a "bang"!!!!
So at last I had an excuse to buy another rod - but what to chose?
This last few years the old pike rod had much use with a bait dropper, also as a back up for when the carp turned up when I was barbel fishing. So if I could not get a decent telescopic rod (rare beasts!) I had to look for a three piece rod. Most seemed to be 14' for the weight I wanted to cast, too long for my swims, that seemed to leave me with the Preston Feeder Feeda rod. The 5 ozs quiver tip would probably be a bonus for heavy feeder fishing during winter spates on the Lot.
The rod I bought at a bargain price online with an extra 10% discount on the day. Free delivery to France was a bonus! 92 euros delivered is a very good price when you live in deepest France!
Today I spent an hour on a broad section of the Lot casting. With 3 ozs a simple overhead cast got 100 metres. Changing to 5 ozs a gentle overhead put it around 80 metres. Not that I would advise using 5 ozs for more powerful casts, but a lob with a big feeder should see good distance without risking the blank.
I will try to get fishing with the rod in the next few days. A swim I have not fished all summer due to 12' high Japanese Knotweed is now opening up with the weed dying off. I popped down the swim and someone has already cut through some of the dead stuff. This swim is a good barbel producer and has also produced several carp to over 40 lb. The carp usually come to long range downriver techniques, this rod should cover the job.
Will update this post when the rod has seen some fish!
Does anyone have any experience of this rod?
So at last I had an excuse to buy another rod - but what to chose?
This last few years the old pike rod had much use with a bait dropper, also as a back up for when the carp turned up when I was barbel fishing. So if I could not get a decent telescopic rod (rare beasts!) I had to look for a three piece rod. Most seemed to be 14' for the weight I wanted to cast, too long for my swims, that seemed to leave me with the Preston Feeder Feeda rod. The 5 ozs quiver tip would probably be a bonus for heavy feeder fishing during winter spates on the Lot.
The rod I bought at a bargain price online with an extra 10% discount on the day. Free delivery to France was a bonus! 92 euros delivered is a very good price when you live in deepest France!
Today I spent an hour on a broad section of the Lot casting. With 3 ozs a simple overhead cast got 100 metres. Changing to 5 ozs a gentle overhead put it around 80 metres. Not that I would advise using 5 ozs for more powerful casts, but a lob with a big feeder should see good distance without risking the blank.
I will try to get fishing with the rod in the next few days. A swim I have not fished all summer due to 12' high Japanese Knotweed is now opening up with the weed dying off. I popped down the swim and someone has already cut through some of the dead stuff. This swim is a good barbel producer and has also produced several carp to over 40 lb. The carp usually come to long range downriver techniques, this rod should cover the job.
Will update this post when the rod has seen some fish!
Does anyone have any experience of this rod?
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