I bet your tackle shop have you top of their list for a Christmas card Kevin.
Chuckle. I buy most of my rods used, Mike, including this one. Tackle shops hate me.
It's not so much the gear that I don't like, it's a question (as a relative beginner and convert from fly fishing) of dabbling in various methods and deciding if I like it or not. This one was for barbel fishing, but I quickly realised that sitting around all day and chucking out feed by the kilogram isn't as enjoyable as catching a relative tiddler every 15 minutes.
The funny thing is - all I caught with this the other day was a gudgeon and a bullhead. Couldn't 'feel' either of them of course, but I was actually pleased - both my mates caught nothing and I've never even seen a bullhead before.
Literally just picked up a mint 14ft Acolyte Plus float rod on the back of selling this one - a pretty good exchange.
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