SOLD: Drennan Series 7 Specialist Avon Quiver 12ft 1 3/4lb - MINT

[Kevin aka Aethelbald]

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Drennan Series 7 Specialist Avon Quiver 1 3/4lb 12ft



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[mikench]

I bet your tackle shop have you top of their list for a Christmas card Kevin.

 

[Kevin aka Aethelbald]

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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[mikench]

Its fun isnt it!

 

[nottskev]

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.


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Hi Kevin, I'm finding that Korum bag you sold me ideal, thanks.

But I'd sack your barbel coach . Barbel fishing doesn't have to be anything like that.

I've nearly always found that whenever I sell a rod I'm not using, I soon come across exactly the water/opportunity that it would have been ideal for.
True, I'm tripping over the darn things, but they all come in useful for something.

 

[Aknib]

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.

I'd be as pleased with that catch as I would the rod exchange, Bullheads are like hens teeth these days especially on rod and line.

Nice catch!

 

[Kevin aka Aethelbald]

I'd be as pleased with that catch as I would the rod exchange, Bullheads are like hens teeth these days especially on rod and line.

Nice catch!

That day, I was chatting to a couple of other fishermen nearby. One had caught a barbel, so I was quizzing him. The other had caught a gudgeon and a bullhead. There was a pleasing sense of symmetry when I went back to my peg and did exactly the same. Looking back, and after what you've written, I'm glad to have caught the bullhead rather than a barbel. It's not all about size!
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