Hi all,
I recently came into the possession of a daiwa connoisseur g 13ft spliced tip match rod.
seems a nice rod, 2-6lb line rating with a crisp action and nice soft tip.
Just wondering what people’s thoughts are on spliced tip rods? I can understand why stick float anglers like them for line pick up and protecting light hooklinks but I wondered if there’s any cons to them? I haven’t had a chance to use it yet but thought I’d ask people who’ve used similar over the years.
Is there any reason not to use them as an all round float rod? For say waggler fishing as well ? Are they more prone to snapping when pinging a waggler out? Or do they suffer badly from line wrap?
spliced tip rods were out of fashion by the time i was old enough to really start fishing seriously so unfortunately have never used one!
im wondering more if it’s worth me moving it on to someone who would appreciate it and use a more general hollow tipped float rod? Maybe an acolyte ultra or similar?
thanks all!
I recently came into the possession of a daiwa connoisseur g 13ft spliced tip match rod.
seems a nice rod, 2-6lb line rating with a crisp action and nice soft tip.
Just wondering what people’s thoughts are on spliced tip rods? I can understand why stick float anglers like them for line pick up and protecting light hooklinks but I wondered if there’s any cons to them? I haven’t had a chance to use it yet but thought I’d ask people who’ve used similar over the years.
Is there any reason not to use them as an all round float rod? For say waggler fishing as well ? Are they more prone to snapping when pinging a waggler out? Or do they suffer badly from line wrap?
spliced tip rods were out of fashion by the time i was old enough to really start fishing seriously so unfortunately have never used one!
im wondering more if it’s worth me moving it on to someone who would appreciate it and use a more general hollow tipped float rod? Maybe an acolyte ultra or similar?
thanks all!