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Just been browsing NETS forum where an angler lists his armoury of rods, all of which he deems necessary... ffs he had more than the local tackle shop in his collection and he doesn't collect as a hobby! The list literally ran into thousands of pounds worth!
Just wondering if the fish swimming around on a clean beach realizes the angler is fishing with a rough ground rod or a handline for that matter and decides not to attack his bait? Do they really catch more fish? Of course not! Logic tell's us that a weak rod will struggle hauling through kelp and rocks but a strong rod will do it with relative ease and thus should handle clean ground no problem at all! Yet he carries a rough ground rod, a mixed ground rod, a match rod, a distance rod and an estuary rod!
Now I know there is a lot of nostalgic folk on here that will quite happily reminisce about the days they fished with a handline or a broom shank with an old scarborough reel attached to it with jubilee clips and they will quite happily tell us they caught more fish in them days, so ask yourself do we really need to spend as much as we do on unnecessary rods.
Iv'e quite happily used one rod for all my fishing for years apart from spinning where a beachcaster cant possibly be expected to cast 40gm spinners.
A quality stiffish rod will quite happily handle all situations, rough, clean, estuary, bass, flattie and pier fishing without any problems.
Bottom line - there is a lot of people out there who are nothing more than advertisers wet dreams!
Don't get me wrong... if you have money to burn and you think it improves your fishing then spend it. All I'm saying is all this talk of different rod's for different job's puts a lot of potential newcomers to the sport off when they tally up the cost of tackle!
Just wondering if the fish swimming around on a clean beach realizes the angler is fishing with a rough ground rod or a handline for that matter and decides not to attack his bait? Do they really catch more fish? Of course not! Logic tell's us that a weak rod will struggle hauling through kelp and rocks but a strong rod will do it with relative ease and thus should handle clean ground no problem at all! Yet he carries a rough ground rod, a mixed ground rod, a match rod, a distance rod and an estuary rod!
Now I know there is a lot of nostalgic folk on here that will quite happily reminisce about the days they fished with a handline or a broom shank with an old scarborough reel attached to it with jubilee clips and they will quite happily tell us they caught more fish in them days, so ask yourself do we really need to spend as much as we do on unnecessary rods.
Iv'e quite happily used one rod for all my fishing for years apart from spinning where a beachcaster cant possibly be expected to cast 40gm spinners.
A quality stiffish rod will quite happily handle all situations, rough, clean, estuary, bass, flattie and pier fishing without any problems.
Bottom line - there is a lot of people out there who are nothing more than advertisers wet dreams!
Don't get me wrong... if you have money to burn and you think it improves your fishing then spend it. All I'm saying is all this talk of different rod's for different job's puts a lot of potential newcomers to the sport off when they tally up the cost of tackle!
i do only use 1 rod for most occasions tho, apart from my spinning rod and boat rod. I just like the option of having a lighter rod for better sport and a stronger rod for rock fishing. As for gadgets, cars and houses......the more the better
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