whats your favourite rod for rough ground

[sage]

whats your favourite rod for rough ground... there has been some great rods in the past... like the century 216.. mk 1 appollo ..
but what does the job now... do people use either a zziplex, century, or greys.. or has the cheaper rods like the RT Ax and afaw rods took over....

[codseeker]

any rod will catch fish if the fish are in front of ya at the time

[PETER]

best

my old jupiter does the trick for me mint awld rods

[Caster Troy]

mk1 apollo. best rod iv ever bought.

[Karl]

conoflex nemesis plus will get you out of most situations with ease,teamed up with a penn supermag,but thats just me.

[Iva-Cod-on]

I would have agreed with Karl on the nemisis until I tried a century TT-R top rod.

[youngsteve]

For the heavier stuff i use a century eliminator (real good rod) and for the more mixed rough ground the sonik sk4 is my choice, both excellent rods but worlds apart from each other.

[phil185]

I use a century Kompressor SS- cant fault it for the rough stuff and mixed ground. Team that with a Slosh 30 and its ideal.

[dazzer]

I use an old Conoflex Cod six for rough ground.

[Geordie_G]

Shimano Aspire 140MPT (so light yet powerful and full of feeling and dear me what a caster) AFAW Tourny Rock (Slim powerhouse with very fishy tip - and superb caster) or Zziplex Dymic LT Bullet (all time classic - great power / caster / feel) i found is the best of the bunch in my own opion.

Got the Zziplex Zetech and used a M427 as well but find them a bit overkill for fishing - ideal if your launching 8 ounce of lead and a whole squid, but normal 6 ounce wormed up pennel rigs off the ground - they are a bit to stiff.

Had a TT-R - one of the worse rods ive had.. heavy, slow actioned and lifeless - only thing its got going for it is it can tow a tank in. Had a Mark one Apollo 13ft, and again can never understand the buzz around them, a decent rod in all areas but didnt do anything superb to get me excited. Apollo Mk2 was just an abortion of a rod - may as well spray a scaffold pole green and add rings and thats about it! - but i have heard (but never tried) the Mk 3 Apollo is a nice bit of kit.

As with anything in chosing a rod, it all depends what action you want (poker / stiff but usable or quite soft but capable of dragging in through the weed) and your price range - and then try get a lend of one to try, as what some people love, others hate!

Other options popular up here are Carbon Metal Crest / Zziplex ZTI / Greys platinum / Eliminator

[<(Andy2009)>]

Century Kompressor SS... it does exactly wat it says on the blank and more

[mickcave83]

Ive allways used a greys mark 1 apollo or a jupiter but they lost a lot of there action and softened up over the years, this season i went for an original wr300 but in all honesty i couldnt really get away with it so ive got a harrison torrix p3 on order, look and feel a beast of a rod

[dave craig]

conoflex nemesis plus slr 13ft, best rod ive owned, really light, great caster, and most importantly a genuine fishing rod that will bring fish back over rough ground.
Ive had Zetech, TTR Mk1 apollo, but cant fault the nemesis, a rod I've also had that is worth a look thagt not many people have heard about is the ZZiplex HST EVO, thin light, bags of power but it did cost £400, but thats what you pay for zziplex. TTR's etc far to heavy, the day I tried casting mine head onto a North easterly wind with bait and sinker, (and failed miserably) was the last straw, unless your a seasoned caster with a good technique (which most of us aren't!) then i'd save your £450 and buy a fishing rod- not a casting pole.

[big sid]

What rod ?

conoflex highlander anybody

[codman40]

what rod

well i use my old faithfull the ron thompson accelerater it will pull thru anything abit stiff for casting but will chuck anything , i like it thats what counts innit .