spinning rod

[brash1]

Good morning lads

Can anyone recommend a decent spinning rod and fixed spool, for this summer, fancy spinning along the rock edges, but i have an old spinning rod thats just too soft and an old fixed spool reel that neither use nor ornament. bearing in mind cost will be an option.

Cheers

[geordieshaun]

I've been using a shakespeare salt spin with a shimano nexave, only been out with them a couple of times but i'm liking them so far.

Shaun

[ar lan y mor]

got a shimano exage rod and neave reel, both doing the job so far

Have you looked in Clas Ohlsen in the town
Have abu and another make spin set ups, and you can use your nesa discount there as well
also got 3 abu plugs for about £9

[chris72]

i use a abu garcia diamond crest rod,40g max casting weight rod £26 on e bay and a shakespeare mach 2 reel,canny little setup for not alot ov cash

[brash1]

spinning rod

Thanks for the replies guys will check into them all!!

[Persues]

I like the Salt Bass but I prefer it for casting baits.

I recently bought a couple of Shimano Vengeance Bass spinning rods, 20 - 60g, and they are stunningly good value for money.

Not much thicker than a pencil at the butt yet capable of throwing a surprisingly heavy lure. I have mine casting 30lb .23 diameter braid loaded onto an inexpensive Shimano Catana spinning reel. The rod and reel together were 50 or 60 (I forget exactly) and the reel comes with a metal spool for braid and a spare plastic spool for mono.

Works great for flicking spinners, lures, jelly worms, and redgills behind a bullet or barrel lead (my favourites) and you can fish it all day with ease.

Like I say, the Salt Bass can easily do float fishing and spinning, but I prefer mine as a summer bait rod. It is a better all rounder, but if you're a lazy hack like me you end up carrying a bait rod and a spinning rod, allowing you to ledger with the line out alarm on while you're noodling around with lures, without having to faff around changing from bait to lure, to float, to...



I think a lot of this comes down to what you want from your kit and how much you want to lug around.

The Salt makes a lot of sense, up to a point, but if you already have something along these lines (I did) and you are looking for a dedicated lure rod, you could do worse than look into the little Shimano rods. Great value, great performance, cheap to replace if you kill one.

Simon from Lewis Tackle tells me he uses his Shimano Vengeance for trolling for pike, and when sea fishing from his kayak.

Small rods with plenty of grunt and ideal for other use, (Salmon, Sea Trout, Pike). I'll be using mine a lot over the coming weekend for coalies and pollack around Beadnell and Craster.

Good luck whatever you decide.

[topbanana]

Hello mate. I use a shimano beastmaster stc 8/9ft 14 to 40g which bought for going abroad originally but it handles everything I've used it for over here no probs. I use it up eyemouth and st abbs as well as places down here and I've had coalies pollock and codling up to 5lb with relative ease.

Cracking little rod.

[Persues]

Hello mate. I use a shimano beastmaster stc 8/9ft 14 to 40g which bought for going abroad originally but it handles everything I've used it for over here no probs. I use it up eyemouth and st abbs as well as places down here and I've had coalies pollock and codling up to 5lb with relative ease.

Cracking little rod.

Them's nice them is

I think this is going to boil down to whether the poster wants a rod he can spin with (a la Salt), or whether he wants a spinning rod.

[carpking]

been looking myself today and went on glasgow angling centre they have some decent rods on there at good prices.

[SnaggedUpLad]

got a shimano exage rod and neave reel, both doing the job so far

Have you looked in Clas Ohlsen in the town
Have abu and another make spin set ups, and you can use your nesa discount there as well
also got 3 abu plugs for about £9

Hey Mate, I work there. They are decent for the price like, plus you get your nesa 10% off here http://www.nesa.co.uk/forums/shore-f...as-ohlson.html

[ryo123]

spinning rod nd reel

I got a rovex pro 40 to 60 gram excellent tip gd price at round 35 pound mark new and I have shimano 4000 can t fault them at all so far dunno how much they are new but I got mine for 25 pound second hand in good condition

[brash1]

Thanks for all the replies lads, some great information to go through there. Cheers