A BIT OUT OF SEASON, BUT.......

[Ant]

Thing is, with the likes of Armani or Rolex you are paying for the name. Any watch or suit will tell the time or cloth you to a certain level. A bottom of the range will not perform anywhere near as good as a top of the range one. It\'s not about have the name brand that you seem to have based all of this on, but that on a performance level quality costs a good amount more than the standard level and you are paying for a higher level of performance from your goods, not always the brand. Fact is that brands such as Fuji are the best in terms of performance and provide the benchmark to which the others strive to meet. Daiwa spend huge amounts, researching their actions and the mateials used in the build and at the end you are paying for performance, not the brand name. If you could buy that performance for the price of the budget rod then personally I would but you can\'t. Even between the Whisker and the Altmore there a very noticable difference in performance and the difference between the Altmor and the Sensor is huge, If anyone is buying it because of a brand name then they are a mug.

[Ell]

Ant, I think you need to wet a worm soon mate

[mark]

I think we need to agree to disagree! 3 rods, 2 sensors 1 alltomor, one sensor being 15 years old. In my opininion there\'s nothing between the new ones. And for casting power and grunt I wouldn\'t swap the one that cost me a fiver from the car boot for anything!

[fishy1]

for lesforrest,are you on about the Abu 403?? I still use mine, cork handle, 2 grips you can move up and down the handle to position the reel,and stainless rings except the tip one which has an insert of some kind, it\'s still all original but the cork is showing it\'s age, but is the only spinning rod I\'ve ever owned,( though I\'ve tried quite a few others,) and is about 30yrs old now, it\'s used every year for spinning , bass surf fishing and flattie bashing. best bit of tackle I\'ve ever bought fishy1

[tich]

No offence Lads but the best spinning rod I ever had was my very first rod,an 11ft fly rod my dad got me when I was about 9.. I lent him it 6 years later and it came back in 3 bits So I slapped a new ring on the stump cut the last 3 inches off the butt grafted on the last footand a half of an old ledgering rod that included the reel seat it took a full tube of Aroldite (spelling not my strong piont) to do it,but it it was a fantastic spinning rod,no probalems hauling maccys up Blyth pier and what a fight I stept on it 3 year ago ,I dont think i can bodge it any more unless T C needs a 4 1/2 ft spinning rod.?????

[TC]

Thanks all for the replies, lads - didn\'t mean to start anything off, like...lol

I\'ve now got a few names to consider (mind you I wasn\'t expecting Rolex or Armani to be mentioned......lol)

Billy, I\'m hoping to get over there Friday lunch-time.

Tich, a 4 1/2 ft spinning rod, eh......lol - mind you, have you seen those tiny boat rods? (don\'t know what make they are), but they\'re only about 2ft long (if that!).

A while ago, Ian S had a photo of him using one posted in the \"Boat Fishing\" forum.

[Edited on 3/12/2003 by TC]

[lesforrest]

fishy1,thats the rod ! abu atlantic 403 zoom,i have had a couple since the early 70s and i have picked a few up on e bay,class rod,a little heavier than todays spinning rods but i prefer them !

[Brashy]

i just use my quantum salmon steel head rod which i use for my pike fishing which comes with a hefty price and then i use my small lure multiplyer, excellent at the first gate when the mackeral are in, great fight and fun