shimano aspire

[Guest]

Iam looking for a bit of advice,i fish the Bristol cahannel down here in Somerset! i have been offered a 14 ft Aspire new and unused! i know a certain Peter Thain from your neck of the woods was involved in the design of these rods, would any one know there casting potential and anyone heard anything about there reliability, any help appreciated!!!!

[josh]

I have seen Peter using the Aspire to devestating effect last year, not sure if it was a production model because I heard he was testing a tournament version of the aspire that shimano were developing. From what I've seen of them nice light rods that cast along way in the right hands.

[john/r]

hi martin watson had one and he liked it said it was similar in some ways to xtr

[Rodaspire]

I like them

[Stoweyman]

aspire

Sounds promising!! normally zziplex only for me, seen,most others snap at some time or other just fancied casting with something a bit different, thanks for the help, Great site!!!

[mswtoss]

aspire to a shimano

yes as john R said i had one last year. as far as i know and think its 95% CERTAIN THAT PETERS PRE-PRODUCTION TOURNIE ROD IS THE 14FT VERSION. the 13ft is more tippy and more of a typical fishing rod. the 14ft model has a stiffer more parabolic action ,is VERY light in weight, very slim, but very strong,NO problems with the one i had. highly recommended

[Stoweyman]

aspire!!!

Thats great! just bought the rod! waiting for it to arrive now cant wait to get it on the field!!

[Stoweyman]

Aspire!!

Great rod, i think similar to LT bullet, first time out 225yds, which considering me best is only 245 on me XTR (new version not 50/50), i dont think the aspire was working at all hopefully loads to come...

[Rodaspire]

knew you would like it