rods for the NE lads

[will powell]

whats the prefered rod for our coastline, wr300, bullit,rt exelerator,apollo etc....and what would you like to see improved

[CHUKKA]

My favourite will was the old mk one appollo, mainly because it was so sensitive you could feel everything.

I use an old style LT bullet (not the softer dymic version) most of the time but it could do with better bite detection, its ok if you hold it but pretty crap in the stand could do with a slightly stiffer and longer butt. It feels short at 14ft.

I also like the AFAW big beach but it could do with just a touch more grunt in the lower sections and a much stiffer butt .

What we need is someting along the lines of a thinner TTR, loads of poke and casting pedigree but with lots of feel.

SRX was a great fishing rod but far too unreliable.

Also want the rods unground to take a few knocks and scratches.

abot 14ft 6 would be perfect length without the need for a reducer.

[mswtoss]

i much prefer the shakespeare TURBOFLEX

[bullet]

zipplex for when only the best will do

[will powell]

century wr300 for the heavy stuff
zzipy primo for the long distance on sandy beaches

greys jupiter just coz i liked it !

[oldchukka]

century wr300 for the heavy stuff
zzipy primo for the long distance on sandy beaches

greys jupiter just coz i liked it !

ah will, when my jupiter finally expired, and their production stopped, i contacted greys to see if they had a blank, no luck and a real shame.

[mswtoss]

ah will, when my jupiter finally expired, and their production stopped, i contacted greys to see if they had a blank, no luck and a real shame.

best thing that could have happened to it it BILL,EXPIRED I MEAN,bloody orrible rod in my opinion

[oldchukka]

best thing that could have happened to it it BILL,EXPIRED I MEAN,bloody orrible rod in my opinion

aye martin, but as the saying goes,"one man,s junk, is another man,s jewellery"

[mswtoss]

aye martin, but as the saying goes,"one man,s junk, is another man,s jewellery"

very true bill, but still the worst rod ever made lol

[bullet]

Got to agree with chukka un ground rods dont get marked as easy .should all be built that way.

[purglaspete]

very true bill, but still the worst rod ever made lol

its only coz you kept snapping them off at the tip

[mswtoss]

its only coz you kept snapping them off at the tip

i never snapped one of those pete, just didn,t like the feel of it. a mate of mine from gods country who's won a far few opens in his time so was no numpty, snapped six in the space of a few months. the appollo was a better rod in my opinion b4 they went all chinese