I finally got round to ordering one of these rods. I guess it will be a week before I have it. £89 delivered, got to be worth the risk!
I'll let you know how it goes with the old Gallic Nymphing.
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Wee sea trout would be great sport on that, there's a few places I know where they will take size 12 or 14 Donegal Blues and go to about 2.5lb and that has got to be good fun on a 2 weight.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5m0QbVTWhtw (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5m0QbVTWhtw)
Quote from: caorach on June 22, 2017, 03:04:40 PM
Wee sea trout would be great sport on that, there's a few places I know where they will take size 12 or 14 Donegal Blues and go to about 2.5lb and that has got to be good fun on a 2 weight.
I have already had a few sea trout up to 2 1/2 lb this season on my #4 weight and that certainly was interesting.
Only read good reports from them.
Quote from: corsican dave on June 22, 2017, 03:08:29 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5m0QbVTWhtw (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5m0QbVTWhtw)
Brilliant Dave ! :lol: :lol: :lol:
Quote from: alba on June 22, 2017, 03:51:38 PM
Only read good reports from them.
I can't find any reports on them! They might also make a decent loch style rod when fishing for typical wee fish from a boat.
QuoteI finally got round to ordering one of these rods. I guess it will be a week before I have it. £89 delivered, got to be worth the risk!
How many rods noooooooo Fred that yi over the ton ! :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:Let me see used twice confined to the big dark room under the stair !!!
I sold quite a lot of gear last year Colin, rods, motors etc.
Mainly stuff from the old, dark days of loch fishing. This new rod will open up new possibilities of river bait fishing. :lol:
Seems your being pulled to the dark side Fred ... :lol: :lol: New rod worms,maggots and of course your wee bottle of Ace worm extract !
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I've got this rod now, all I need is some decent weather to try it out. It looks OK, well built with quite a nice softish through action which should be just the job for the French Leader / Czech nymphing set up. It's fairly heavy at 140 G , this is especially noticeable after using light Sage rods for years. Not something I'd like to do a lot of false casting with, but that's not what it's for. Set up 10 foot seems very long ............................
I'm waiting on your first use report before clicking the buy it now button.
Quote from: alba on June 29, 2017, 02:46:28 PM
I'm waiting on your first use report before clicking the buy it now button.
It just had its first
very successful outing. :8)
I'm ordering one of these on your views tonight Fred. I need something to give me some distance from spooky fish in very low conditions here.
Rods come and i think the weekend will be the first time I can give it a try.
I might do the same. I broke the best rod I have ever used two weeks ago. Like an idiot the line went into the prop of an outboard and the tip shattered. I nearly burst out greetin. Still in mourning and needing to cheer myself up.
Getting it repaired feels like going back to an old girlfriend.....itll just never be the same.
That's gutting Paul, Was it the David Norwich?
Fred, what's the action like on this rod, a few I've looked at recently (albeit on the cheaper end of the scale) are advertising a stiff/tip action. Its really the opposite id be looking for.
It's quite a soft, through action with a tip bias. It's fine for lobbing heavy nymphs. Only issue I have is it is heavier than I am used to with my 9 foot Sage / Scott rods, not outrageous though and remember it costs £80 and not £800, so this is just pickiness and hair splitting really.
Quote from: Lochan_load on July 27, 2017, 01:36:54 PM
That's gutting Paul, Was it the David Norwich?
Yip......gutted
Ouch I feel for you Paul, I snapped a shakey a couple of months back and I was raging so I think I would loose the plot on anything more expensive.