Travel rod

[ten boaber]

ALWAYS look at postage costs :evil:  :evil:

[haresear]

Swithun,

I reckon you have been lucky with your in-cabin luggage.
I remember reading on the sexyloops site that fishing rods are strictly verbotten (post 9/11) on all european flights.
Since then I have been putting my 4 pce (30") rods in my suitcase and praying!
So far (20 flights), so good. But I still shit myself at the luggage carousel....
BTW Penn do a couple of decent 9' #5 options in 4pce. Penn Stillwater and also Gold Medal. Both are OK rods and not too expensive.
I own a few 4pce. rods. I have had no problems with any( Penn and Sage), but I think there must be a point when multi section rods go downhill in the action stakes. Having said that, I have never used a rod with more than 4 sections and a few years ago would never have believed that a 4 pce could bend with no flat spots at the joints.


Alex

[bluezulu]

I own a few 4pce. rods. I have had no problems with any( Penn and Sage), but I think there must be a point when multi section rods go downhill in the action stakes. Having said that, I have never used a rod with more than 4 sections and a few years ago would never have believed that a 4 pce could bend with no flat spots at the joints.

i used a friend's Hardy Smuggler recently and was amazed..in a good way.


then he told me how much he paid for it and i was amazed in an altogether less positive way.

seems to me that since we are now generally obliged to check rods in rather than take them as hand luggage-  though swithun seems to be better at persuading check in staff than i am    -  5 piece+  plus rods are not such an advantage.

unless of course one is trying to conceal fishing gear in the car when setting off on a 'strictly no fishing' family holiday.

[haresear]

Ardbeg,

No problomo. I'm amazed that my post made any sense at all, given that I can only vaguely recall typing it!

Bluezulu,

You are right. I'll be doing a bit of rod-smuggling when my ladylfriend and I go to Harris/Skye in May.....
Nowadays the only advantage in multi section rods when flying, is that you don't have a great big rod-tube saying "steal me". You can stick it in your suitcase and just hope that it reaches the same destination at the same time as you do.

[haresear]

You may be wondering what a problomo is. Me too.
my post should of course have read "no problemo". It is a weegie term often used in Benidorm etc.