Recent content by Ian Woods

The normak rods bend round easier than the acolytes which on some small rivers can make it very alkward (for me) to prevent chub from getting into the inside banking (even the opposite bank) and either transferring the hook into vegetation or getting snarled up in it. I recently made a couple of...

Your welcome Jamss, I just hope the footage helps you decide which one to go for if you do plump for one 👍.

I used the plus for a number of years with no issues. When the specimen was released I got one right away, like the plus an excellent rod, but it has more power. Whichever you go for I doubt you'll be dissapointed 👍. This was a video I posted whilst using a plus for chub .... I think this...

Take the plunge Cliff, I very much doubt that you'll regret it bud 👍.

57 varieties 🙂. There was a huge red 57 which was lit up in red as darkness decended.

I've never gone any older than 21 and still look like a male model Paul 😉😁. Yes, I think that video is a little fancier than my ones, i'm the first to admitt i'm no film maker, I just have a play 😉.

Spotted this today and thought it may be of interest to someone on here..... I got one of those new legasy normark avenger rods myself and made my own video of it in use. I found the rod to be decent, but imo it was no better than the original MKII avenger rods which came out straight after...

Yes, but the fish hardly fit in the nets, I mean the tail half of the fish is often sticking right out same as the barbel in the opening post. So if its a bad thing to do with a barbel.....

I'm a fan of drennan, so im not slating them by putting this video up on this thread. It appears that the anglers in the video seem to like using small landing net heads.

These may be of interest to you Jack..... They may cope better than most with what you describe due to being 5 layer bottoms. Tom Casey has a set for sale on bfw which are brand new and unused due to him getting the wrong size. I know he got another set that fit him now lol. I have a set...

The browning sphere splced rods were mentioned recently on a thread regarding a 15ft grayling rod. So, this is a 14ft browning sphere match rod which I found to be ideal for small to larger species on the river. Ive targetted grayling with the 14ft Sphere match rod for years now and its perfect...

Sounded as though the barbel was an unexpected catch, but, I thought match anglers had several landing nets at had, possibly he forgot his larger ones? I wonder what rod he was using, it hardly bent lower than the top section!

Just to add another spanner to the works 🙂. The spere waggler rods in 13 and 14ft. I have both the spliced and wagglers and much prefer the wagglers over the splices. I have used both the spliced rods and the waggler rods to trott a float for barbel and caught them to early double without...

Congratulations Gavin 🙂🙌.

The Daiwa Dave Harrell tourny float rods have a mix of cork and eva handles. The eva ( if that is what it is) is fitted where you hold the rod and is shaped nicely and very comfy in my hand. The shape of it is my favourite out of all my float rods. It does seem to be standing up to usage ok...