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Richard Isaacs

Richard Isaacs

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    • Richard Isaacs
      Richard Isaacs replied to the thread New Normark Rods.
      I absolutely agree mate. I think they counter each other a lot of the time because to my mind power = pressure you can apply to a fish...
    • Richard Isaacs
      Richard Isaacs reacted to Huanzhou Zhu's post in the thread New Normark Rods with Like Like.
      The thing is, the avenger doesn’t have a soft mid section, at least I wouldn’t call it soft. It is definitely stiffer than the 2000 and...
    • Richard Isaacs
      Richard Isaacs reacted to Ian Woods's post in the thread New Normark Rods with Like Like.
      Hey, HZ likes what he likes, good luck to him and it's good he's got a rod he likes. I don't think power and stiffness are quite the...
    • Richard Isaacs
      Richard Isaacs replied to the thread New Normark Rods.
      I know for your specific type of fishing, the amount of power or stiffness in a float rod determines pretty much everything but it’s...
    • Richard Isaacs
      Richard Isaacs reacted to Daniel Jeffery's post in the thread Verulam Angling with Like Like.
      Verulam is easy to join as long as you send an application at the right time. They usually don’t maintain a waiting list and start the...
    • Richard Isaacs
      Richard Isaacs replied to the thread Verulam Angling.
      It was caught on the members section. I did a full season on fishers green River Lea. Afew years ago I concentrated most of my...
    • Richard Isaacs
      Richard Isaacs reacted to Huanzhou Zhu's post in the thread New Normark Rods with Like Like.
      It's a no-brainer to me, first of all, both 13ft avenger and acolyte specimens weigh 170g, so the biggest advantage of acolytes over...
    • Richard Isaacs
      Richard Isaacs replied to the thread Verulam Angling.
      I don’t know how hard it is to get in but yes potentially you could catch record breaking barbel on one of their waters because they...
    • Richard Isaacs
      Richard Isaacs replied to the thread New Normark Rods.
      What’s the reason Huanzhou that makes the avenger that much better than the acolyte for you? As we know the acolyte specimen is...
    • Richard Isaacs
      Richard Isaacs reacted to Michael Brindle's post in the thread New Normark Rods with Like Like.
      I have found the specimen has noticeably more power than the plus and a better action for me when float fishing for larger chub, barbel...
    • Richard Isaacs
      Richard Isaacs replied to the thread New Normark Rods.
      That was kinda my point. I know the spheres are capable rods but having a stepped up version would complete them for me.
    • Richard Isaacs
      Richard Isaacs replied to the thread New Normark Rods.
      In general I like to try out the latest thing but quite often the hype can sometimes be bigger than the actual experience. Acolytes...
    • Richard Isaacs
      Richard Isaacs reacted to Huanzhou Zhu's post in the thread New Normark Rods with Like Like.
      I used the avenger yesterday for about 2hours, but I can only compare the avenger with daiwa tournament 15ft bu and 13ft air z ags...
    • Richard Isaacs
      Richard Isaacs replied to the thread New Normark Rods.
      Anyone who has the avenger. How does it compare in action and power to other high end power float rods? What strength of main line...
    • Richard Isaacs
      Richard Isaacs reacted to Jon Frisby's post in the thread New Normark Rods with Like Like.
      Thank you Richard, my local shops getting some Normarks in this week, so hoping to swing by and look at the supera aswell....
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