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Ian Woods replied to the thread Trotting rod.Heres one of the things I found Alan... -
Ian Woods replied to the thread Trotting rod.I have seen some of the china/ orienatal ones Alan, but no, the vids I watched were in europe, the anglers had rounder eyes lol.
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Ian Woods replied to the thread Trotting rod.I remember getting some dodgily sourced daiwa telescopic bolo rods for a m8 of mine way back in the 90s. I do remember that they had a...
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Exactly. They are essentially a long telescopic rod with weights you can add to the back to balance them up. Not for me. I appreciate...
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I might be teaching you to suck eggs, Alan, but they originated in the Bologna region of Italy, hence Bolognese, or Bolo. They were long...
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Ian Woods replied to the thread Trotting rod.Not for me, but here you are....
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I’m a big daiwa rod fan boy but I also agree that the stuff coming out of Scotland nowadays can be built shoddy, more often than it...
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The quality of those made in the UK Daiwa rods is terrible. As you said, they have bent blanks, unaligned eyes, upside-down reel seats...
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That's a spelling mistake, it's the winter fuel allowance. .
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I am not saying they are flat-out the best, just that solely in terms of that equation they come out on top every time.
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I’ve not tried one either (Tri-Cast that is), but it’s another suggestion Steven. When all is said and done, there’s a reason why...
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Exactly this. They absolutely dominate the float rod market and by a huge margin. No one can touch em They got the weight and...
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I’m going to add one more rod to this discussion but not add to to any previous lists simply because it wouldn’t be a fair comparison...
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Ian Woods reacted to Alan Rose's post in the thread What’s better than a December barbel? with
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TWO December barbel of course 😃😃 Nice return for a short trip on a “Yorkshire” river somewhere. Second fish (bottom photo) was 8lbs... -
Ian Woods replied to the thread Trotting rod.Hello Lee, I have the 13 and 14 footer in the specimen rod and they are fine for tiddly dace or good sized chub, barbel and chub etc...