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Ian Woods's latest activity
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Ian Woods replied to the thread Chasing chub.....I had some maggs and defrosted corn left that needed using up so I thought i'd pop out for a quick couple of hours chasing chub this... -
I use hardy marksman Avon for touch ledgering and rolling meat. I do have chimera Avon and torrix 1.75, but still prefer the action of...
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Ian Woods replied to the thread Touch legering and rolling baits.I've been using a nash scope 10ft 2.25 test carp rod coupled with a centrepin reel spooled up with 6lb daiwa sensor. The nash scope rod...
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It’s a nice spec that was built by mark Tunley. The whipping colour is chestnut and the tipping colour is copper.
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Had a day out on a stretch of the upper Severn that was new to us on Saturday . Stunning looking water , bird song and the river the...
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Yeah I thought about it but The rod was right down the bank and I wasn’t faffing about with it If I’d been on my own, I wouldn’t of...
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Ian Woods replied to the thread Chasing chub.....Well done Richard, crakin' fish, even more so as it was by design ! 🙌 I'd rather have seen it next to the rod and reel than next to...
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It’s been a lot of years waiting for this Special day for me. A good 7 on the float and pin. Made up for what was turning out to be a...
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Ian Woods replied to the thread Part for Youngs centerpin.I can take 'em or leave 'em really, so long as it's a bickerdyke guard. No problem wally casting with a bickerdyke guard, even better...
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Ian Woods replied to the thread Part for Youngs centerpin.As Mark has already said GM will most likely sort you a line guard and the screws out. You can use the reel without the guard attatched...
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Ian Woods replied to the thread Which Acolyte rod.Talkin' korum rods, I got a korum opportunist rod, after using it one time I noticed my line was seriously kinked. I checked things out...
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I wouldn’t use any acolyte float rods for ledgering as they are too delicate for leads, even the specimen. Link ledgering is fine, but I...
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Ian Woods replied to the thread Which Acolyte rod.I tried using a number of avon style rods for trotting a float and they all felt awful, soft in the mid and bottom sections so slow when...
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Ian Woods replied to the thread Which Acolyte rod.Obviously the float rods are for float fishing, but you can use them for light legering of you want to. Very often if nothing has...
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Ian Woods replied to the thread Barbel Float Rod Blank.I've had a few drennan tench float rods Rich, they did make them in 12ft 9 to 13ft. The tench rod I finnished up keeping is a drennan...
