Recent content by Ian Woods

I'm not sure if I should have posted this in the chasing chub thread.......

I gave the new normark legasy Avenger a try out in this video....

I sometimes use a nash scope 10ft 2.25 test. It is a very versatile rod to the extent that I often use it for trotting a float! It is very convenient to transport and does make life much easier. I also have a pair of 10ft 3lb test fox explorer TI rods which I haven't actually used yet. They...

Thanks Tim 🙂👍

Rather than post a pic as usual I thought a video might make a change....

I had several hours out on wednesday, first time out for a spell. A short video below for anyone who may be interestd ....

Mendle do some excellent boots, I have a couple of pairs, medle Vaccum and mendle Himalaya boots. I've had the vaccums for about 12 or more years and have worm them an awful lot and they are still in good fettle. To be honest though, in wet conditions a good pair of snug wellies will always...

One of the reasons I don't use braid on a centrepin.... if casting with a decent pull it will slice the fk out of your fingers/hands, it's even worse if casting a lead. That I know through my own experience when I have used it ! I realise if you use a rolling pin then the line cutting your...

Hi Dominic, i've never used the 15ft speci acolyte (I only have the 13 and 14ft speci rods) so can't compare it to the 15ft daiwa tourny rod. Despite never being a fan/user of rods longer than 14ft I did enjoy using the tournament pro bu 15 footer. It felt a bit wierd at first but after 20...

From what harrison blank float rods i've seen/ handled I personally wouldn't be looking at one for a float rod. Going off the high breaking strain lines your looking to be using I think your going to struggle to get a genuine float rod to cope with them. I have a 15ft daiwa tournament BU float...

Yea, it's just previous experiences with minima style guides that made me wary. The rod though, absolute corker imo! I know my friend had several very decent barbel with his 14ft supera power last week and rattled them out with it.

Yea, after having a play with a friends preston supera power rod I was very impressed. To be honest I felt it put the new avenger to shame! The only thing I wasn't sure about were the guides, the blank and the action were superb.

Thanks for the info Richard. I have had the Harrell rods for quite a number of years now. I remember thinking the 14ft rod was jinxed as it took me a few outings before I actually caught a barbel with it. Turned out the rod wasn't jinxed after all and the very first barbel I had with it was...

I've no knowladge of the 14ft daiwa SM2 XP rod but i've heard some very good things about it. I have the Daiwa Dave Harrell RS PF in 13 and 14ft but going off what i've heard about the SM2 XP the Harrells arn't as powerful. It's a pity daiwa don't still make the SM2 XP rods! Thanks for the...