Recent content by Mark Evans 2

Is there a casting weight range for quiver tips? Only rods like the Guru A class distance feeder, 12ft is rated to 110g and comes with a 3oz max tip The 13ft version is rated to 150g and still only comes with 4oz max Im currently happy with my Guru duel tip speci rods but looking back I...

I didn't say any had been cut, I was jokingly being biased that the best ones came from us in Redditch with Garry as our assembly manager.

I'd say it's one from th current owners then Those Redditch ones with the printed backplates were the best.....lol

If it came from Masterline or the owners who bought the Young's name then it still looks like a standard caged lightweight, I think they switched to engraving rather than printing? So might be test run that they didn't engrave? Actually I just noticed the serial number in the back plate. I...

If that came out of the Redditch factory before we had to sell to Masterline than I would been involved in putting it together Looks like a standard Purist caged lightweight. Although I can't recall if we had a full production run of those before we closed but im sure we did? Looks pretty...

Daiwa Emcast br lt in 2500 and 3000 sized for £39.99 from Tackle UK. I've got them in 2500 and 5000 and love them. Really lightweight despite having the freespool system and comes with a spare alloy spool.

Are Avon stretches even worth the cost of improving the access tracks? Take Marcliff for example, I see very little coming out and match reports from around this stretch always look poor? There's probably more to improve across all their venues than the organisation can afford?

I asked John Ross tackle about the 1.75 and from what I remember in the reply was they were similar to the Tamers but with a lower class carbon, hence the lower price. I found the 12ft 1.75 Barbel tamer too soft so I sold mine without ever using it. But then I went and bought the Guru N Gauge...

Oh I got sucked into the whole lure fishing for perch thing a few years back and that's been a slippery downward slope with all the lures to buy, bfs gear, stunning spinning reels etc. Although I've had some stunning fish taken on the lures out the Avon. Yeah on Monday it was cold, sunny and...

No, no chair, and all I took was a small 15-20L walking rucksack to put the bare minimum of kit in. I think I usually travel light anyway but yesterday was a breath of fresh air not having any extras or anything to weigh me down. I was at Barton on the W.Avon and I find this stretch tough...

Hi guys, In the past, once the rivers have gone over the banks that usually means I'm done for another year. But I went out yesterday on the Warwickshire Avon and despite not catching I had the most pleasant mornings fishing I've had in a while. This was most likely down to only taking the bare...

🤣 I think I've bought enough rods for a life time, and to me even a current 1.75 rods feels like I could go Shark fishing with one, I much prefer lighter, more finesse feeling rods. I'm still heading out this morning, but I don't feel confident by using just a single piece of meat but that's...

Its finding a spot to fish, I would guess a 1.5lb rod and a 2oz lead are not gonna cut it. Then there's trying to get the car back out of Barton car park without it getting stuck in the mud 🤣

Yep, Barton on W.Avon been low and clear and now it's unfishable. I was hoping to get out in the morning too since I had a day off. Anything like last year and that's it now till June 16th for me.

I've always found it strange that MF produces such big fish yet other spots around that area (BAA stretches for example) fish no where near as good. I know there's locks in between stretches but fish travel and I'm sure they would find a way through? As for this post, fishing these days is...