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Richard Isaacs's latest activity
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Richard Isaacs replied to the thread New Normark Rods.The tsi is the 2nd rod I felt quite comfortable tackling double figured barbel on in the river nene and being completely honest it was... -
Richard Isaacs replied to the thread New Normark Rods.There’s a couple of spots on the river nene where I have been lucky enough to encounter an odd barbel on float tackle which I believe...
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Had 11 barbel (albeit small - up to around 5lb) on the upper lea today on my avenger, not a true test of the rods limits in terms of...
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God, I love float rods. Here are few thoughts on recent rods I've used, it's nice to be able to contribute as I appreciate this forum...
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Took delivery of a 13ft Avenger mid week, used it on the Upper Severn in Wales yesterday and in a snaggy swim. 7lb line on the pin with...
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Richard Isaacs replied to the thread Opinion/user reviews of the Vass 700 waders.I used a set of e700 vas waders for a full season and found them to be very good on the most parts. They are incredibly robust. You...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
