Recent content by Richard Isaacs

No it wouldn’t be overgunned but that’s not to say you wouldn’t knock off the odd one or two more than if you were to use something with a softer action. It’s about finding that balance between having enough beef to deal with the river and it’s other swimming species but with enough cushion in...

I’d always offer the option to my friend’s first and take whatever was left. however down stream would allow me to pull out the float rod if they insisted i choose first.

A lot of it is just a humble opinion Danny. I can only go into such details with rods I’ve used a lot

The sphere river rods blank is quite special. I own both the 13’6 and 15’6 and I have used the 15’6 loads. (More so than my other rods) Caught hundreds of big chunks on it and I’m very taken by the characteristics of the blank. It doesn’t matter what other float rods do what, there are things...

Great job 😎

It’s a lovely rod the tournament bu I should of had one in my collection when they were discounted heavily after discontinuing them

A good quality guide with sic or alconite inserts Will see you right. Fuji would be my first choice but they may cost you a chunk

No as it’s a matter of opinion and one I share to some extent Certainly as far as cost is concerned, a piece of premium cork out of Portugal is a lot more expensive than EVA I find feels nicer in the hand and it looks more attractive too. Eva on premium rods does work just fine despite all...

Wow fantastic! What a great specimen

The advantage of long rods comes in to play most apparent when you are faced with a down stream wind and trotting at least another 2 rod lengths off the end of the rod. Hold a long rod up high and you can pick all the line up off the water and place it back behind the float and cause very...

That’s good to know. I only saw the 14ft option. Yes I’m aware of that. My point was based on what’s currently available. I stand corrected on the new conny.

I do hope these companies bringing out these more recent power float rods start to understand, that 14ft isn’t the only length we want. It’s getting a bit silly now. You’ve got Normark throwing dolly sections in with 12 footers, Preston bringing out 1 power float at just 14ft and now daiwa...

Orrrrrrr hang on for a bit and see if normark releases those 15ft Avengers we’ve been waiting for. Judging by how the 13ft one feels I think they could be absolutely ideal for what you want.

I’d say the acolytes are realistically the best bet for you and your grayling sport with 3 x 15ft models all super light just pick the action most suited to your venue/species I have the 14ft supera X from Preston and yes I’m a big fan. I haven’t tried the 15ft version as I was looking for the...

I also really like the way he attaches the line pillars too with the counter sink brass screws. It looks really nice. You mentioned that you wondered how he gets the head slots in the screws to line up, it’s actually very easy to do because you’ll notice on the back flange that they probably...