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They were called spiraflex because the carbon was spiral wound to stop the blank from twisting ..he’s early carbon carp rods were definitely sportex

Blimey this is an old thread Gerry the original op isn’t with us anymore

Probably built by John Hutchinson Alan brown used to use sportex blanks then moved to spiraflex ..he also built the HMG carp rods on spiraflex blanks I’m not 100% but I seem to remember him saying they were sourced in Germany I believe the early rod Hutchinson rods were built on spiraflex blanks

I used the black juice all you had to do was add water to make a paste then make the boilies with a springum bait press and boil

Buzzard rods or vic gibson

One bit of friendly advice for kings weir Maggots maggots and more maggots ….most of the big girls come out on maggots

Is that the pace ?

Is there such a thing as a retractable 10ft 1.75 with a cork handle

Sometimes crop up on here

Reduced to £40

That’s the sort of thing I’m looking for Dave just wondered if they were any good

You might struggle Alan I’m always looking… it’s always the spool that lets them down …my two are in very good nick body wise so I just had the spools anodised black by a local company charged me £20 Brilliant reels though

Any recommendations please?

SOLD

Yes Andy I do