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Number of rods and reels

I like a bit of all course fishing so I’ve accumulated afew over the years. The ones in the front of the rack with reels on are regulars
The ones behind or in bags are occasionals and the others not show are really ones I should think of selling at some point
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Approx 30 rods and reels, but possibly more, most in the loft....dug out one I forgot I had being a Andy Little 9ft stalking rod and a North Western bomb rod my first proper Barbel rod Shimano Hyperloop, 5 Wilson Avons, including the first model that has an added Fugi seat, Drennan Duo's, x2 Fox twin tips x2 Drennan Tench, Drennan Speccy Barbel, Torrix 1.75, Drennan DRX14 float, Daiwa 13 match, Split Cane Mk4 Avon, Korum Allrounder 1.1 t.c, cheapo Angling Direct ambush rod,The ex athlete barbel rod with quivers...rubbish, Dave Mason Barbel and some more somewhere.
Blimey!
Reels
XTEA 5000, 6010 x2 5010 x5, Okuma x3, Daiwa x3 3x pin, Penn liveliner, a few old Mitchell's.
 
1 powermesh Avon
1 John Wilson Avon travel
1 free spirit barbel seeker
1 torrix 1.75
1 chimera avon
1 Harrison Avon travel
1 5.5ft angling direct rod
1 free spirit gold specialist 1.5lb
1 free spirit power float
1 free spirit 2lb ctx barbel tamer
1 maxcatch wildriver float rod

3 speedia narrow drum
1 speedia wide drum
1 mill tackle wensum
1 mill tackle wensum trotter
1 mill tackle t7
1 Fred couch aerial narrow drum
1 daiwa ss750
1 daiwa ss2600
1 shimano 4000d

I think I need a few more rods for pike and roach.
 
I cover all aspects of the sport tiddler bashing with a whip to big game and everything in between, game, coarse and sea. Rods/poles probably 50+, reels many more if I include my display shelf pins. I tend to keep my old gear intending to repurpose and use it again at some stage and invariably do, my old Greys Prodigy barbel rods are now my eel rods for example.
 
Probably pushing 20 rods ranging from a pen rod through to 5 1/2lb tc spod rod. Still got a the first rod I ever had which is basically a 6 foot or so plastic telescopic thing. Was sweet for float fishing for tidlers but would be interesting to see how it would hold up to a fish of more than a couple of lb.
Got a whip that I got for a couple of quid that landed a couple of small carp out the canal once on its only outing.
Got a couple of cane rods that are missing the eyes which I have got that I saved from going to landfill that I intended to repair but never did.
As for reels I haven’t got a clue as I got a box full of my old man’s old match reels plus a load of old reels people have given me to save them being binned. I got a few random bait runners and big pits. The only reels I got that were fairly expensive are a couple of emblem pros, a couple of gs br 5000 and an ss2600
 
Jim Ufton said:
2 free spirirt 2 1\4 lb ,3 xtea 5000, does all i need,,,,
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Neil Smart said:
Approx 30 rods and reels, but possibly more, most in the loft....dug out one I forgot I had being a Andy Little 9ft stalking rod and a North Western bomb rod my first proper Barbel rod Shimano Hyperloop, 5 Wilson Avons, including the first model that has an added Fugi seat, Drennan Duo's, x2 Fox twin tips x2 Drennan Tench, Drennan Speccy Barbel, Torrix 1.75, Drennan DRX14 float, Daiwa 13 match, Split Cane Mk4 Avon, Korum Allrounder 1.1 t.c, cheapo Angling Direct ambush rod,The ex athlete barbel rod with quivers...rubbish, Dave Mason Barbel and some more somewhere.
Blimey!
Reels
XTEA 5000, 6010 x2 5010 x5, Okuma x3, Daiwa x3 3x pin, Penn liveliner, a few old Mitchell's.
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Forgot the lovely baby stradics x2.
 
Gavin Hoe-Richardson said:
I cover all aspects of the sport tiddler bashing with a whip to big game and everything in between, game, coarse and sea. Rods/poles probably 50+, reels many more if I include my display shelf pins. I tend to keep my old gear intending to repurpose and use it again at some stage and invariably do, my old Greys Prodigy barbel rods are now my eel rods for example.
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50+ is some collection. I like to keep my old gear with the intention of using it again some day but never do.
 
. . . I think I have a problem . . .had a clear out over lockdown but still use the following!

26x Rods / 1x Pole / 27x Reels
 
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When we moved to France five years ago I had close to 40 rods in our car. Since then I have bought a few more!

Amazingly my wife is still with me, even though she knows the truth of my obsession!

Before river fishing in France it was mostly sea fishing that interested me, occasional pike trips as well. Between beachcasting, inshore boat for pollack, deepwater skate and porbeagle shark, spinning gear and even a couple of fly rods it's surprising how the numbers rack up.

Always reluctant to part with a rod once I have found it does a good job! Guess I am a bit of a hoarder!
 
Steve Kenchington said:
Funnily enough I tidied my garage last weekend having recently acquired a lock up to store my boat in and as part of that activity I bought a rod storage rack to store my rods in both with and without reels attached in necessary. Therefore I know exactly what I have and the list is as follows in approximately chronological order:

A twelve foot vintage tank aerial that was my dads.
A nine foot hand built solid glass that was my dads.
A seven foot hand built solid glass that was my dads and my first ever weapon of choice for gudgeon.
A nine foot hollow glass all rounder which was the first rod I ever bought.
A thirteen foot sigma supra carbon match float rod.
A twenty two foot roach pole.
A seven foot solid glass 50 lb class boat rod and small multiplier.
A seven foot carbon 20 lb class ugly stick boat rod and penn sea boy multiplier.
A seven foot John Wilson 50 lb class boat rod and penn sea boy multiplier.
Two eleven foot daiwa carbon carp rods at 1 1/2 test curve.
A light carbon custom built eight foot quiver tip.
A John Wilson twin tip Avon.
A custom built barbel quiver based on the same rod as the two light carp rods above.
A northwestern barbel quiver.
A custom built 2 1/2 lb carp rod that I use for river piking these days.
Two Harrison avons at 1lb 6oz twinned with vintage youngs rapidex ( one of which I bought on here recently )
Two Harrison avons at 1lb 10oz twinned with fox stratos 7000s.
One fourteen foot Diwali specimen float rod twinned with a light okuma reel.
One seven weight fly rod and reel.
Two 2 1/2 lb pike rods twinned with a couple of cheap big pit reels that I use for pike but originally bought for carp.
One heavy jerk bait rod twinned with a multiplier and 80 lb braid.
One light jerk bait rod twinned with a small okuma multiplier and 30 lb braid.

I also have about 20 odd Mitchell, intrepid, and some unnamed centre pin reels that never get used.

I haven’t bought a rod or reel (rapidex aside) for well over ten years now so may treat myself to a couple of shimmy’s to replace the stratos that are beginning to feel their age now.

Nice thread, that was fun !
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"WOW" 😳
 
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