Wanted - 2lb top section for Greys X-Flite Barbel

[Richard Gardiner-Smith]

I realise this is a massive long shot, but does anybody have the 2lb top section from one of these rods, or possibly the whole rod set, that they would be prepared to part with? I managed to break one on one of my beloved X Flites yesterday evening, wiped out by a massive clump of watercress, of all things, floating down the river. It was a heart wrenching moment and therapy might be needed.

 

[Derek Funcks]

Richard, how much would that 2lb top be worth to you ? I know someone who may have one, no promises, but for the right price, he may let it go. PM me if your interested.

 

[Adam Francis]

Contact Greys - I've ordered spare top sections for the x flites, albeit a few years back now.

 

[Richard Gardiner-Smith]

Contact Greys - I've ordered spare top sections for the x flites, albeit a few years back now.

Thanks for the suggestion Adam. I have contacted them but I’m not holding my breath. Their spares service doesn’t seem to be anywhere nearly as good as they used to be, now they’re part of Pure Fishing. A mate contacted them a couple of years ago about a top section for a Prodigy under the Greys Lifetime Guarantee, much newer than my X Flites, and all they could offer him was a discount on a Shakespeare rod, as they no longer have Greys barbel rods of any description in their catalogue.