Shimano Stradic 11ft Quiver Rod

[Neil Blakemore]

Hi All,
Would anyone have any information on the above rod. All I know is that it is 11ft, comes with 1 and 2 oz tips and has sliding reel bands.
Thought it might be okay for chub, roach, perch etc?
TIA
Neil.

 

[Joe Winstanley]

Good rods. Not quite as good as the Antares specialist quivertip but better than the Technium specialist quivertip which was also a highly regarded rod.

It will be great for chub, perch etc.

 

[Neil Blakemore]

Thanks Joe,

Cheers
Neil

 

[Alan Palmer]

Hi All,
Would anyone have any information on the above rod. All I know is that it is 11ft, comes with 1 and 2 oz tips and has sliding reel bands.
Thought it might be okay for chub, roach, perch etc?
TIA
Neil.

Lovely rods, I had one of the originals when released, sold it and regretted it then bought another of a member on here a couple of yrs back. It’s a traditional Avon style that will bend round to the corks…probably not many fish it won’t tame in normal conditions. Has 1,3 and 4 oz quivers and solid Avon top with screw fitting, have used it a couple of times with a swing tip for tench . It doesn’t have a sliding reel seat but is fixed at the front and balances lovely with a 3000 size reel.
If you do a search in classifieds you’ll probably find the posting with nice pics of it. IMO an ideal all rounder type rod

 

[Neil Blakemore]

Cheers Alan.
This one is a single quiver with 1&2 oz tips

 

[Richard Isaacs]

There was two stradic blanks used in the range.
The match type blank which was blue/grey/pink and was pretty much identical to other shimanos in the range at the time like the areo or perfection and these might have had sliding bands.
They had black tips with orange and white on the ends.
There was also the premium stradic range. These were in another league. They had dark burgundy blanks. Very slim slow tapers
They came with white tips originally and 1 long fine burgundy tip.
These had screw down reel seats
All stradic rods came in a red velvet bag

 

[Chris Jones]

The match type blank which was blue/grey/pink and was pretty much identical to other shimanos in the range at the time like the areo or perfection and these might have had sliding bands.

All of the general coarse/match type Stradic rods I've ever encountered have had screw up winch fittings.

All of the Stradic rods with burgundy blanks I've seen have been specialist/specimen/carp rods.

 

[Richard Isaacs]

All of the general coarse/match type Stradic rods I've ever encountered have had screw up winch fittings.

All of the Stradic rods with burgundy blanks I've seen have been specialist/specimen/carp rods.

Maybe the one the op has seen had a reel seat converted to sliding bands then.

The specialist version was definitely a screw down and that was available as an 11ft 1lb rod with additional quiver section.
These were as you say twin top or carp rods depending on the tc

They can be confusing I suppose as people sell them incomplete or modified

 

[Chris Jones]

Maybe the one the op has seen had a reel seat converted to sliding bands then.

It's possible that when first introduced they came with sliding bands, but I've not seen one like that. As you say, it could also have been converted.

 

[Neil Blakemore]

Thanks for all the responses. This is what I’m looking at.

 

[Richard Isaacs]

Thanks for all the responses. This is what I’m looking at.

You’ll get that rod under various shimano names. I wouldn’t limit your search to just stradic.
The 11ft quiver was available with 2 glass tips as a twin power and a perfection. Both had sliding bands too.
They are good rods and would make super little stalking outfits for chub.

Daiwa did some great options for this spec and price range too. Tornadoes, jaguars, harriers all were around in 11ft sliding bands with glass tips.