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Long float rods for big chub

Chris Jones said:
Third, give the 15' Acolyte Specimen a go for the smaller species. Whilst eminently capable with real lumps, it's not the brute you seem to think it is. I've been happily using the Specimens for big grayling or even small grayling when there's extra water on. Small barbel, chub and even modest stillwater roach as by catch have not been beyond them.
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I don’t doubt for a second it fills your needs perfectly in this respect. If it didn’t you wouldn’t use it for that sort of fishing so i totally get it mate.

The thing is for me to go and catch small grayling and chublets I’m fishing small streams and becks locally (well still an hour north). and while they push through it’s not a place for a rod like that when I’ve got some beautiful spliced tip rods to use which are far more my preference in these cases.

So the only decent sized river that resembles something similar to your dales rivers with areas of fast shallow glides and trotting off the rod tip is the Trent. Yes there’s grayling in it but you are more likely to hook other things.

I’m open to anything and trying peoples ideas out definitely but it wouldn’t be worth me purchasing one for that sort of fishing unless I planned to move back up north but the important thing is Chris, I don’t disagree with you on it in the slightest because your gonna know if it works or not better than I am
 
I'm not trying to alter your preferences. I can well understand you not needing a 15' Acolyte Specimen when you've already got the 15' Freespirit. In most scenarios, I'd rather use my Spheres too. Presented with a lower river than I'd seen before, I only used Spheres for those big grayling the other week. I can't understate just how fantastic it was to use them too.

However, I will suggest that your words about the Acolyte could be giving readers a rather skewed impression. You are making them sound rather brutal. I'm trying to impress on others who read the thread that they are far more versatile than you are making them sound.
 
Chris Jones said:
I'm not trying to alter your preferences. I can well understand you not needing a 15' Acolyte Specimen when you've already got the 15' Freespirit. In most scenarios, I'd rather use my Spheres too. Presented with a lower river than I'd seen before, I only used Spheres for those big grayling the other week. I can't understate just how fantastic it was to use them too.

However, I will suggest that your words about the Acolyte could be giving readers a rather skewed impression. You are making them sound rather brutal. I'm trying to impress on others who read the thread that they are far more versatile than you are making them sound.
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Yes, the acolyte speci rods are far from being brutal in any way, infact they're probably one of the best options to go for if your likely to be catching a mixed bag of smaller to larger species of fish such as dace, roach, chub and barbel etc, due to the rods action when under different loads. I find them great to catch 2 ounce roach or 10lb barbel, they are are very versatile float rod for sure.
After saying that I could name a few other float rods that do the same job pretty much as well, but just don't feel so nice to use....imo.
 
Chris Jones said:
I'm not trying to alter your preferences. I can well understand you not needing a 15' Acolyte Specimen when you've already got the 15' Freespirit. In most scenarios, I'd rather use my Spheres too. Presented with a lower river than I'd seen before, I only used Spheres for those big grayling the other week. I can't understate just how fantastic it was to use them too.

However, I will suggest that your words about the Acolyte could be giving readers a rather skewed impression. You are making them sound rather brutal. I'm trying to impress on others who read the thread that they are far more versatile than you are making them sound.
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I have used the 15ft version of that rod a number of times.
I would never tell you whether or not it is or isn’t suited to do your fishing on your chosen venues. Like I said before, you should know that better than anyone.

Certainly of all the float rods I own, it is noticeably stiffer in action and i prefer it when it’s being used to play very powerful fish.

I’m not saying it’s a bad rod or lacks versatility but your refering to my comments when I was asked about it further back in the thread and I stand by what I said, it doesn’t belong in the same line up as a sphere and a Maver signature pro.
You should know that as you’ve owned them all and a blind man on a galloping horse could see they are on different power levels and it’s not apples with apples.

That doesn’t mean it’s not capable of doing other things but it is a step up from those in power and stiffness.

I didn’t put the 15ft tsi in that line up for exactly the same reason it’s on a totally different level of power but it’s still a versatile rod and I’d still chose a lot of other rods first to go chub trotting but again.. it’s versatile and it works.

In the same respect i wouldn’t compare an acolyte ultra or a titan 2000 with a sphere or an avenger 2000.

I hope that clears things up because I don’t have a problem with that rod or its versatility.

I would just personally choose others before it for my chub fishing and if categorized i would always place it at the higher end of power levels irrespective of how nice it feels bashing dace out the tees.
 
Dave Brooksbank said:
Has anyone compared(both fishing or a waggle) an Acolyte speccy with the Conny pro power float in the same length?
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I have had a cast and waggle of Tom Caseys 14ft conny rod and it was a lovely rod, action wise and finnish wise. I know Tom is a serial trotter and he likes it very much.
I don't think Toms rod was a power model, but if he sees this he will be able to tell you.
 
Interesting. I was under the impression that Drennan didn't allow discounting on their products. The 13' and 15' weren't discounted.
 
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