New custom Torrix finished.

[Martin Osmond]

12ft 2.25lb Torrix.
Gloss finish.
Full Cork.
Short, half inch flair above reel seat.
Fuji BSVAG Alconite rings, 8 plus tip.
White sight tip with orange whipping on top two rings.
25mm butt.
American Tackle Gloss black 18mm DPS.

Hand built by Duncan Smith at Hampshire Tackle who has also built my 11ft 1.75lb Burgundy Torrix and a set of Aviators for me.
He's a bit good.

 

[Martin Osmond]

Incase anyone is interested, my 11ft Torrix.....

 

[Martin Osmond]

And my Aviators, all built by Duncan Smith at Hampshire Tackle.....

 

[Damian Kimmins]

Are they built by Duncan Smith at Hampshire Tackle?

 

[Jeremy Cronin]

lovely built rods, especially like the white sight tips

 

[Mark Pevy]

12ft 2.25lb Torrix.
Gloss finish.
Full Cork.
Short, half inch flair above reel seat.
Fuji BSVAG Alconite rings, 8 plus tip.
White sight tip with orange whipping on top two rings.
25mm butt.
American Tackle Gloss black 18mm DPS.

Hand built by Duncan Smith at Hampshire Tackle who has also built my 11ft 1.75lb Burgundy Torrix and a set of Aviators for me.
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Show off

 

[Colin Dapp]

But they don't catch fish, the angler does.

 

[Martin Osmond]

Are they built by Duncan Smith at Hampshire Tackle?

They actually are built by Duncan Smith at Hampshire Tackle, how did you guess

 

[Nick Horton]

Extreme rod porn! This makes you a Premier League Tackle Tart.

Nick

 

[Roger Pearman]

12ft 2.25lb Torrix.
Gloss finish.
Full Cork.
Short, half inch flair above reel seat.
Fuji BSVAG Alconite rings, 8 plus tip.
White sight tip with orange whipping on top two rings.
25mm butt.
American Tackle Gloss black 18mm DPS.

Hand built by Duncan Smith at Hampshire Tackle who has also built my 11ft 1.75lb Burgundy Torrix and a set of Aviators for me.
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Possibly missed the backstory - are these destined to be flood / bigger river rods?

 

[Martin Osmond]

Extreme rod porn! This makes you a Premier League Tackle Tart.

Nick

There's a few more, older ones though,
these are just the ones I've had done recently.

And more on the way......

 

[Martin Osmond]

Possibly missed the backstory - are these destined to be flood / bigger river rods?

For the Thames mate.

 

[Alan Rose]

Very nice Martin, don’t forget to leave your baitrunners engaged while you’re drooling over them.

 

[Huanzhou Zhu]

For the Thames mate.

Guess you are fishing the lower or tidel Thames? 12ft 2.25 is what I use when the upper Thames is flooded.

 

[Richard Isaacs]

I especially like the machined anodized collars infront of the cork that’s a nice little detail
The orange whippings look well too but I’d of definitely had isotopes fitted while he was doing them

 

[Alan Rose]

They actually are built by Duncan Smith at Hampshire Tackle, how did you guess

Hang on, is @Martin Osmond a pseudonym for Duncan Smith by any chance?

 

[Simon Archer]

You never see them in the same room, do you ??

 

[Alan Rose]

You never see them in the same room, do you ??

Come out Duncan, the game’s up!!

 

[Keith Humphreys]

lovely built rods, especially like the white sight tips

"Horses for courses" I recently paid to have white tips removed from a pair of Harrison rods, hate them

 

[Richard Isaacs]

"Horses for courses" I recently paid to have white tips removed from a pair of Harrison rods, hate them

White on its own is quite difficult to see against a cloudy sky being reflected off the water. White stripes on a black background works very well and doesn’t mess with your peripheral vision
White and orange is very good and visible on most backgrounds too