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If I were a barbel I'd take your bait just because your pin looked soooo good 😉. That's a great picture

Never used on the river yet as use another but again a vote for the speedia wide deluxe cracking reel for the money. Great character reels to

The consensus on here is that the acrolyte plus is a bit under gunned for whiskers. Dave I wrote that before your above reply! Not in response 👍

Yeah I personally use 14/15ft however if in the water length not as crucial. I've got a diawa connoisseur 15ft but yet to use with barbel had chub and carp on it. Not crazy light by acrolyte standards but any barbel Contender won't be in my eyes. The barbel I caught were using an browning...

Hi Pete and welcome. I've only just returned and haven't barbel fished for 2 years! I love many hours away frustratingly. Looking to go this week if river behaves. I've done a bit of float work. What I'd say is there's plenty of info and discussions already on here do a few searches. There...

Ah the elusive mullet! Not as prolific in North Devon as their cornish cousins unfortunately! Fished for them exclusively a few years back now in the summer season on the fly! After 3-4 months effort I hooked to big girls and lost them promptly after! I did catch a golden grey eventually. I did...

Rich I'll keep you updated on my limited use of the connoisseur if any use. Ived Used a lot of decent rods including the actolyte plus cheers Jon

Thanks Neil, obviously no regular but was optimistic with this week's coming forecast saving tomorrow its looks dry daily and I was hopeful the rivers would drop a fair bit in a weeks time. I'll message you thank you j

Evening all I wanted to ask a bit of friendly advise please about guiding the warks Avon. I'm not expecting any hidden secrets etc. I'm finally getting my arse back on the rivers after 2 years absence from the wye! I'm based in North Devon so have to travel. Anyway end of next week and the...

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Thanks nick that's good to know. I do think we (me) can sometimes become a tad obsessed with our equipment. Thinking back to what we used to use etc. It'll be perfect for the job and no doubt I'll catch some and lose some time like I would on any other rod. Hoping to get out in a few weekends...

OK thanks the last link 3rd was the heavy duty rubber style poncho the real deal 👌

I owned a acrolyte plus but never used it on the rivers (15ft) I personally found it a bit under gunned that said in was catching carp. Into low double figures so probably not the tool for the job! I would say as a chub rod it'll do the job nicely. That said as mentioned the diawa 15ft...

Finally https://www.varusteleka.com/en/product/bw-rain-poncho-rubberized-surplus/1158?country=GB&gclid=Cj0KCQiAmKiQBhClARIsAKtSj-n0MyK1r0HaS4N16zlgueqEWUJ5e8R-lwLW5qT1PVrgvwtroS0R_poaAvJ0EALw_wcB

US and even cheaper and lighter! https://www.military1st.co.uk/08524b-mfh-us-poncho-ripstop-od-green.html?gclid=Cj0KCQiAmKiQBhClARIsAKtSj-ke9rIyBil6HgZhqeVpeMOKwZRC_8iHPmBsSUo1qLa59WRgppgHEjwaAp0DEALw_wcB

Not US military but snug pack. And only 360 grams may look to get one myself...

Fished the diawa connoisseur today for chub felt and preformed great. Held it all day not issues whatsoever with a bad wrist to boot. 1 vote for the connoisseur

Thanks Anthony I guess that'll be the problem with pretty much any float rod. I couldn't steer a few bigger fish in the wye last year on 1 3/4 test rod and 12lb line in the flow. I wasn't coding near a visible snag but the fish got into an under water one.

Thanks gents really appreciate you taking the time to reply. I could be looking for the golden egg as I've also got a browning 15ft carp match rod which I've taken barbel comfortably on. I've not tried the connoisseur out on the river yet but thought it might be lighter in terms of power. So...

Ah my bad thank you I thought they did. I guess it'll be the 14ft #3 then. It's a funny one as got a few float rods. A lot of the time if you can get in the river and wade the length isn't as important but like longer rods now for mending they line etc