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Okay, well my suggestions based on what I use and enjoy (in addition to various Acolytes) would be a Maver Signature Pro Classic Float (I’ve got a 15’er but they made them in 14, 15 and 16’) a Browning Sphere Spliced Tip Rod or maybe a Daiwa Spectron Spliced Tip Rod.

Aye, understood. But realistically, what else is there? If you’re prepared to wait and watch carefully there are better alternatives, but not new.

I’ve got a 17’ Acolyte Lee, and although it is a little more niche, it’s a very good trotting rod. If you can keep that and get either a 13’ or 15’ Acolyte Plus, you’d be up and running. Well, up and trotting I guess 😅

Come out Duncan, the game’s up!!

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

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

I am not saying they are flat-out the best, just that solely in terms of that equation they come out on top every time.

I’ve not tried one either (Tri-Cast that is), but it’s another suggestion Steven. When all is said and done, there’s a reason why there’s not much else other than the Acolyte range, and it’s a simple equation: in terms of availability, usability and bang for your buck, there’s nothing better.

Tri-Cast Trilogy X or XS?

Welcome Richard, I’m nowhere near the SW but plenty of guys here will set you right 👍🏻

Yup, and I also said it was basically an Acolyte Plus. I have it on good authority that Drennan gave it the “Carp Waggler” moniker for nothing other than commercial reasons 🤷🏻‍♂️

I’m sure it does. The Acolytes I use for grayling are the 11’ Carp Waggler (basically an 11’ plus when wading) and the 17’ model. The 17’ is brilliant but a funny action compared to the others. Not that it’s bad mind you, just different. I mainly use the 13’6” Sphere though, which no Acolyte...

I know it’s all about taste and preference, but I’d have thought a waggler rod wouldn’t be the right sort of action for trotting for grayling.

Another vote for the 13'6" Sphere, Steven. They certainly surface more frequently than the 15'6" (much to my enduring chagrin), so worth keeping your powder dry and waiting on one (and they are very, very good) :)👍

The 13'er is 2mm tip ring, so I assume the same for the 14'er.

Ahh hahahaaa!!! “Any luck mate?” “Just a second maaaate…”

Korum Komode Blox anyone? 💩

You’d need curtains of course… 🤣

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Just a short bar to crank it perhaps?