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I don't have an issue with the power of the newer Freespirits. They've got plenty of grunt down the blank for decent sized fish. Their downfall is that the action isn't tippy enough for my preferences in trotting rods.

Not my idea of fun either. Largely useless combined with a centrepin the way I use them. I don't want a metallic reel seat on a float rod. Same goes for those fitted to Hardy Marksman and the original Preston Carbonactive Asaki float rods.

The original Air AGS match rods were largely ignored. On the face of it, the Air AGS Z replaced the Tournament reel seat (which is no bad thing) with an Alps reel seat and little more. I'm a little puzzled as to why the Air AGS Z is gaining so much traction. Despite the line rating, I wouldn't...

Slot it in side on and one of the Greys rig board/float sleeves slots in nicely in front of it. I've never used one of the Greys rig boards yet. IIRC, I've got one of the large ones and one of the mini ones somewhere.

I use the small Klip Lok in a Drennan Specialist Roving bag when I fish the river. The big Klip Lok goes in a Greys Prodigy On The Move bag when fishing stillwaters. I get set in my ways and don't like change much. I've got spares for the bags and spare boxes too. The latest Korum bag doesn't...

I used a couple of the earlier Korum Bait and Bits bags to destruction. I then moved on to the Greys Prodigy On The Move Bags. I've used one to destruction and I'm using my second one currently. They discontinued those a few years back. I managed to get a final new old stock one about two years...

https://barbel.co.uk/forum/threads/wanted-drennan-acolyte-11ft-ultra-shimano-aero-xr-c3000-reel.22383/

https://barbel.co.uk/forum/threads/11ft-2-piece-drennan-acolyte-ultra-float-rod.22505/

Are you thinking of the Titanium Trotters? Closer to being Crystal Avons than Crystal Loafers.

I routinely cut down bolo floats. However, five feet is a pretty deep swim on the rivers, or parts of rivers, I'm fishing regularly. I don't think I have a single bolo float that I've not taken at least a couple of centimetres off. However, any problems you might foresee with long floats is...

I've seen them discussed on another forum. However, I don't recall anyone admitting to owning one or having fished with one.

Dave Harrell No3 Bolo in 4g are one of my go to floats especially in faster, shallower or broken water. In deeper and smoother flowing glides, I'm likely to choose a float with a less bulbous body. Andrew Burt's 4.5g model and various 3 and 4g Dave Harrell Bolo floats (No1, No2 and No6) find...

I butchered a very tatty old Daiwa Matchwinner Spliced Tip about five years back. I wanted a Fuji reel seat and hard EVA handle that I couldn't get from Guides & Blanks. Tackle24 had a much wider choice at the time, and it was pre-Brexit. I bought from them for the first time (and expected it to...

Disregard my last.

I'm afraid not, at least not that I'm aware of. I never take my phone/camera with me when I wade.

Vince, Are you sure that you're going to hook barbel regularly enough to put up with having a big net attached to yourself? I am making an educated guess about where you might be fishing and the likelihood of using long banksticks in the water. I'm spending increasing amounts of time on the...

Future Fishing have gone out of business. I've not managed to find the video since. All it really did was show the incremental power difference between Ultra, Plus and Specimen Acolyte rods.

I never said anything about breaking them, just that the green ones are slightly more flexible than the white ones. I prefer the slightly stiffer white ones. I have both white and green pre and post "MPH". (I've even got at least one of the originals, minus the sticker.) I can't discern any...

The Exceed disgorgers on eBay are not copies. They are still produced by WHT Mouldings. The only difference is that the daughter of the original owners has taken on the company after a fallow period. I have been using the Exceed disgorgers since they first came to market. At that time, they...

I rather like the newer Freespirit Hi-S. However, I don't trot with either (15/17') of mine. The action is better suited to chucking wagglers about on stillwaters. For trotting for better fish, I'd sooner use an Acolyte Specimen. If/when Drennan bring out a 17' Acolyte Specimen, I may have a...