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Not something I would argue with. But the rsm no doubt would not hesitate!

Probably not allowed these days but here goes. An old bull was watching a herd of heifers in the next field. His son said, if we get a move on we could look after a few of those. Dad replied, true but if we take our time we could look after all of them. Right guys, been nice knowing you and...

Is it time now to repeat the old Bernard miles story?

Cheers for that Richard, all makes sense. Apart from the sportex the most Cw I have seen, as you say, is. 15g. But with a polaris that needs a weight to cock it plus there is the feeder. At one time I bought weights down to 10g and used a 10 g polaris but tbh it doesn't matter too much. As...

Did you move this on Steve?

Ps. Sportex do an avon at 10 or 10.6 which has a cw of 90 g. Sadly only Glasgow angling do them but I would love to see one. My peregrine avon is excellent pared with a polaris too.

I am not saying what Germans say is correct merely that I know, when selling to them 50 years ago quality was paramount and price came 2nd. I expect it different now but then , when Germany was an industrial powerhouse, quality was all. I bought the sportex barbel and it showed that they were...

That's brilliant Richard. Given me loads to ponder. Thank you.

Got to remember Richard they are German rods. They were never sold here. The feeder is 4 oz and will do it too. I put 2x2oz bombs on just to see. The 40g float will chuck a loaded 30g feeder 30 yards with no difficulty. They are both 12ft rods.

Ps. The sportex excl float has a casting weight of 40g. That's more than I have seen on many floats, but as a power float with polaris its great. Will the legacy rods compare I wonder?

I find this discussion most interesting. I rarely fish simply using a float . Whilst I use a float rod, it is usually attached inter alia to a polaris float. One of the best imho is the tsi specialist 12ft. Correctly set, the rod gives almost a quivertip reaction thus providing a second...

I took my pal who owns a fishing tackle shop to my favourite club water where he fished to silvers lake. He had everything, a day beyond his dreams. Tench crutians brea m roach and even gudgeon. I have not seen one for 60+ years

discounted on ebay with free postage. Does that seem right?

Had my first dip of the year yesterday. Happy to be back!

Yes found it. The forerunner of the tsi I think. If you ever decide to part with the 11, please let me know Cliff. I really like the12. Cracking rod when paired with a polaris float.

Cheers Graham. I will delve into that.

I read it yesterday. Thanks for that Cliff. Fully recovered now I hope. I am on the bank for the first time on Tuesday. Wow, really missed it.

I have a very nice 12ft barbel specialist. I did have an 11 which I sold . I rather regret that now but however I have read about an avon version. I presume this to be the 1.2 11ft but does anyone know if there was an actual defined avon?

Should walk away very quickly Graham.