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I give in ("Oops there is a problem" error msg.) trying to attach photos. Measurements are:- 10k- diameter 60.9mm, line lay 25.3mm 6k- dia. 54.8, line lay 25.2 to 26.3mm depn. on how much spool is filled.

Seems I can measure stuff but not attach photos easily...

Steve, All have near identical line lay ( I think the diff.s shown here are due to diff. degree of spool-fill). Are they identical? Probably not, as you might be able to see from the line lay on the 10k spool that is on a 6k body. It's a little bit tapered towards the front, but not noticeable...

Hopefully photo now here. L to R: 10k spool on 6k, 8k on 6k and 6k on 10k reel

Hi Alan, Yes 6000 (which was newer name for as 4500...which had spools labeled R4.5) spools fit 10000s. Photo shows 10k spool on a 4500, 8000 spool on a 6010 and 4500/6010/R4.5 spool on an XTE10000. I believe 4010/5010 spools might not (smaller rotor on a 4500/6010 body)? PS. Why? I generally...

I dunno what a 110g big feeder weighs when loaded, but 1.75 tip lobs it OK and 2.25 casts it OK for me

And they've turned up today, each with two tips that are different (1.6 and 1.9mm od), phew. Thanks for the info of where to find some stock Steve.

On that basis Terry, this might be an even easier solution (ca*p-sized Enterprise holder "persuaded" onto tip-ring)?

Steve, They don't have any more in stock ...I just bought the last two 😉

Sorry...not clear...I should have said "...and the other 50% are marked 1.75lb"

Hi. 50% are marked (under the epoxy) 2.25lb, but all four are identical. Where did you buy yours? I'm willing to try again but Billy Clarke Tackle have no more (PS. They gave been very good about this and offered immediate refund).

Out of interest are your 1.75 and 2.25lb tips different diameters? I'm just sending a pair of these rods back as all four tips are approx. 1.6mm od and the replacements Fox sent to the shop are also same diameter. Another customers tips were checked as 1.6mm for 1.75 and 1.9mm for the 2.25s...

Darren, thanks that's good to know. I don't suppose you've got a vernier and could measure the diameter of yours so I can determine if I've got 4x2.25 or (as I reckon) 4x1.75 tips*? I've got average of 1.6mm just below tip ring, 3.0mm above third guide and 5.7 above fifth guide. All four...

So. I measured all four top section at four places at 90° intervals and all are within a fraction of a % the same average diameter. Then I loaded all four up to 1.75lb. They all deflected the same amount and the curves all looked identical. The tips were not quite at 90° to butt. I compared...

Two Fox Horizon X4 Twin Tip rods arrived. Apart from the lettering (1.75 and 2.25) I couldn't tell the tips apart. So I measured three identical points on each top (each end and middle, avoiding epoxied areas) and the diameters are very similar. Then I supported each butt horizontally/equally...

After a number of experiments I've landed upon (pun intended) a two- section telescopic pole with a wire hook gaffa-taped to the thin end of the outer pole. I've used it a lot over the last two winters Grayling fishing. The hook is to hang it from the top of your chest waders behind you...

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Unexpected purchase tonight. Looked they might be reserve perch rod candidates so I took a risk. Under the 1980's ultracult Matt black paint is Watford Carp Cellar and "CT Carp" 11 ft 1 1/4TC" logos with " carbon" inked on blank. Ground blank, fairly slim. Through action (probably softer and...

...turns out they spin quite well. First spin was 3 mins and a second. That's a bit better than an open-cage steel bearing I have in my other identical reel. But jeez they're noisy. I'm going to use braid on a trotting reel for first time and I expect that running through twenty-odd rings on a...

Thanks. Logical. I think that's how I put them in and see how it spins