Dan Whitelock
Senior Member
Hi all,
With the cold weather looming and me being in danger of becoming dangerously obsessed with chasing the big barbel on my local river, I'm going to be needing the odd respite from it. I've been Piking for years but have always used carp rods. Now I'm all grown up and moved out, my Dad has inherrited my Pike gear and I'm left without. I don't fish vast distances on pits, most of my Piking is done in the Fenland drains or on the Middle Great Ouse, however I do have the odd session on stillwaters.
So can anyone suggest a half decent, but not budget busting, rod for deadbaiting? Most of the dedicated bait rods I've found are 3lb tc+ with a hefty price tag, I was thinking more 2.25-2.5lb tc for the type of fishing I do.
Ta muchly,
Dan
With the cold weather looming and me being in danger of becoming dangerously obsessed with chasing the big barbel on my local river, I'm going to be needing the odd respite from it. I've been Piking for years but have always used carp rods. Now I'm all grown up and moved out, my Dad has inherrited my Pike gear and I'm left without. I don't fish vast distances on pits, most of my Piking is done in the Fenland drains or on the Middle Great Ouse, however I do have the odd session on stillwaters.
So can anyone suggest a half decent, but not budget busting, rod for deadbaiting? Most of the dedicated bait rods I've found are 3lb tc+ with a hefty price tag, I was thinking more 2.25-2.5lb tc for the type of fishing I do.
Ta muchly,
Dan