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Floodwater Rod Recommendations?

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Steven Palmer

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Hi All,

ANy comments or recommendations for decent floodwater rods?

If possible I'd like slightly longer 14ft or 15ft models :)

Cheers,

Steven.
 
longer ? other than match rods for stick & bolo etc, which are far too soft for floodwater barbel etc. they only other thing i can think of is a surf caster type rod.
 
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Only 2 I can think of:
Wychwood Maximiser 13' Here
Fox Extreme 15' Here

The links uploaded are only to give you an idea try searching around for a bargin..
Clive
 
I know Harrison were doing a 15ft Barbel blank with the trent in mind but I don't seem to see it on the custom builder sites any more, Bob?
 
There isn't a vast choice, in fact there's probably only one choice unless you go custom build. Fox Duo-Lite Xtreme.
Tend to use mine on the Trent whether there's extra water in or not. Despite the outlandish TC rating they aren't numb and it's still fun playing smaller barbel, chub or half decent bream.
There's a similarly rated 12' version for flood work on smaller venues.
clicky.
 
Thanks for the info. guys, the Fox ones look like a good discount, and if they are reasonabky decent could be the ones to go for.

Cheers,

Steven,
 
Supposed to be quite good.
 
Ian Crook said:
I know Harrison were doing a 15ft Barbel blank with the trent in mind but I don't seem to see it on the custom builder sites any more, Bob?
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They made a few prototypes, but never went into production, shame really.
 
Climax tackle do the fox rod for 99.99
 
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to steve,
the lads have gave you good advise, may be if you contact harrisons
rods and see if they give you a good price for a build rod of that spec
but it may cost you good luck, eddie:)
 
Hi Steve,
Send me a message and i will give you Dr S Harrisons email adderss. He will give you all the information you need. I use one of his flood rods and it's one hell of a piece of kit.
Soft in the tip for showing bites but will cast an 8oz feeder full of pellet across the Thames. Good for playing fish as well.
Paul.
 
I use a pair of the 15ft fox rods for the Trent for floodwater or far bank fishing.

They are an excellent buy for this purpose.
 
Why do floodwater rods seem/ or have to be longer than normal rods.Is it for casting ,keeping the line out of the water or making sure you can see your isotopes when the river rises.
 
Most flood rods are 12 or 11ft.
 
David Kelly said:
Why do floodwater rods seem/ or have to be longer than normal rods.Is it for casting ,keeping the line out of the water or making sure you can see your isotopes when the river rises.
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I only use the fifteen footers on the Trent. It doesn't have to be flooded for me to use it. If I want the option of chucking a big lead/feeder a long way or if I need to keep as much line as possible out of the water, they'll come out to play. So it's a combination of casting (big lead/long distance) and keeping line out of the water for me.
 
Pretty much as Cris outlines for me too. If I were to use 15ft Rods it would be mainly for keeping line out of the water so enabling better lead hold on the bottom in stronger flows / at a further distance away. I just elevate my rods either on the pod or fish high on the flood bank where suitable.

The ability to cast further because of the use of a longer rod is not necessarily a given, one might need practice first. But how far does one need to chuck?
 
when i set my 12ft neoteics correctly at near max hight on trafford/korum barbel pods they must be near on if over 15ft in hight:)
 
You dont need the extra length for casting. I can chuck close on 90m with my 11' 2lb TC Sportex Carp Rods (tho' rarely cast more than 20m with them as they are for small lakes). Some years back, Jim Gibbinson did an article on carp rods and casting, and the optimum length for casting by a six footer was 12ft 6inches....

The testcurve and action (not length) dictates what lead/weight you can hurl.

So the only benefit for the longer rod is keeping line out of the water, which may mean you could use a lighter lead for any given situation.
 
Its not all about chucking to the far bank etc with a fox 15, you can fish close in with them too. This is great in some pegs as a Barbel makes a run for the nearside rocks you have the length to haul them out, you dont get that with shorter rods.
There is a well known peg on the Tidal Trent, that to fish it well you have to launch it as far as possible, the fox 15 is the only off the shelf rod that can do this with ease. I bought the rod to allow me to fish nigh on any situation i was to come across on the Trent and it did just that. Admittedly its not everyones cup of tea and a definate try before you buy.
 
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