Nigel Whittingham
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Yeah, it’s the same weight as the 15ft daiwa, and less powerful I assume? I believe this is due to the extension. My experience is that the rod with an extension tends to be heavier, you may also noticed that the 12ft is heavier than the 13ftAt 14ft the avenger is as heavy as my 15ft daiwa rod which I thought was a bit on the heavy side as far as modern rods go.
I'm surprised at that, I expected them to be more inline with the drennan acolyte rods.
Tournament pro bu. Very well balanced rod.I'm not overly worried about weight, it's how it feels in use with a suitable reel attached. What Daiwa 15 do you have Huanzhou?
I’m with you there 100% jon the only weight in a float rod especially on the longer side that I’d be interested in is sections separatelyI'm not overly worried about weight, it's how it feels in use with a suitable reel attached. What Daiwa 15 do you have Huanzhou?
They are a cracking rodTournament pro bu. Very well balanced rod.
I've got a 14ft Conny XP and a 14ft original Avenger.
Not used either yet sorry to say.
The power version of conny is a really powerful and well balanced rod, I tried it in the shop another day and very impressed.I think the power version of the daiwa conny 14ft model is 205 grames.
I've no idea how powerful the Avenger 14ft rod is, but it wouldn't surprise me if the conny has the edge on it.
I'm certainely not slating a rod i've never even seen (in the normark avenger) i'm just saying I would have thought the latest models would be a lot lighter.
Regarding rod weights, I never used to give a monkeys about the weight of a rod, but having used the acolytes for some time now I really do notice the difference when I use a another make of rod which is heavier.
When I use a 13ft acolyte plus it feels much nicer than the 13ft acolyte specimen...mad as that may sound.
For me the lighter rod makes trotting a float a much better experience in numerous ways.
The latest 14 ft power float from Preston is extremely similar to an Sm2xp in terms of stiffness and action type.Daiwa spectron 14 sm2.