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Number of rods and reels

Adam Wylie

Senior Member & Supporter
Hi all,
probably been done before but Hey !Ho!
come on lads and ladies ,don’t be shy 😁how many rods and reels do you have ????🤔
I am happy to say I have thinned mine all down to just 10 ,6 custom built and 4 off the shelf.
each rod has a reels to suit,so 10 reels.
just a bit of Fun.
 
Hi all,
probably been done before but Hey !Ho!
come on lads and ladies ,don’t be shy 😁how many rods and reels do you have ????🤔
I am happy to say I have thinned mine all down to just 10 ,6 custom built and 4 off the shelf.
each rod has a reels to suit,so 10 reels.
just a bit of Fun.
Not sure how many,but i have 2 lovely rods and 2 lovely reels😉
 
Hi all,
probably been done before but Hey !Ho!
come on lads and ladies ,don’t be shy 😁how many rods and reels do you have ????🤔
I am happy to say I have thinned mine all down to just 10 ,6 custom built and 4 off the shelf.
each rod has a reels to suit,so 10 reels.
just a bit of Fun.
Just the 10? Your slacking man
 
Hi all,
probably been done before but Hey !Ho!
come on lads and ladies ,don’t be shy 😁how many rods and reels do you have ????🤔
I am happy to say I have thinned mine all down to just 10 ,6 custom built and 4 off the shelf.
each rod has a reels to suit,so 10 reels.
just a bit of Fun.
Can’t confess that sort of info on a forum Adam, if a leak occurred and the current Mrs W found out 😱🤣🤣
 
Funnily enough I tidied my garage last weekend having recently acquired a lock up to store my boat in and as part of that activity I bought a rod storage rack to store my rods in both with and without reels attached in necessary. Therefore I know exactly what I have and the list is as follows in approximately chronological order:

A twelve foot vintage tank aerial that was my dads.
A nine foot hand built solid glass that was my dads.
A seven foot hand built solid glass that was my dads and my first ever weapon of choice for gudgeon.
A nine foot hollow glass all rounder which was the first rod I ever bought.
A thirteen foot sigma supra carbon match float rod.
A twenty two foot roach pole.
A seven foot solid glass 50 lb class boat rod and small multiplier.
A seven foot carbon 20 lb class ugly stick boat rod and penn sea boy multiplier.
A seven foot John Wilson 50 lb class boat rod and penn sea boy multiplier.
Two eleven foot daiwa carbon carp rods at 1 1/2 test curve.
A light carbon custom built eight foot quiver tip.
A John Wilson twin tip Avon.
A custom built barbel quiver based on the same rod as the two light carp rods above.
A northwestern barbel quiver.
A custom built 2 1/2 lb carp rod that I use for river piking these days.
Two Harrison avons at 1lb 6oz twinned with vintage youngs rapidex ( one of which I bought on here recently )
Two Harrison avons at 1lb 10oz twinned with fox stratos 7000s.
One fourteen foot Diwali specimen float rod twinned with a light okuma reel.
One seven weight fly rod and reel.
Two 2 1/2 lb pike rods twinned with a couple of cheap big pit reels that I use for pike but originally bought for carp.
One heavy jerk bait rod twinned with a multiplier and 80 lb braid.
One light jerk bait rod twinned with a small okuma multiplier and 30 lb braid.

I also have about 20 odd Mitchell, intrepid, and some unnamed centre pin reels that never get used.

I haven’t bought a rod or reel (rapidex aside) for well over ten years now so may treat myself to a couple of shimmy’s to replace the stratos that are beginning to feel their age now.

Nice thread, that was fun !
 
6 dedicated barbel rods and reels, numerous float and avon style rods for all other requirements plus the mandatory two carp rods !
 
2 Free Spirit 2 1/4 Specialist Advanced and 2 5000 XTEA’s for all my barbel fishing,never feel under/over gunned fishing the Upper Trent,Severn and occasionally the Wye 👍👍👍
Plus various Drennan ,Tricast and Harrison rods for my float and pike fishing
 
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