Terry Eustace big tench blank

[Steven Sweet]

I was wondering if anyone knew what rod blank these used and their T.C.

In my searching I found that the terry eustace carp rods were built on conoflex blanks, but I couldn't find anything on the small or big tench rods.

 

[Ian Jarvis]

I was wondering if anyone knew what rod blank these used and their T.C.

In my searching I found that the terry eustace carp rods were built on conoflex blanks, but I couldn't find anything on the small or big tench rods.

Spoke to Eric who used to build Terry's rods for him the big Tench was built on a 1.6 lb test curve Conoflex blank hope that helps.

 

[Tim Marks]

Spoke to Eric who used to build Terry's rods for him the big Tench was built on a 1.6 lb test curve Conoflex blank hope that helps.

That squares with my recollection from talking to Terry.

I had a pair from him in about 1979. One got nicked, I still have the other one.

 

[Julian Marshall]

I still use mine a lot & it's quite a favourite after many years!

 

[Martin Mumby]

Still got 2 of these if anybody is interested?

 

[Steven Sweet]

I'm tempted, but it's the conoflex 150/7 I'm looking for at the moment. (I got to see a few classics my Dad has and really liked the feel of the 150/7 and his carbon kevlars)

I've heard Terry used a lot of conoflex blanks, does anyone know if he built any rods on the 150/7 (11ft, 2.5lb, soft action)?

 

[Tim Marks]

I might have one of his early catalogues somewhere. I will try and find it (but it won’t be for a day or two).

 

[Nick Duffy]

I have a T24 gathering dust that will never get used . Inherited. If anyone is interested

 

[Steven Sweet]

If my memory of trawling forum posts is correct the T24 is based on the 150/8 blank (11'6", 1.75lb, fast taper)

 

[Ady Brayshaw]

I owned a pair of these for a while. Purchased second hand, brown hollow glass and built by Terry Eustace. I recollect a test curve of 1.25 lb at 11 feet. From comments here maybe I'm wrong. I used the rod for barbel on my local river and the fish certainly put a bend in the rod. The 'power' of the blank seemed nowhere near 1.75 lb tc. I eventually sold them to someone from Germany.

 

[Peter Hayes]

 

[Peter Hayes]

I've searched for years for a T80 11ft Chub rod but never even seen a picture of one.

 

[Steven Sweet]

It's amazing how much info on old rods gets lost to time or is re-told differently. I had no idea there was a T24a and the posts I'd read about the LR carp talked about it being 11'6".

Side note: Managed to dig up the listings for Glass blanks on the conoflex website circa 2001-2003

 

[Ralph Harris]

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Thanks for posting this, I have both the barbel and the barbel leger. The barbel leger being a lovely rod I’ve had from new. The barbel I acquired a couple of years ago and I’m not so happy with it. When I was looking for it I thought it would be the barbel leger but without the quivertip spliced in, I don’t think this is the case.