long distance feeder rods

[dutchman]

Hello I'm a angler From Holland. I use for long distance angling the Preston Dutch master rods. I have the normal 13,8 that troughs weight until 80 grams and a distance with good weather of 70-80 meters. The other Preston is the Dutch master 13,8 100 grams. With good weather it troughs until 100 meters. Both rods are very flexible and you can put a lot of presure on it. The tips are very good a you have new tips for a price of 25 euro.

 

I have also testet the Preston 14,2 dutchmaster 130 gram were i have get a distance of 112 meter. These rods are used a lot on the Amsterdam Rijn canal. Arnout van der Stadt of Preston Holland have won a lot af fishing games with this type of rod.

 

For questions about this send me a pm

[John Weddup]

Hello Dutchman

 

thankyou for taking the time to reply, very interesting I have seen the preston rods and am impressed with their ability. Its nice to know they really can cast as far as preston claim.

 

Also a welcome to you on your first post here. I am sure if you keep visiting us here you will learn something usefull to help you in holland.

 

Best regards

 

John

[Anderoo]

I have used mine once at a gravel pit last November, but didn't catch anything on them. They pinged out a 2oz lead+Pva bag just shy of 80 yards without really trying though, so I was really impressed. I also used one at the zander fish-in - they make very nice zed rods!

 

They cast further and more accurately than my (old and soft) 2.25lb tc carp rods, it's all in the action

 

I use them with bobbins.

 

I'm going to be using them properly (and hopefully catching some fish on them) this weekend, so I may have more to add then.

 

I have to amend a point in my previous reply - the 80-yard test cast mentioned above was with an unbaited rig. When I was at the lake at the weekend I got to the spot where I did it and remembered properly.

 

I have just given them a good work-out though. Unfortunately I can't say what they're like with a big bream on the end, but they are really excellent tench rods. I was fishing a 2oz flat lead plus about 6" of PVA stocking, and was fishing at about 60yards. The wind was strong and kept swinging from one direction to another, but I didn't suffer from any loss of accuracy. When casting, the rods are quite stiff and recover very quickly - just what you need on a windswept pit. To reach my 60 yards spots I wasn't properly winding them up, but I felt that I could have done and the rod would have coped just fine. I reckon I could have put another 10 yards on my cast, and a better caster may reach 80 yards, which is pretty good for a 1.75lb tc rod.

 

Despite their stiffness, they are very nice for playing fish. Though slightly tippy, they have a nice through action and bend all the way down the rod when you get a fish in close. Under the rod tip (which is where the tench went bananas) you can hang on and let the tench tire themselves out without fear of hook pulls.

 

I'm really relieved! I was hoping they'd do what they said, but this was their first proper test. They are spot on for this type of fishing. And the olive green blank and cork handles look very nice when they're sitting in the rests

[tincatinca]

Just got my computer back working after several weeks and several re-boots to get rid of a virus which kept re directing me when using internet banking but what an interesting subject. The difference in the action and performance of rods with similar test curves can be considerable and as many have stated, to achieve distance with accuracy needs the right tools to do the job and whilst I have several rods from 1.5lb upwards, but to fish at distances around 80 plus yards into strong cross or head on winds with a heavy feeder, I have found that the only rods I possess that will do an effective job are my Daiwa amorphous whisker 2.3/4s. Whilst I have other rods which will hit the distance, they are softer in action and the accuracy suffers, particularly when trying to deliver a lighter payload in wind affected conditions. Whilst it may go against the grain for many to utilise such heavy gear and certainly it can make the difference on the day.

[Kappa]

I have to amend a point in my previous reply - the 80-yard test cast mentioned above was with an unbaited rig. When I was at the lake at the weekend I got to the spot where I did it and remembered properly.

 

I have just given them a good work-out though. Unfortunately I can't say what they're like with a big bream on the end, but they are really excellent tench rods. I was fishing a 2oz flat lead plus about 6" of PVA stocking, and was fishing at about 60yards. The wind was strong and kept swinging from one direction to another, but I didn't suffer from any loss of accuracy. When casting, the rods are quite stiff and recover very quickly - just what you need on a windswept pit. To reach my 60 yards spots I wasn't properly winding them up, but I felt that I could have done and the rod would have coped just fine. I reckon I could have put another 10 yards on my cast, and a better caster may reach 80 yards, which is pretty good for a 1.75lb tc rod.

 

Despite their stiffness, they are very nice for playing fish. Though slightly tippy, they have a nice through action and bend all the way down the rod when you get a fish in close. Under the rod tip (which is where the tench went bananas) you can hang on and let the tench tire themselves out without fear of hook pulls.

 

I'm really relieved! I was hoping they'd do what they said, but this was their first proper test. They are spot on for this type of fishing. And the olive green blank and cork handles look very nice when they're sitting in the rests

 

I too used mine for the first time. They performed admirably! I was in a very windy swim but they cast really accurately even with a large PVA bag. Casting out a single hook bait (so that I could find my line marker and clip back up) was a doddle and I was getting 70-80 yards with a gentle overhead flick (12lb line, 2oz inline lead). At some point this season I will be really testing their distance capabilities when I fish an area I want to try of around 90 yards.

 

They were great for playing tench, I didn't feel I was going to pull the hook out of any fish and they had a lovely through action when I needed to put the pressure on!

 

Anderoo may be able to compare the 1.75 and 2lb versions as he had a quick go with my rod.

 

Rich

[John Weddup]

Very interesting and encouraging.

 

I got my new 1.75lb rod on Wednesday.

 

Tried a few casts on a field with my normal feeder filled with groundbait and did not acheive anything better than my 12ft 10 drennan drx river feeders. Infact my 13ft 10 would go further.

 

I also felt the rod to be very stiff.

 

Fished with rod on sunday and was chucking a little further than tip rod but my friend, who is technique and theory perfect, reckoned my casting leaves a lot to be desired.

 

He was using a 1lb test curve fox specialist with a preston dutcmaster feeder and flicking it so easily to 60yds plus. he then picked up my set up and promptly cracked off first cast.

 

This means I need to improve my casting and start to use shock leaders.

 

I did enjoy using bobbin again and caught far more smaller bream on this rod than the one with tip on. I guess the lack of resistance and ability to take more line before deciding to strike helped. I also caught several nice roach on same setup.

 

I had 4 bream of about 6lbs, 3 on the new rod. It felt a bit stiff but I use a high tech mainline (tubertini gorrilla feeder) and no shock leader. I guess after so long fishing very light feeder rods etc I now need to build in some shock absorbency into the setup.

 

I do however feel that when I get to grips with some proper big fish the rod will be ideal. I will happily sit and fish all night on rivers with tip rods and betalights etc but stillwater fishing, at night, is about alarms and bobbins. I do intend to have a few sessions before the river season opens so this rod and another will be what I use. I do wish there was a 1.5lb version or similar make. I initially thought I would add a 2lb version but this one is stiff enough.

 

So the new rod is christened and with better technique and end tackle to suitI am sure it will help on the reservoirs that are so clear and wide. The venue I fished this weekend and the last couple is a carp anglers lake really. its about 20 acres and some swims get camped in for the week. The carp are not that abundant but the bream are everwhere. The problem here is there is an old stream bed that runs through the lake and that is where the bigger bream lie. From a popular carp swim its abouit 50 yards which is fine until a carper sits there for 5 days or more.

 

It can be reached from the other bank but its an 80yard cast. I have since april 1st when I joined caught several big bream bags when the odd other silver fish angler struggles. this is due to my reservoir fishing over the last few years. The big chuck is needed.

 

There are bream to low doubles here and weighing fish you expect to be 4lbs and find they are 6 do to the width I quite beleive it. Another lake has bream witnessed by a cagey carp angler friend to 17 4 also needs my attention.

 

thanks for all help and advice its most welcome

 

best regards

 

john