A good float rod please?

[Matt Shaw]

I must agree with the Bradford Angler. I bought a Shimano hyperloop 13ft two months ago. It is fantastic, well balanced (with a shimano catana reel), fast action and lots of power. I use it on commercial waters with the waggler and have landed fish (carp) up to 9lb. It cost £34.99. Bargian

 

Matt

[RUDD]

Save up and get the Drennan Tench mark III is all you do is float fish.

Retails at 134.00 but you can shop around and get one for about 114.00

I know blokes who wont part with the original or the mark II designs.

I myself use a Drennan super specialist for tench fishing but it is an allrounder (heavy float fishing or feeder fishing for Tench, bream, chub and barbel.

I also use mine for carp fishing and had a 17lb ghostie on 8lb line last week!

This is a great rod - belive me!!!!!!!!

This retails at the same price as the Tench rod.

[Tyke]

Not had my Tench float rod out for a while until i read this post.

So today i fished 4lb beyer perlon line /16 hook/brandling and sweetcorn bait under a puddle chucker float and had me a 10lb 10oz mirror and boy did it go.

Stripped lots of line off but the Drennan Tench rod handled it superbly.

By the way how do i tell what version my rod is?

Mk 2 or 3?

[RUDD]

Tyke

 

the mark III has : Drennan super tench mark III on the blank.

 

I think the original was the drennan tench.

The second version : The drennan super tench

And now there is the super tench mark III

which I have seen in my local tackle shop.

[awaaar]

above the price range, but I recently bought a Abu Conolon (haggled to £115) - I have never used a better rod, IM8 carbon allows you to feel everything the fish is upto, saving up for a the matching feeder rod now, I think those are £100

[wunnus]

Why not go for an older, hand built, glass fibre rod from a car boot...£10 tops.

 

Still it does'nt come with any guarantee of a catch.