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Post by squideyebarnes on Mar 18, 2007 15:40:15 GMT
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Post by squideyebarnes on Mar 18, 2007 15:48:11 GMT
I bloody hope so  |
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Post by dean macey on Mar 18, 2007 15:58:36 GMT
our local tackle shop owner uses them and rates them as the best.he won world championsip using grauvelle rods.
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Post by squideyebarnes on Mar 18, 2007 16:15:07 GMT
cool I like grauvell but don,t know much about beach rods it looked like a bargain.
cheers Dean
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Post by stevieboy on Mar 18, 2007 17:52:28 GMT
Blimey mate, have you come over to the "dark side"? Nice to see you may be out on the beaches in the near future! With that rod you'll probably be able to hit Lymington with a bit of a run up  Steve. |
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Post by Pete B on Mar 18, 2007 19:50:47 GMT
My local tackle shop owner has been trying to sell me that rod for a couple of years now (bit rich for me), he rates it highly. Should be good Andy, we await the review!
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Post by squideyebarnes on Mar 18, 2007 20:01:23 GMT
will give it to slippery to wind it up if it snaps its no good  |
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Post by solehunter on Mar 18, 2007 20:19:09 GMT
will give it to slippery to wind it up if it snaps its no good Your brave. I bet nick could snap mine into 4 parts on his first cast but its done me 5 years.  |
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Post by squideyebarnes on Mar 18, 2007 20:22:22 GMT
well if it snaps no good ;D
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Post by robster on Mar 30, 2007 1:52:45 GMT
Well ive seen the beast and she is superb god id love to own that one it casts a dream its got to be the dogs nuts thats all i can say.
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Post by eccles on Mar 30, 2007 7:23:24 GMT
I can't see which rod it is as that link doesn't work anymore. Interesting though because my fishing buddy and I are always discussing the castability of rods. He uses a 12 ft Ron Thompson Carbostick which he puts a lot of bend into and chucks out about 150 yds on a good day using his own version of the overhead thump. Just to show him, I can cast about the same distance with my 91/2 ft Abu uptider using OTG technique which of course is a more powerful cast than his. He doesn't quite understand how I can do this but that little Abu has just about the right amount of compression in it to achieve a lot of sinker acceleration in the final flick of an OTG cast and of course it is full carbon so it doesn't bust easily. My ideal (which I don't have yet but I am looking) would be a 12 to 13 ft all carbon in three sections (so I can carry it on my bike) which loads well when using OTG and has just the right flexibility to do at least 180 yds with the final flick without busting.
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Post by anthonyk on Mar 30, 2007 11:00:04 GMT
HI eccles Cono -Flex used to make a three piece beachcaster out of carbon 12or13ft Iam not sure which. One did come up for auction on e-bay.
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Post by squideyebarnes on Mar 30, 2007 11:05:52 GMT
it's a grauvell dh surf 14.2 foot high bloody beautiful. ;D
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Post by anthonyk on Mar 30, 2007 11:18:20 GMT
Have you fished with it yet or are you still admiring it? It looks like a fine rod.
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Post by squideyebarnes on Mar 30, 2007 11:22:28 GMT
last nite but need a good caster to wind it up but even with me its great cast and very sensitive
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