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Post by meoc4life on Jan 17, 2008 20:36:36 GMT
my mates looking for a new rod but were he has money problems so he has narrowed down to 2 possible rods
fladen powerstick
shakespeare tidewater beach
he asked me to find out wich is best i have no experience with these rods and would be grateful if some one could tell me wich one is best
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Post by phish on Jan 18, 2008 9:36:28 GMT
Sorry cant help but there must be someone amongst nearly 700 that can.
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Post by RichardB on Jan 18, 2008 10:43:33 GMT
Have not seen either, but at that price level my instinct would be to go with the Shakespeare one. They always seem to be good value for the money and probably have slightly better quality components and will do the job. Jims of Cornwall always have very keen prices for Shakespeare stuff: www.jims.org.uk/fishing/fishing.htm |
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Post by skillpot on Jan 18, 2008 18:16:28 GMT
the shakespheare rod is better. try and get the 13ft one theres only a couple of quid in it.
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Post by scotty on Jan 18, 2008 18:33:34 GMT
i have a fladen powerstick 12 ft. i won it and i have only used it once, i willl let it go for a tenner
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Post by eccles on Jan 18, 2008 19:18:28 GMT
What a kind offer Scotty
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Post by meoc4life on Jan 18, 2008 20:08:23 GMT
cheers for the generous offer scotty but my mate a bit funny on it he doesn't know if he will like it and were hes tight on the money he would rather see won and handle won before purchase
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Post by bigfish on Jan 18, 2008 20:21:58 GMT
Well out of those two I would choose the Shakespeare.
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Post by eccles on Jan 18, 2008 21:12:40 GMT
cheers for the generous offer scotty but my mate a bit funny on it he doesn't know if he will like it and were hes tight on the money he would rather see won and handle won before purchase A rod is a rod if you want to do a spot of fishing - I have handled probably around a dozen different beach rods in the last two years, some mine, some my pals' and some other folks, I could cast every single one of them at least 6o yds and they all caught fish, don't understand the guy's problem. |
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Post by scotty on Jan 18, 2008 21:48:08 GMT
you cant go wrong for a tenner mate  |
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Post by meoc4life on Jan 18, 2008 22:08:43 GMT
your right but i mean he has to pay for all his holidays to date this year hes having about 5 he doesnt often get money about 3 times a month
so doesnt want to pay for it unless hes 100% sure i mean i would consider it but have know space because of current rod count
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Post by bazthecod on Jan 19, 2008 21:22:23 GMT
iv tryed the shakespeare rod its not bad for the money iv cought fish on it
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Post by fatangler on Jan 20, 2008 17:52:30 GMT
the bloke with the fishing stall on eastleigh market on saturdays is selling shakespeare rods VERY cheap if money is tight if that helps
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codho
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Post by codho on Jan 26, 2008 13:21:01 GMT
I use a tidewater 3 piece 13 ft, good rod for the money. Lathams selling them for £22 at the moment.
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