BEACH RODS

[solehunter]

Feb 1, 2009 21:10:09 GMT lighty said:

My favourite is my Daiwa Kevlar tournamount (homemade and very old) then next fav is century B/Bs followed by my WR300 (but too heavy) but, the best rod that I think that I have got is my old cono flattie fanatic, but .. then again I do like Century metals, then theres my;.... I give up!!!

lighty

Is that the one you lent me after i snapped my grx-s mate? Nice rod! Was a bit nerve racking casting a loaned rod just after snapping one lol

[abuc4]

though choice lighty i would go with the

just picked up a 15ft & 16ft team tatanium i b useing them
with me centry ccc & others

[lewis]

i haven't got a large collection of rods or reels for that matter but i use a greys GRX - S with a 6500 mag hi speed for clean ground (even though i have snapped one like solehunter) but if i could i'd like to get a super cast with 525, maybe an appollo for rough ground with a slosh 30 or abu 7000 and a greys BZE for bass and flattie fishing.

[jordy]

Greys apollo mk1,or wr300 for my rough ground
slosh 30 reels also for the rough

for my clean ground century bass and abu 6000,or small fixed spool

gonna try and lay my hands on a Zziplex Federation if i can,love the older zziplex rods,had a fed regreted getting rid of it

[basskingfifteen]

Ther is a zziplex NG 1for sale on this site m8

as good if not better than a fed imho ;D :schmoll:

the NG1 started it all off and at the time was miles ahead of its time ;D

with a 5 ft hi carbin or even better a kevlon butt it was a top field rod.

now im pissed off as i sold my 2 :confused:

[Captain Beaky]

I have a pair of Zziplex Federations & a Conoflex flattie fanatic for clean ground stuff.....got one of the fed's re-furbished to 'as new'...

Century CCC LD for heavier stuff - probably get one more to make a pair when i can afford it!

[Coddo]

having built up abit of a collection in my 8 years of beach fishing, it's nice to be able to go through phases of use. :gay:

at the moment my rods of choice are:
Penn viper mk1
Abu suveran sx (currently undergoing a re-furb)
and my recently purchesed Greys triplex 16ft

for slightly heavier fishing i use an Abu Xodus
i still sometimes whip out the egg whisk and use my first proper beach rod, my Penn powerstick surf :dunce:

i also pair my 5500 up with my daiwa TDSB bass rod on the odd occasion!

[basskingfifteen]

Mar 2, 2009 21:03:50 GMT Coddo said:

having built up abit of a collection in my 8 years of beach fishing, it's nice to be able to go through phases of use.

at the moment my rods of choice are:
Penn viper mk1
Abu suveran sx (currently undergoing a re-furb)
and my recently purchesed Greys triplex 16ft

for slightly heavier fishing i use an Abu Xodus
i still sometimes whip out the egg whisk and use my first proper beach rod, my Penn powerstick surf

i also pair my 5500 up with my daiwa TDSB bass rod on the odd occasion!

Abu xodus imho is the best rod in the £100 bracket goin :win:

Im suprised more rnt using them

[jamesh]

i use abu suveran rx and penn mag extra or CT pro rocket

[maxwell]

Get back to your desk ;D

[Coddo]

Mar 2, 2009 21:16:30 GMT @basskingfifteen said:

Abu xodus imho is the best rod in the £100 bracket goin

Im suprised more rnt using them

yeah and mine cost me £50 back when they were about £150! (it's not what you know it's who!)

lovely rod for rough ground and heavy swells!

[unforgiven]

i use a grauvell RC carbon kevlar 14 footer and a grauvell duplicate helical 15 footer with fixed spools and braid, great set up. rebuilding a abu equalizer at the moment with the help of billiethebuilder and gonna find a abu 6500 for it (is that the green one? coz thats what i am after) did buy a okuma magnetix but not over keen on it so its now on my greys boat rod!

[spud]

zziplex 4500 hpm brilliant rods cant fault in any way matched with abu 6500 floridas and 6500 pro mags

[damo]

in general, i use a kompressor ss for rough ground, ccc ld for gen fishing and an ultra marine 130 for lighter fishing, reel wise a mix of 525 mags and 6500 high speeds and an shimano ultegra 14000 xsa for fixed spool work

[sailorboyrob]

A pair of Zippy TF 50/50s for everything. I cant get to grips with using different rods for different occasions. I find that you should find a good rod and stick with it. I`ve had eels knocking on 30lb on my zippies with no drama and also can see bites from pouting at 150yds.
I have just picked up a pair of Kompressor S`s to use in the field (cheers Mick) and if I get on alright with them the Zippies may appear on the for sale section.