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tubular tip rod
Tubular vs Solid Tip
My understanding of rod design and rod performance has accelerated since I started fishing for Perch in my local canal. Unlike the sea, conditions are more often than not suitable for throwing the tiniest lures. We’re often talking 1-inch plastics and jigheads under a gram. To me, it’s this style of fishing that has amplified the importance of using a balanced outfit. I thought I’d share where my head is at currently. Subject to change.
Smith Dragonbait LX Light Fast Spinning
This was a nice little find on the Marryat stand. Smith’s Dragonbait LX Light Fast Spinning. I’m drawn to any 7g rods with abbreviated handles currently. Really suits the majority of my fishing.
Gear Of The Year 2014
Promised myself I would share my favourite gear of the year as we approach the end of 2014. And what a year it’s been! UK lure fishing has gone from strength to strength. LRF seemed to explode. Feels almost commonplace in some areas now. We gained a lure fishing series that saw our techniques and tackle tested. And more mainstream tackle manufacturers tried to get in on the act. So what did I like and why?
Major Craft Turel Extended Review
We’re approaching the end of 2014 and it’s a good time to review what’s worked and what hasn’t worked this year. If I think back to my competition angling, one rod stands head and shoulders above the rest as my best performing lure rod – the Major Craft Turel TUS-T762.
Major Craft Turel LRF Rod
I have a new LRF rod courtesy of the Alderney Lure Only Species Hunt – a shiny new Major Craft Turel! The Turel range is Major Craft’s export range of rods for non-Japanese markets.
Golden Mean Lotus LTS-86
New toy alert part 2! I didn’t need a new LRF rod and I certainly wouldn’t normally opt for a long (8′ 6″), heavy (to 10g), tubular tipped rod, but the money was right and in the spirit of my favourite saying of the moment – you don’t know what you don’t know – I went for something well out of my norm.
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