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Hi all,
Firstly hello, I stumbled upon this forum last night and seen some great posts/tips already and I thought I’d post my own thread to hopefully get a bit of advice.
As the title suggests I’m looking to get back into angling again after an 18 year break. I fished throughout my teens with my Dad and Grandad and it was always something I loved, but as I got older it became less and less frequent as my time was taken up with other activities such as football, cricket, beer etc...
Angling was always something that I knew I would get back into at some point and the past year or so I’ve really felt the urge to get back into it. The problem is I’m really starting completely from scratch which is exciting and a bit daunting too.
I plan to ease into it with some lake fishing and when feeling a bit more confident I will head onto the River Thames. I’m after a feeder rod that will be capable of fishing both and can handle silver fish, chub, perch and the odd carp..(but not something I will be targeting)
I’ve identified a number of rods and I’m interested in hearing your views/advice. Any help offered would be greatly appreciated
Daiwa D carp feeder rod - is a sturdier rod needed for river fishing? will this be too stiff to detect smaller fish?
Daiwa Ninja feeder rod - very good online reviews
Shakespeare Sigma Surpa Feeder rod - seems a good Entry price rod?
Shimano Foremaster BX commercial feeder rod
Thanks for reading and apologies for the lengthy post.
Firstly hello, I stumbled upon this forum last night and seen some great posts/tips already and I thought I’d post my own thread to hopefully get a bit of advice.
As the title suggests I’m looking to get back into angling again after an 18 year break. I fished throughout my teens with my Dad and Grandad and it was always something I loved, but as I got older it became less and less frequent as my time was taken up with other activities such as football, cricket, beer etc...
Angling was always something that I knew I would get back into at some point and the past year or so I’ve really felt the urge to get back into it. The problem is I’m really starting completely from scratch which is exciting and a bit daunting too.
I plan to ease into it with some lake fishing and when feeling a bit more confident I will head onto the River Thames. I’m after a feeder rod that will be capable of fishing both and can handle silver fish, chub, perch and the odd carp..(but not something I will be targeting)
I’ve identified a number of rods and I’m interested in hearing your views/advice. Any help offered would be greatly appreciated
Daiwa D carp feeder rod - is a sturdier rod needed for river fishing? will this be too stiff to detect smaller fish?
Daiwa Ninja feeder rod - very good online reviews
Shakespeare Sigma Surpa Feeder rod - seems a good Entry price rod?
Shimano Foremaster BX commercial feeder rod
Thanks for reading and apologies for the lengthy post.