The best all round feeder rod
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I do quite a bit of feeder fishing , i have 3 feeder rods,
light,medium,heavy action all in the 150 bracket .The one i use
the most is the DRX power carp feeder 13 ft good for carp pools,
and on rivers, a bit to heavy for bream though .It all depends
on how much you want too spend !The maver 4-play looks a good
allrounder aswell.But what i would say is DONT rush your
decision.But its fun looking!!
jel.
j white
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Welcome to the madhouse Mr Fish,How much do you want to spend?Go on give us a clue.
Also ,what fish are you hoping to target,there are such a range of rods out there,i'm sure we can come up with some suggestions between us.
Peter.
Happiness is a rod in your hand.
Hi mrfish,
Welcome to the nuthouse as peter say's iv'e got 2 13ftDam Titanium All Rounders there great they come with 2 top joints 1 suitable for the Method Feeder& a lighter top with tip painted white for general feeder work.the heavier rod will take 10 /12 lb line comfortably & the lighter 6/8 lb line.Bieng's Dam have recently gone bust you may be able to pick one up cheap. Iuse the heavier one on my club's pool for fishing for Carp.& on the river for barbel&chub. I think new the were about 115 each.
Cheer's Larry
Welcome to the nuthouse as peter say's iv'e got 2 13ftDam Titanium All Rounders there great they come with 2 top joints 1 suitable for the Method Feeder& a lighter top with tip painted white for general feeder work.the heavier rod will take 10 /12 lb line comfortably & the lighter 6/8 lb line.Bieng's Dam have recently gone bust you may be able to pick one up cheap. Iuse the heavier one on my club's pool for fishing for Carp.& on the river for barbel&chub. I think new the were about 115 each.
Cheer's Larry
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Hi mrfish,
The rod I use mainly is (I'm gonna get shot for saying this but..) a 'Cormorant' made in Germany by a company called 'Black Star'.
- seriously folks
. My wife bought me it a couple of years ago, it has 3 tips and seems to be able to handle just about everything that you can through at it. I've had some good barbel, chub and hauled a few decent bags of bream in and its never let me down.
I don't know if it is still available but if you can get hold of one I'd thoroughly recommend it.
Dave
The rod I use mainly is (I'm gonna get shot for saying this but..) a 'Cormorant' made in Germany by a company called 'Black Star'.
- seriously folks
I don't know if it is still available but if you can get hold of one I'd thoroughly recommend it.
Dave
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Hi mrfish
Have a look at the Shimano Catana feeder rods,they do two, medium and heavy both 12ft long.They are both made from a full XT40 carbon blank and come supplied with two spare, push-in, quiver tips.
I brought a medium one last year and have been very impressed with it.The Medium rod is recommended for medium range feeder work with weights up to 3oz. The quivertips supplied with the Medium rod are glass-fibre in TC's of 2oz and 3oz. The rod will easily handle the smaller sizes of tench,bream and carp.
The Heavy model is ideal for longer casts and heavier feeders up to 4oz making for a good "method" rod. This rod is powerful enough to handle fish in double figures.It is supplied with quivertips of 2oz and 4oz.
The part cork and Duplon handle features a screw Fuji sleeve grip reel fitting and is extremely comfortable and secure in use.
The rings are low bell Shimano Hardlite's with burgundy silk whippings that look very pleasant on the dark grey carbon blank.
I've used the medium rod for every thing from skimmers to low double figure carp with small method feeders,and have been very impressed.
The recommended price is Heavy: 79.99 and Medium 77.99,but you should be able to pick either up for about 60.
Peter.
Happiness is a rod in your hand.
Have a look at the Shimano Catana feeder rods,they do two, medium and heavy both 12ft long.They are both made from a full XT40 carbon blank and come supplied with two spare, push-in, quiver tips.
I brought a medium one last year and have been very impressed with it.The Medium rod is recommended for medium range feeder work with weights up to 3oz. The quivertips supplied with the Medium rod are glass-fibre in TC's of 2oz and 3oz. The rod will easily handle the smaller sizes of tench,bream and carp.
The Heavy model is ideal for longer casts and heavier feeders up to 4oz making for a good "method" rod. This rod is powerful enough to handle fish in double figures.It is supplied with quivertips of 2oz and 4oz.
The part cork and Duplon handle features a screw Fuji sleeve grip reel fitting and is extremely comfortable and secure in use.
The rings are low bell Shimano Hardlite's with burgundy silk whippings that look very pleasant on the dark grey carbon blank.
I've used the medium rod for every thing from skimmers to low double figure carp with small method feeders,and have been very impressed.
The recommended price is Heavy: 79.99 and Medium 77.99,but you should be able to pick either up for about 60.
Peter.
Happiness is a rod in your hand.
the shimano range is very good.the cheapest is the cantana which is a good starter rod ,the middle range is the solstace and the top range is the technium.I use the heavy solstace which has 3 tips 2,3,&4oz tips it will throw a method feeder or an open end bream feeder with ease,the 2oz tip is glass so it registers the shy bites.if you are going to use the method go for the solstace as it has more power than the cantana.the technium is 13 foot and is a better river rod.expect to pay around 80 for the solstace and 90 for the technium.
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Hi mrfish
Have a look at the Shimano Catana feeder rods,they do two, medium and heavy both 12ft long.They are both made from a full XT40 carbon blank and come supplied with two spare, push-in, quiver tips.
I brought a medium one last year and have been very impressed with it.The Medium rod is recommended for medium range feeder work with weights up to 3oz. The quivertips supplied with the Medium rod are glass-fibre in TC's of 2oz and 3oz. The rod will easily handle the smaller sizes of tench,bream and carp.
The Heavy model is ideal for longer casts and heavier feeders up to 4oz making for a good "method" rod. This rod is powerful enough to handle fish in double figures.It is supplied with quivertips of 2oz and 4oz.
The part cork and Duplon handle features a screw Fuji sleeve grip reel fitting and is extremely comfortable and secure in use.
The rings are low bell Shimano Hardlite's with burgundy silk whippings that look very pleasant on the dark grey carbon blank.
I've used the medium rod for every thing from skimmers to low double figure carp with small method feeders,and have been very impressed.
The recommended price is Heavy: 79.99 and Medium 77.99,but you should be able to pick either up for about 60.
Peter.
Happiness is a rod in your hand.
Peter you have made my day
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Alnath,
First and formost Welcome to Maggotdrowning.com,it's always nice to see a lapsed angler returning to the fold.
I'm pleased that you think that my post has been of some help to you,if you need anymore help just post up your queries,cause between us there's always someone who can help or advise.
Peter.
Make Friends,Go Maggotdrowning.
First and formost Welcome to Maggotdrowning.com,it's always nice to see a lapsed angler returning to the fold.
I'm pleased that you think that my post has been of some help to you,if you need anymore help just post up your queries,cause between us there's always someone who can help or advise.
Peter.
Make Friends,Go Maggotdrowning.
Now you guys are making me jealous. The rods with multiple tips just aren't to be found over here. No idea why as they sound like a great idea.
Do they have all the bending/action in the tip section? Otherwise it would seem to me that matching a butt section to several weights of tip would be really difficult.
Also - could someone please define "feeder rod" for me.
Newt Vail
Edited by - Newt on 19 April 2002 12:38:04 AM
Do they have all the bending/action in the tip section? Otherwise it would seem to me that matching a butt section to several weights of tip would be really difficult.
Also - could someone please define "feeder rod" for me.
Newt Vail
Edited by - Newt on 19 April 2002 12:38:04 AM
Hi Newt.
Cant you order one from the UK mate? All your friends would be very jealous
Feeder/quiver rods are usualy between 9 and 13 foot and only the top bit (the last 20 or so inches) is usualy interchangable. the rods are usualy fairly stiff for 2 thirds to enable it to cast the weight with the last third being fairly soft as this has to do all the work if you hit a fish. The tips themselves (that last 20 inches i was on about) are either fiber glass or carbon and come in various test curves to meet differing winds and weights of feeder.
Cant you order one from the UK mate? All your friends would be very jealous
Feeder/quiver rods are usualy between 9 and 13 foot and only the top bit (the last 20 or so inches) is usualy interchangable. the rods are usualy fairly stiff for 2 thirds to enable it to cast the weight with the last third being fairly soft as this has to do all the work if you hit a fish. The tips themselves (that last 20 inches i was on about) are either fiber glass or carbon and come in various test curves to meet differing winds and weights of feeder.
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