New rod required

[dalesman]

Not a happy bunny. After a night fishing my fishing partner reversed his defender over my rods:: while packing up to make way for the farmer coming down the track. Having not bought a rod for a while I am looking for guidance for a 7# |\.

[johnevs]

Grey's gs 2|\

[T7]

Sonik are good for the money

[jj1]

Massive sale on with greys atm.
shakespeare agility are more than worth a look at also.

[kentishman]

Hi,

Given that you have broken these rods I have enjoyed Orvis rods and they all come with a 25 year guarantee-any reason the rods are broken they will repair or replace-due to godson treading on the rod I have had a rod tip replaced and on an old model that had a faulty tip they replaced with a brand new trident. The next time a Land Rover reverses over your rods-no problems Orvis will repair or replce them all-they have repaired without hesitation or question.

Cheers
Stewart

[davo]

There was a Hardy Sintrix 10' 7wt rod on e-bay earlier today at not a bad price - finishes today though

[dalesman]

There was a Hardy Sintrix 10' 7wt rod on e-bay earlier today at not a bad price - finishes today though

One of my fishing partners had two of the rods in a 8# line and both had reel seat problems with them failing and falling of the rod completely::.

Once with a 9lb sea trout on with fishing in Weardale, reel and reel seat landing around his feet.

[Teifi-Terrorist]

Best advice with rods is always try before you buy whenever possible. What suits one will not suit all. If you have somewhere close with a decent stock then 100% go and try a few out.

Avoid fast actioned blanks i.e. casting sticks, but beyond that there's a huge range of great value rods available nowadays without having to spend silly money.

These are what I use (actually the older non-nantec version; nantec has made them lighter, slimmer and also slightly stiffer, but not overly stiff):

http://www.fishtec.co.uk/buy.cfm/fly...s/40/yes/55051

A little bit more expensive, but superb rods:

http://www.fishtec.co.uk/buy.cfm/fly...ds/40/no/44114

TT.

[T7]

I've also got an airlite (older model) and it's a really nice rod, but possibly a little soft for me. Other bargains from Airflo - the Tec-PS and TEC-PT. Quite old now but really nice blanks (I have both!) The PS is a bit softer and the PT is very powerful but still user friendly. I think they were about £40!

Have you got a budget in mind? I have quite a few rods from very cheap to relatively expensive and you do get what you pay for in many ways but you can get a really nice rod for £50 no problem, you just have to try them first! A good option might be second hand (eBay etc), you can get some real bargains if you look and if you don't get on with a rod just sell it on there and get your money back.

For what it's worth I generally use my cheap rods at night as they tend to get a bit of abuse in the darkness. I would be scared to death leaving one of my expensive rods lying around at night, so save them for posing during the day when salmon fishing! ~:.