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ip100
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ip100
   Old Thread  #13 3 Aug 2020 at 5.33pm    Login    Register
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I got mine from the big one when it was at Thorpe Park, think I only paid about £60 for it too
Goose
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Goose
   Old Thread  #12 3 Aug 2020 at 4.52pm    Login    Register
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Fairly sure Tony only picked the best blanks from the sportex range.
rivers
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rivers
   Old Thread  #11 3 Aug 2020 at 4.25pm    Login    Register
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We should start a Tony Fordham appreciation thread 😂
I can't remember where I got mine , I'm sure it was a little tackle shop in Kent that one of the mods from here worked in ?
ip100
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ip100
   Old Thread  #10 2 Aug 2020 at 9.13pm    Login    Register
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I had a Tony Fordham 11ft 2.25lb rod which I had for floater fishing and to this day I've no idea why I sold it, beautiful rod
mark1009
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   Old Thread  #9 1 Aug 2020 at 11.15pm    Login    Register
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First carp rod I bought was a Tony Fordham 11ft 2 25 su glass rod. I've still got it but it needs re-ringing. Maybe if I come into some money but at the moment it would cost more than it's worth.
Goose
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Goose
   Old Thread  #8 1 Aug 2020 at 11.06pm    Login    Register
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Tony Fordham is the guy that built the sportex rods the tackle box used to sell.
rivers
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rivers
   Old Thread  #7 1 Aug 2020 at 8.51pm    Login    Register
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I had some tony Fordham rods a few years ago that were built on sportex blanks , brilliant rods , they took ten years of very heavy abuse on the French rivers .
Ynnek
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   Old Thread  #6 1 Aug 2020 at 8.20pm    Login    Register
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sportex all day long.
Marvelous blanks!
mark1009
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   Old Thread  #5 1 Aug 2020 at 6.59pm    Login    Register
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I used to have those rods currently have a pair of old 2.5 12ft. Last time I looked at sportex rods they seem to be very big in Germany. Get in quick before were out of the E.U.
Goose
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Goose
   Old Thread  #4 1 Aug 2020 at 6.02pm    Login    Register
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They still make a huge range of rods and quite big range of carp rods. The tackle box used to sell a few models from the carp range and I also had the 12ft 2.25tc kevlars but no way were they 2.25tc, they were casting tools.
Halski11
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   Old Thread  #3 1 Aug 2020 at 3.19pm    Login    Register
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A company called outlaw Pro

The only company I have found in the country
kells
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kells
   Old Thread  #2 1 Aug 2020 at 10.26am    Login    Register
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I've not used that particular Sportex blank. But I had a set of Sportex carbon kevlar a few years back and a nicer set of rods I am yet to find. Cant go wrong with a Sportex rod in my opinion. Would love another set probably a bit more stepped up than my 2 ,1/4lb test. But they seemed to of disappeared of the rader and hard to find. Where you possibly getting your rods from if you dont mind me asking.
Halski11
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   Old Thread  #1 1 Aug 2020 at 8.02am    Login    Register
Hi
I'm currently in the market for some new rods. It's a toss up between the sportex invictus rods or Terry hearn classic 40mm.
Has anyone had any experience with the sportex rods?
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