Currently fishing 166 yards with a 13ft rod and dot spod. Could have maybe gone 170ish as I had a slight trailing wind. If you can match the spod weight to the rod it makes life loads easier.
And like said below if it's feeling too heavy it will just limit you. That's where a stiffer 13ft rod will cope better
And like said below if it's feeling too heavy it will just limit you. That's where a stiffer 13ft rod will cope better
In reply to Post #13
Big Bertha was a pig of a rod.
Very powerful but so hard to compress it soon becomes very tiring to use.
And you are spot on wrt getting the spomb to drop straight down to ensure more consistent opening.
Big Bertha was a pig of a rod.
Very powerful but so hard to compress it soon becomes very tiring to use.
And you are spot on wrt getting the spomb to drop straight down to ensure more consistent opening.
In reply to Post #17
There were a couple of versions of Big Bertha, I got the DD version, and yes, she needs a lot of weight to get the best out of her. A full big Spomb I guess weighs around 12oz, I'd probably usually be ½ to ¾ full.
I could bait up from the sailing club on the Central Lagoon to the bar in front of Long Island in front, and from the inflow to the plateau around 100metres from memory.
A lot of baiting up at Alton Water could also be at long distance. I reckon that at low water a couple of years ago when the causeway was dry it was 200metres across, I was hitting halfway easily when I checked marker vs Spomb and spod.
I used to be very fit, so didn't get too tired, but yes, she could make you ache if you had to put a lot of bait out.
Big Bertha was a pig of a rod.
Very powerful but so hard to compress it soon becomes very tiring to use.
And you are spot on wrt getting the spomb to drop straight down to ensure more consistent opening
There were a couple of versions of Big Bertha, I got the DD version, and yes, she needs a lot of weight to get the best out of her. A full big Spomb I guess weighs around 12oz, I'd probably usually be ½ to ¾ full.
I could bait up from the sailing club on the Central Lagoon to the bar in front of Long Island in front, and from the inflow to the plateau around 100metres from memory.
A lot of baiting up at Alton Water could also be at long distance. I reckon that at low water a couple of years ago when the causeway was dry it was 200metres across, I was hitting halfway easily when I checked marker vs Spomb and spod.
I used to be very fit, so didn't get too tired, but yes, she could make you ache if you had to put a lot of bait out.
Big Bertha was a pig of a rod.
Very powerful but so hard to compress it soon becomes very tiring to use.
And you are spot on wrt getting the spomb to drop straight down to ensure more consistent opening