In reply to Post #30
Hi mate. I've got one of these. It's been my floater rod for a long while. A mate hooked a 20+ common on it. He didn't( couldn't) give line and the rod just absorbed everything. It's probably my favourite rod.
I've also got a pair of Daiwa PCMX in 11'6 one and a quarter. Lovely tench rods and handy on drains for Z's.
I'll never sell any of these. I've had them for 20+ years. I like living in the past. It's a nice comfortable place.
Hi mate. I've got one of these. It's been my floater rod for a long while. A mate hooked a 20+ common on it. He didn't( couldn't) give line and the rod just absorbed everything. It's probably my favourite rod.
I've also got a pair of Daiwa PCMX in 11'6 one and a quarter. Lovely tench rods and handy on drains for Z's.
I'll never sell any of these. I've had them for 20+ years. I like living in the past. It's a nice comfortable place.
In reply to Post #31
Not sure they'd be vintage, bought em in 91 I think . 3x Diawa tournament carp 2 1/4lb test, whisker Kevlar wrap things , with shaped duplon handles , really slim blank .. used em as floater rods for years .. looking very old now tho
Not sure they'd be vintage, bought em in 91 I think . 3x Diawa tournament carp 2 1/4lb test, whisker Kevlar wrap things , with shaped duplon handles , really slim blank .. used em as floater rods for years .. looking very old now tho
In reply to Post #32
Not towant to make you feel old, but a lot of people believe anything pre 2004 is classed as vintage
Not towant to make you feel old, but a lot of people believe anything pre 2004 is classed as vintage
I'd love some Rob Maylin pursuits from back in the early 90s
Leslies of Luton made them
We're they a tri cast blank?
Leslies of Luton made them
We're they a tri cast blank?
In reply to Post #34
11 foot 2lbtc Conoflex carbon i picked up for a tenner when the tackle shop was selling blanks off.
Built up its a super floater rod, also still got a Silstar Traverse x 1.75/2lb tc which has been abused with bait rockets, mackerel bashing & floater controllers but still keeps going.
11 foot 2lbtc Conoflex carbon i picked up for a tenner when the tackle shop was selling blanks off.
Built up its a super floater rod, also still got a Silstar Traverse x 1.75/2lb tc which has been abused with bait rockets, mackerel bashing & floater controllers but still keeps going.
IMO the best looking rods ever made.
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As I can't get my twin powers repaired, I've set these up will be out for a session tomorrow. Leeda 9000's I think built on unground Harrison blanks from the 90's.
Cost me 25 quid each all those years ago which was half of a weeks wages!
'Handbuilt in England'
Cost me 25 quid each all those years ago which was half of a weeks wages!
'Handbuilt in England'
In reply to Post #37
Those Shimano rods are lovely. I have contemplated contacting you several times about the Leeda rods as I have seen your listings on here. Be interesting to hear how you find them in use.....
Those Shimano rods are lovely. I have contemplated contacting you several times about the Leeda rods as I have seen your listings on here. Be interesting to hear how you find them in use.....
In reply to Post #38
They are stunners mate can't wait to use them for sure. Colour of the blank kind of changes in the sunlight.
Putting the little bait runners on the Leedas reminded me how light they are especially with all that foam around the reel seats. Quite a thick tip which I'd forgotten but do bend down to the reel seat, that I do remember 👍
They are stunners mate can't wait to use them for sure. Colour of the blank kind of changes in the sunlight.
Putting the little bait runners on the Leedas reminded me how light they are especially with all that foam around the reel seats. Quite a thick tip which I'd forgotten but do bend down to the reel seat, that I do remember 👍
In reply to Post #30
It was me you bought these from 😃
Lovely rods. How are you getting on with them?
It was me you bought these from 😃
Lovely rods. How are you getting on with them?
In reply to Post #40
Ah yes, memory like a sieve. Hope you're well. As for the rods.... not got round to using yet, so simply admiring for now. I have some Aero GTE's just back from Felindre so it's only a matter of time.....
Ah yes, memory like a sieve. Hope you're well. As for the rods.... not got round to using yet, so simply admiring for now. I have some Aero GTE's just back from Felindre so it's only a matter of time.....
In reply to Post #41
Think my favourite vintage rods were my hutchy 2lb sabres which i had cork handles on, long gone now but they did pop up on ebay about 10 years ago and i nearly bought them back, my mate has some bruve and walker hexagraphs which are still used day in day out, incredible rods but i definitely couldn't afford them back then
Think my favourite vintage rods were my hutchy 2lb sabres which i had cork handles on, long gone now but they did pop up on ebay about 10 years ago and i nearly bought them back, my mate has some bruve and walker hexagraphs which are still used day in day out, incredible rods but i definitely couldn't afford them back then
Must admit I do like using 'old rods' these days, I guess it's a sign of hanging onto memories of how exciting carp fishing was years ago.
I've just re-built a pair of of Tri-Cast MUR ultralights - 12' 2lb - which were my first carbon rods bought in 1984 (these were the ones endorsed by Jim Gibbinson). They have been sitting in my spare room for about 25 years in a shocking state, battered, rings missing, a right state! Spent ages stripping the blanks to bare carbon, new black dps reel seats, full shrink handles, stainless caps & trims, and with original Fuji 25mm BNHG guides to give them an authentic feel and look. Look fantastic with Cardinal 55's clamped to them. Just need to use them now
Also have a pair of 30 year old 12' 2.5lb Harrison Ballistas, which I re-built a few years ago, and are (once again) becoming my favourite rod to use these days. Just love playing fish on them.
And I also have a pair of Bruce Ashby Conoflex 11' 2.25lb from the early 80's in fantastic condition- these really are 'old school', from the days when Bruce used to hand write his decals - Conospin handles, pre-duplon rubber butt grips, BNHG rings - just give them an airing once or twice a year as I don't want to abuse them
I've just re-built a pair of of Tri-Cast MUR ultralights - 12' 2lb - which were my first carbon rods bought in 1984 (these were the ones endorsed by Jim Gibbinson). They have been sitting in my spare room for about 25 years in a shocking state, battered, rings missing, a right state! Spent ages stripping the blanks to bare carbon, new black dps reel seats, full shrink handles, stainless caps & trims, and with original Fuji 25mm BNHG guides to give them an authentic feel and look. Look fantastic with Cardinal 55's clamped to them. Just need to use them now
Also have a pair of 30 year old 12' 2.5lb Harrison Ballistas, which I re-built a few years ago, and are (once again) becoming my favourite rod to use these days. Just love playing fish on them.
And I also have a pair of Bruce Ashby Conoflex 11' 2.25lb from the early 80's in fantastic condition- these really are 'old school', from the days when Bruce used to hand write his decals - Conospin handles, pre-duplon rubber butt grips, BNHG rings - just give them an airing once or twice a year as I don't want to abuse them
In reply to Post #43
Have you fitted the reel seats back to front on the tricasts, just for a retro feel
Have you fitted the reel seats back to front on the tricasts, just for a retro feel
In reply to Post #44
Definitely not, never understood having them that way (guess you are thinking of Simpsons of Turnford, Jim Gibbinson Eclipses, as they were that way, and I mentioned him).
Not as ridiculous as the pointless 50mm rings you see on most rods these days though.
Definitely not, never understood having them that way (guess you are thinking of Simpsons of Turnford, Jim Gibbinson Eclipses, as they were that way, and I mentioned him).
Not as ridiculous as the pointless 50mm rings you see on most rods these days though.