Only one rod makes me truly happy, having said that it has got me into trouble a few times.

In reply to Post #46
was waiting for that

Ive had stacks of good rods over the years but theres only one rod that i class as the best rod ive owned and and that was my shimano antares specialist rod.

My old overfit north western kevlites or my amporphous 12ft 2.75. Hard to choose between them really, the north westerns have a lovely through action.

In reply to Post #12
I agree with you Chris on ADV1 3 1/4 rods (I know Josh never liked them). To me they are great medium range rods. I have a set of 3lb graphene Century rods they are good for close range then Harrison 13' aviator plus for long range.
To my idea mine are are great for me.

Those old Diawa power mesh rods took some beating - I only had Avon version but they were good.

In reply to Post #49
Lovely rods the kevlites, had a 1.5lb t/c one.

I have the following still in use...

Century NG (NOT NG+)
12ft 3.5lb
12ft 2.25lb

Harrison
Accurix 12ft 3lb

all excellent rods. My favorite, probably the NG 2.25. the playing action on these is something else!

Just had the Accurix made for me - 3 fish in on these and I am loving them, I suspect these will run the NG 2.25 very close.. very very nice rods o use.

Not in use.
Daiwa Pro Carbon Carp 11ft 2.75lb - My first ever rods - spaghetti hoops! but great fun to use. I had these recently rebuilt with 30mm rings - 8 eyes in total, they bend through the corks!

Daiwa Whisker Kevlar 12ft 2.75lb - IIRC - I have not used these as much as I should do. I should maybe change that..

In reply to Post #52
Ahhh, those Daiwa Pro Carbon Carp rods, I had a set of 3 11ft 2.25lb tc rods which I used on the thames for carp. Lovely light rods and yes they did bend!!!

I bought a set of inline rods from Daiwa, no rings just a hole near the reel which you threaded the line then a small ball at the tip. The line travelled through the blank.They felt ok to cast but as soon a you got weed in the tip they were useless. No wonder that idea never caught on.

Forgot about my Sabres lovely rods.

In reply to Post #54
Interline, the sea fishing one for multiplier use were appalling but you didn't need to buy them to know that.

My old Free Spirit ES's are up there for me. Though my new ECU Empera's are shaping up nicely.

In reply to Post #57
Tart Beautiful looking rods those ECUs.

In reply to Post #16
I have a set of 12' torrix in 2.5 TC and agree they are superb rods for playing fish just enough grunt to turn a decent fish is needed.

However I wish my KM challenger 1s where not stolen as they where my favourite, could put a baited rig 150 yards. The Challenger 2 was dreadful in comparison.

I have a set of 3 Nick Buss 3.25 Custom built Century rods, absolutely what I require for all of my fishing now. I can not imagine me parting with these at any time in the coming years

I've had a set of 3 AKN12H's for 22 years now, I had them rebuilt a number of years ago & I could never part with them.
I have other sets of rods which get used a lot more, but the main reason is the thought of damaging my 'Morphs'...