In reply to Post #1
Abe books don't have one right now, but they're probably the best source of rarer used books on the internet, and you can get notifications from them if one comes in to stock.

The corruption, cover ups, failures and environmental crimes identified in this program are happening for one reason only - profit.

United Utilities made over £440m profit last year, and way higher profits in previous years. Every single penny of profit made, by every single water company since privatisation is the money that should have been invested in improving the systems that clearly aren't fit for purpose.

The Environment Agency is just a government department. It will not do it's job of serving the public under a government that just serves business.

So Rishi Sunack phones Bojo, and says "Got this problem I need your advice on. We gotta pay to get this 72bn litres of sewage out of the Thames. There's a British firm that can create 1000 jobs, build a plant and turn it in to carbon neutral power station fuel for £20bn, there's a Polish firm that will dig a big hole in Poland and ship it all over there for us for £10bn... but I'm supposed to get 3 quotes."
Boris says "Oh that's an easy one old chap, my brother will start a new company and do it for £30bn"
Rishi says "Boris, that's three times what we'd have to pay the Poles!"
Boris says "Oh Rishi, you're not very good at this are you? We get the Poles to do it for £10bn and you and I go halves on the £20bn profit."
"Brilliant!' Says Rishi"
"One more thing...." says Boris, "Tell the poles to forget the hole in Poland and just dump it straight in to the Trent..... We're doing this again next year!"

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If it helps, drennan used to label lure rods with a test curve - the 8ft was always stated as 1.5lb, the 7ft as 1.25lb and the 9ft as 2.25lb

My pal has an 8ft spinflex one and it's nice - not too stiff for perch, plenty strong enough for double figure pike.
I have a 9ft series 7, it's strong enough for any barbel but way too much for perch or silvers.

My favourite 1lb tc rod is a greys prodigy tx (but it's 11 ft) It's quite an unusual rod, the top 3rd of the action is very soft and forgiving, but further down it's powerful. I think it's rated to 12lb line which is very unusual for a light rod.

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Hi buddy, absolutely not the cheapest but the Honda ones are very good.

I had an EU22i on my narrowboat for 8 years and it still worked perfectly when I sold it .

Seen dozens of different types on boats, most failed / were too noisy / smoky etc and then got replaced with Hondas.
There was a direct copy of the honda (made by kipor think) which could be serviced with the Honda parts, but I have a feeling they maybe aren't available anymore.

I would definitely recommend taking the 'silent' bit with a pinch of salt.... It'd be a fairer description to call them 'quiet for an internal combustion engine'

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Chris Brown - absolutely the best net I ever used, and he can make the pole to your exact spec.

You'll find a few threads mentioning his kit and no one has a bad word to say about it.

Appreciate the heads up...Anyone used both and have a preference?

In reply to Post #1
I have D's which are almost identical.
Perfect size for 9/10/11ft rods.
Brilliant clutch.
Spool is good size for up to about 15lb line, (15lb gardner gt is fine, 18lb synchro xt comes off a little bit curly.)
Line clip on D's is the crappy old plastic type, I think OC's have the same

Apart from the line clip, brilliant reels.

A play with this can give you a decent idea:

https://www.calculator.net/triangle-calculator.html

One side is the distance of cast.
Another side is the water depth + the height of tip ring above the surface.
The angle between the two is 90deg
That's all you need (Remember to use the same unit for both measurements)

Variables like line stretch, bow and whether the lead 'swings' or drops straight down mean that millimetre accuracy is too much to expect.

TLDR - unless it's very deep or very short range you don't need to overcast much; at 30m range and 3m depth it's about a 2ft overcast to swing down to the spot. At 60m range it's about 1ft. Guessing Darryl P must be fishing under the rod tip in an abyss.

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Tackle box do decent 11ft ones - couple of types depending on butt rings

https://tacklebox.co.uk/luggage/rod-and-reel-luggage/tackle-box-11ft-slim-skeletal-protective-rod-sleeve/