"Ergo" wrote
"Matt (IS Team)" wrote

"caroline" wrote

Thanks all for your replies...


So I have a 6m telescopic....but, it uses elastic, bungs etc.

I was advised at the time of purchase to run a no.8 elastic through it,
which I have done...

At the weekend I christened it with a good fight from a rainbow trout
(just over 2½lb) on sweetcorn....sweet or what ;o)
Followed by a second trout later in the day, still on sweetcorn but
giving less of a fight...

Was great to see the elastic working really hard as it was my first
direct adventure with elastic

So is it a whip or a pole?

I would say you have a short pole.
Whips are not designed to be elasticated, but many can be...


That is just as succinct as I was going to be Matt

But catching trout eh!

LOL...yes, the OH was getting very miffed, because he was specifically out
for tench with his fancy kit and he kept pulling rainbows in too.
I was there with my new whip/pole and just happy to be catching fish...any
fish....regardless of what it is

But I'm reliably informed that catching trout on sweetcorn on a whip/pole is
not a common occurence...??? can anyone elaborate? The Oh just tells me its
good and I did well...but is he humouring me?
FWIW I'm not a fishing person, but the OH is a fishing freek and a fish farm
manager...so I picked up a dirt cheap whip (4m) a few years ago, to
accompany him occasionally, and this year I picked up a dirt cheap pole/whip
with a bit more length and very light to boot. This fishing lark intrigues
me, but I don't have the pasion to be out all the time. I was drawn to
poles after watching a few fishing programmes featuring them, and it was
suggested I start with a cheap whip to see if I still liked the idea....well
if I continue to fish, and spend money n bigger/better gear then I just know
I'm going to stick with the pole-idea...definitely my kind of thing, and a
lot less faffing than using reels etc... ;o)