"Phil L" wrote in message
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Owl wrote:
: Im very new to fishing, and ive been given a shakespeare cirrus 11
: meter pole off a friend of a friend - i have not received this yet,
: but what im wanting to know is ..... does anyone have any info on
: this pole?, weight ect... Ive done lots of looking on various search
: engines - but i cant find anything at all regards this pole.
: Any info on this pole would be brilliant.
:
:
: Thankyou.

Yep, I had one and couldnt find any mention of it anywhere on the
web....It's an early all -round pole and it's quite heavy considering it's
length and strength.....todays poles are much lighter and stronger.
I used it for carp and snapped a few top sections, but the universal top
three kits are only about £17.
If you are intending using it for carp, then I would advise you to use a
fairly weak rig - I used 7lb karp kruncer and this is when the top
sections
gave way.
The maximum elastic is about a ten, but if you're planning on using it for
smaller fish, then a four may be more suitable.
The largest fish I ever landed on it was a 13lb common in the height of
summer (when the fish were really strong and powerful), it's a fairly
robust
pole for a beginner to polefishing, if you have any other Q's please ask.

HTH

PS, if you dont mind me asking, how much did you pay for it?




Thanks for the info - most helpful and noted, since you have owned one of
these poles can i ask you how long back was it you had it, and also how much
was it in the stores at the time?, these 2 questions are more curiousety
then anything else, so if you dont recall then thats fine

Thanks.

Oh, it is been given to me, but since its comming via a friend of a friend
kind of thing its kinda hard to find anything about it - hence me doing
search engine searches (with out any look) then with me asking on here.