shakespeare Telescopic rod

Anyone got any experience of the Ganza 12 ft Telescopic match rod please.

I have a Diawa Vertice telespin but feel it is too firm an action for
anything but the larger fish like carp and maybe barble but handling a 3 lb
tench made it feel like a lethargic bream so I want to change but still like
the idea of a telescope as I have to use public transport due to an illness.

I want something that will put the feel back into bagging up on things other
than carp.

Many thanks

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Anyone got any experience of the Ganza 12 ft Telescopic match rod please.

I have a Diawa Vertice telespin but feel it is too firm an action for
anything but the larger fish like carp and maybe barble but handling a 3 lb
tench made it feel like a lethargic bream so I want to change but still like
the idea of a telescope as I have to use public transport due to an illness.

I want something that will put the feel back into bagging up on things other
than carp.

Many thanks

I don't have experience of this rod, the only telescopic I have is a
Shimano Exige 7' spinning rod which is superb - bought it for a trip to
Greenland last year and landed Arctic char to 7lb. Try registering on
www.anglersnet.co.uk and asking on the forums there - this newsgroup is
pretty much dead and there is a huge amount of experience on anglersnet.

HTH

Will
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"Will Wilkinson" wrote in message
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In message , Gandalf
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Anyone got any experience of the Ganza 12 ft Telescopic match rod please.

I have a Diawa Vertice telespin but feel it is too firm an action for
anything but the larger fish like carp and maybe barble but handling a 3
lb
tench made it feel like a lethargic bream so I want to change but still
like
the idea of a telescope as I have to use public transport due to an
illness.

I want something that will put the feel back into bagging up on things
other
than carp.

Many thanks

I don't have experience of this rod, the only telescopic I have is a
Shimano Exige 7' spinning rod which is superb - bought it for a trip to
Greenland last year and landed Arctic char to 7lb. Try registering on
www.anglersnet.co.uk and asking on the forums there - this newsgroup is
pretty much dead and there is a huge amount of experience on anglersnet.

HTH

Will

Many thanks Will and will do.



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Gandalf

In article , Gandalf
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Anyone got any experience of the Ganza 12 ft Telescopic match rod please.

I have a Diawa Vertice telespin but feel it is too firm an action for
anything but the larger fish like carp and maybe barble but handling a 3 lb
tench made it feel like a lethargic bream so I want to change but still like
the idea of a telescope as I have to use public transport due to an illness.

I want something that will put the feel back into bagging up on things other
than carp.

I can't help with the telescopics - sorry.

An angling chum swears by a selection of travel rods he can pack in his
music case - only one at a time fits alongside the violin but as he's
sneaking off fishing when the rest of the band are doing whatever musicians
do in their off-time he doesn't usually have long and takes just one minimal
outfit depending on the venue - which he looks up on the net in advance.

Some of them, various manufacturers, are very nice rods indeed.

If it's low collapsed length -and- response that you're looking for then
travel rods are probably a better bet than telescopic.

Cheerio,

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"Derek Moody" wrote in message
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In article , Gandalf
wrote:
Anyone got any experience of the Ganza 12 ft Telescopic match rod please.

I have a Diawa Vertice telespin but feel it is too firm an action for
anything but the larger fish like carp and maybe barble but handling a 3
lb
tench made it feel like a lethargic bream so I want to change but still
like
the idea of a telescope as I have to use public transport due to an
illness.

I want something that will put the feel back into bagging up on things
other
than carp.

I can't help with the telescopics - sorry.

An angling chum swears by a selection of travel rods he can pack in his
music case - only one at a time fits alongside the violin but as he's
sneaking off fishing when the rest of the band are doing whatever
musicians
do in their off-time he doesn't usually have long and takes just one
minimal
outfit depending on the venue - which he looks up on the net in advance.

Some of them, various manufacturers, are very nice rods indeed.

If it's low collapsed length -and- response that you're looking for then
travel rods are probably a better bet than telescopic.

Cheerio,




Cheers Derek for the info and the laugh as the thought of this guy creeping
down to the bank with a violin case then fishing raised a smile.

Needed it as a stork just took my last large goldfish from my pond, it has
been chucking it down and I am going fishing at 5 am tomorrow.

I really need a light point to the evening.

On the rod front I got some advice from a tackle shop who are so confident
the Shakespeare Ganza that they will let me have one on trial. I get it in
about a week as it has to be sent via the post but will report back after I
have used it. Just got to keep hitting those tench. I had looked at the
muti-section type of rod and will go down that path if this one fails the
tench est.

Tomorrow I am taking an old diawa match rod that is older than my kids,
still does the job though.

Thanks again.

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Tomorrow I am taking an old diawa match rod that is older than my kids,
still does the job though.

The old gear should work as well as it ever did - the fish haven't changed
much in the last million years or so.

Have fun.

Cheerio,

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Well the kit worked and I enjoyed it however I could not get through a bed
of gudgeon. I actually took a small gudgeon at over 25 yards on a size 12
hook and four maggots and bread flake ( ok I was desperate just to stop the
small fish )

If I went to float and held just off the bottom I got ravaged by roach that
thought they were piranha.

The only fishing excitement was when a large pike took one of the roach as I
brought it in and the pike was very big, I am guess the roach was not that
happy though. I also had good, well dry, weather but using the old kit was
good but I do need something more compact.

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"Derek Moody" wrote in message
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In article , Gandalf
wrote:

Tomorrow I am taking an old diawa match rod that is older than my kids,
still does the job though.

The old gear should work as well as it ever did - the fish haven't changed
much in the last million years or so.

Have fun.

Cheerio,

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http://www.fishing.casterbridge.net/urfg/

In article , Gandalf
wrote:
Well the kit worked and I enjoyed it however I could not get through a bed
of gudgeon. I actually took a small gudgeon at over 25 yards on a size 12
hook and four maggots and bread flake ( ok I was desperate just to stop the
small fish )

If I went to float and held just off the bottom I got ravaged by roach that
thought they were piranha.

- if you're looking for tips on how to -not- catch fish I'm sure we could
come up with something between us.

using the old kit was
good but I do need something more compact.

Fishing by public transport or (only done this once, keep meaning to do it
again) when hiking and carrying *everything* on your back does make you look
hard at the tackle. I don't think it reduces catches either, it means you
pack just what you expect to need and saves a lot of indecision and switching
around on the bank.

Another little bonus you might not have tried is one-way roving. I usually
do this sea fishing but there's no reason you couldn't try it inland - take a
minimal kit, say spinning gear to one point by bus, walk and fish five miles
of water in a day and take a different bus home. If nothing else it's a great way to explore a stretch of water.

Cheerio,

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