shakespeare Telescopic rod

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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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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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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Writing: http://www.author.casterbridge.net/derek-moody/
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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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Hi Derek

You describe my fishing history there. I started cycling 10 miles to fish
the River Thames at Cricklade, would park the bike in a farmers yard and
rove the river from Cricklade village centre to Lechlade on good days but
mainly to Castle Eaton as there was a great country pub that did not mind a
couple teenagers having a quiet pint and meal whilst sat in the garden on
their tackle boxes. Those were the days.

The got a motorbike so could travel further and carry more. Never got a car
licence though. The lake fishing came later when a bunch of us used to go
and that is where the usual fisherman's box came into it with masses of
tackle that just might give me an edge but usually got used once them
gathered dust. I even used to carry 5 rods and 3 reels so I could change
tactics. Well all used to carry as much as we could which was a lot for an
ex rugby player who was a fit 6 foot back then.

The career stopped me fishing for many years but I started again a few years
ago when I got forced into early retirement due to illness, unfortunately
the illness affects my physical ability to do things in a variable way so
sometimes I have the energy to go and sometimes I do not. When I got I do
have to pick a spot and stay there. I don't drive as my balance a reaction
times are reduced which is not clever on a motorbike.(;-)

So now I just go to one of four local still water venues and set up in one
spot and the need for light tackle is there but the rod issue is size more
than anything else. Taking the three section 12 foot rods is difficult on a
bus if you take a full holdall so I strapped them to my brollie but it makes
them vulnerable to damage so a telescopic rod or rod in a smaller hard
container would do the trick.

Cutting the amount of tackle I take was an issue as well and now I use a
small plastic screw box that just about allows the main items and a good
selection of about 20 floats. If I am going to use bite alarms I have to
carry them separate but the main lake I fish frowns on them and they
restrict me to one rod as well which is a real pain as I like setting one up
to catch the bigger fish and tiddler bash with the other one to keep the
mind active.

On the good side I can still remember the whole of the river between
Cricklade and Castle Eaton and recently looked at it using Google Earth and
could still pick out the swims to fish. I could even remember a lot of the
fish I caught on that river.VBG

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Gandalf


"Derek Moody" wrote in message
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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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Writing: http://www.author.casterbridge.net/derek-moody/
uk.rec.fishing.game Badge Page:
http://www.fishing.casterbridge.net/urfg/