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So how many?

Tronixpro Naga’s x 2
Tronixpro Competition Match GT x 2
Tronixpro Xenon Match’s x 2
Tronixpro Alphex TT420 x 2
Tronixpro Alphex GT420 x 2
Tronixpro Xenon TT’s x 2
Tronixpro Vipers x 2
Mitchell Suprema Surfmasters x 2
Akios HellRazors x 2
Sonik Gravity Surf HT 2 piece x 2
AFAW Match Pro’s x 2
AFAW Tournament Match x 2
Zulcron Match x 2
Century Carbon Metals x 2
Diawa Saltists 14.2 x 2
Blackrock Comp Surf 13.6ft x 2
Greys Apollo Extreme 140’s x 2
Leeda Icon Elite powers x 2
Shakespeare Bass rods (Supra/Zedlite) x 2
Penn Vendetta Spin x 1
TFG Spin x 1
 
3 x Century NG SU

2 x Century Graphex 10 - 40g
3 x Tronix Nebula

2 x Grey's specialist 1.75lb
1 x Grey's Multi tip quiver

2 x Grey's Prodigy 2.75

3 x Diawa Super Kenzaki 8 - 15
3 x Diawa Super Kenzaki 12 - 20
3 x Diawa Super Kenzaki 20 - 30
2 x Diawa Super Kenzaki 40 - 60

6 x Aphex Boat 6 -15
4 x Aphex Boat 12 - 20
4 x Aphex boat 30 -50
 
GPSguru said:
3 x Century NG SU

2 x Century Graphex 10 - 40g
3 x Tronix Nebula

2 x Grey's specialist 1.75lb
1 x Grey's Multi tip quiver

2 x Grey's Prodigy 2.75

3 x Diawa Super Kenzaki 8 - 15
3 x Diawa Super Kenzaki 12 - 20
3 x Diawa Super Kenzaki 20 - 30
2 x Diawa Super Kenzaki 40 - 60

6 x Aphex Boat 6 -15
4 x Aphex Boat 12 - 20
4 x Aphex boat 30 -50
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So you have 21 boat rods and just 2 hands! interesting 🤔
 
chesilpete said:
pairs
Century graphex matches
Century super matches
italcanna la s x4
italcanna otgs
mk2 afaw match pros
daiwa 13mm s
plus odd zip and odds n ends about ten I would reckon.

boat not sure but a lot of blue water daiwa rods jigging and popping.
a few daiwa saltiga braids
and daiwa tdu uptiders.

spinning quite a few again about ten ranging from old abu suverens to latest latex lobbers.

plus two full rod bags that went into storage in 2019.

in short way too many.

The only rods I would not be without are the italcanna la s.
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Whats them LA,s like to fish and cast with Pete
 
jackjock said:
Whats them LA,s like to fish and cast with Pete
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Firstly the blanks are surprisingly light for a 14ft rod and I believe that the blanks are all carbon.
The patents that Italcanna hold are to do with the spigot which are slightly more bulbous than either century or zziplex but I have no doubt that they do two things the first is they do not cause a significant flat spot in the blank and secondly they do not have any issues of not being able to get the rods apart even when new. I have been using mine for about 4 years now and I still have plenty of spigot even though I have worn my way through about 15mm. The male section still mates well and is not sloppy. I have not looked after them and Chesil especially West Chesil means that I have no doubts that I have introduced lots of sand and salt into the mix in the time I have owned them.

I am getting on now and the heaviest rod I can properly compress is a AFAW Tournament Match Pro MK2, as far as power goes the LAs sit just below the AFAWs.
What I can do is generate a lot of tip speed because I have a lot of mass (big fat old lump), in practical terms I will either cast OTG or I swing the lead under the rod and then hit it as it passes behind me (sort of low swing).
So 5oz I can get that lead really moving, the rod compresses progressively so rather than deliver a great big lump of power it seems to unwind from the butt up when you release. If you used early high end carbon mix daiwa rods then the release is similar but much faster because the blank is so slim.

The rod is fast but progressive.

To explain this better the glass mix zziplexs feel much slower then the LAs and the stiff graphene Centurys feel faster.
The result is simple you can get right into the LA blank and the output is more predictable, everything you put in does come back out very smoothly and predictably. I do aim slightly higher then I would with my Century Graphene rods.

The rod does have a lot of rings not sure how many but 11 intermediates I think is correct.

With 6oz I can lock the bank up, the results are as pleasing when you let go, the only slightly disconcerting feeling is that with a blank that feels so light it does feel that you are beating it up, you are not, they love a 6oz and it will go as far as 5oz.

7oz just no....... the rods are rated to 200g and although I have chucked a 200G out in a big sea I quickly switched back to a 170g.

Fishing with them is the big win, the tip never pulls the lead out, bites show through the whole tip, the tip pulls into the tide, its a carbon tip but its not too stiff and does not ping the lead out.
I love the LAs for Chesil and use them over cleanish ground along the south coast but I would not recommend them into heavy ground the blank is just not fast enough to deal with pulling big leads and kelp about, you need something stiffer.

If your a massive caster and range is your game then again you will find other 5-8oz rods which you will like better.

But if you have moderate talents or are getting on a bit then you wont beat an LA in my opinion, the blank is bloody lovely and there is nothing out there better I have tried them all.

Do not buy the shorter version they feel different again but not in a positive way.

Writing this makes me feel slightly conflicted the distributor in the UK is Breakaway and I bloody hate them :)
 
Beach said:
Go on and be a man (y)
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Hmm, OK then...
The number seems to be 49 at the moment. It's not as bad as it sounds because 19 of them are fly rods. I still have my first rod, a solid glass spinning rod that's nearly 60 years old. It still gets an occasional outing in the summer when the mackerel are in range.
 
Haha I feel like I need more after reading what you lot have got!

I have 3 beach rods a
century tip tornado supermatch graphex
Century fireblade and a tronixpro cxvii
+1 LRF rod HTO urban finesse.
 
chesilpete said:
Firstly the blanks are surprisingly light for a 14ft rod and I believe that the blanks are all carbon.
The patents that Italcanna hold are to do with the spigot which are slightly more bulbous than either century or zziplex but I have no doubt that they do two things the first is they do not cause a significant flat spot in the blank and secondly they do not have any issues of not being able to get the rods apart even when new. I have been using mine for about 4 years now and I still have plenty of spigot even though I have worn my way through about 15mm. The male section still mates well and is not sloppy. I have not looked after them and Chesil especially West Chesil means that I have no doubts that I have introduced lots of sand and salt into the mix in the time I have owned them.

I am getting on now and the heaviest rod I can properly compress is a AFAW Tournament Match Pro MK2, as far as power goes the LAs sit just below the AFAWs.
What I can do is generate a lot of tip speed because I have a lot of mass (big fat old lump), in practical terms I will either cast OTG or I swing the lead under the rod and then hit it as it passes behind me (sort of low swing).
So 5oz I can get that lead really moving, the rod compresses progressively so rather than deliver a great big lump of power it seems to unwind from the butt up when you release. If you used early high end carbon mix daiwa rods then the release is similar but much faster because the blank is so slim.

The rod is fast but progressive.

To explain this better the glass mix zziplexs feel much slower then the LAs and the stiff graphene Centurys feel faster.
The result is simple you can get right into the LA blank and the output is more predictable, everything you put in does come back out very smoothly and predictably. I do aim slightly higher then I would with my Century Graphene rods.

The rod does have a lot of rings not sure how many but 11 intermediates I think is correct.

With 6oz I can lock the bank up, the results are as pleasing when you let go, the only slightly disconcerting feeling is that with a blank that feels so light it does feel that you are beating it up, you are not, they love a 6oz and it will go as far as 5oz.

7oz just no....... the rods are rated to 200g and although I have chucked a 200G out in a big sea I quickly switched back to a 170g.

Fishing with them is the big win, the tip never pulls the lead out, bites show through the whole tip, the tip pulls into the tide, its a carbon tip but its not too stiff and does not ping the lead out.
I love the LAs for Chesil and use them over cleanish ground along the south coast but I would not recommend them into heavy ground the blank is just not fast enough to deal with pulling big leads and kelp about, you need something stiffer.

If your a massive caster and range is your game then again you will find other 5-8oz rods which you will like better.

But if you have moderate talents or are getting on a bit then you wont beat an LA in my opinion, the blank is bloody lovely and there is nothing out there better I have tried them all.

Do not buy the shorter version they feel different again but not in a positive way.

Writing this makes me feel slightly conflicted the distributor in the UK is Breakaway and I bloody hate them :)
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The 1 chuck I had with yours was nice , we'll have to meet up when the plaice are in so I can have a few more casts in daylight mate , 1st impressions are they certainly are nice bits of kit
 
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