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Don't do it mate! Any product that advertises itself as "a stripped out ultra light special forces edition" is for children or idiots. Honestly fella, I don't rate Nash rods one bit. For that money you can get something from a company that actually builds rods rather than gets them made in China. Nash rods, IMO, are average rods sold at premium prices. There are miles better options out there for the same money.

Can't remember if it was last year or the year before. Certainly wasn't this year.

Hi guys I have a set of 3 scopes 10 foot and 3lb test curve and use them for 90% of my fishing now. very easy and convenient to transport both in the car and on the bank and as I use them so much the 10 foot was the right decision. unless you want a stalker go 10 foot as this gives you a better casting option and more chance if doing shortish zigs . if I was to buy again I would probably go 3.5 as they are quite a light tip and when fishing pva bags 3lbtc feel a little floppy. the concept is brilliant unless you fish at range but 60/80 yds is not a problem. my only gripe is the varnish is a little soft and does seem to mark easy. you need to make sure the section which folds away into the handle is clean before doing so otherwise you transport grit etc into it and when extending it out feels horrible. it would also be nice if they made the butt cap unscrewing so you could flush it through with a hosepipe every so often. that said I will keep mine or upgrade to 3.5 forever. I use the 2 rod holder and a single sleeve which fits onto the side of it matched with daiwa entoh reels. go for the big pit version whichever reel your thinking of using as the standard one is us on size. make sure you try your rod and reel combination in if you go for the cube shown above first.

Sadly i have to agree with you on the mismanagement of the rivers. Cotton growing plays a big part in this. That said Carp are a factor in the porr state of the rivers and native fish populations. Restoring health to our rivers of course needs a multifaceted approach. i think this virus is a tool that can provide a large benefit and while carp are by no means the sole reason for muddy waters i do believe they contribute. As for the comparisons to clear waters in other areas i'm really not sure, They're all very different ecological environments. I think the relief for our native species would be great, it may allow us to re-establish populations of tandanus tandanus catfish in areas they are now extinct, out competed by Carp. I

Can I point out why I said this post is Tosh. Firstly I worked in the construction industry in Australia & I can tell you for a fact that they have exactly the same tools available to them as we do over here , they actually seemed to get them before us as I didn't see some of the tools I was using over there years later back in the uk but you can definitely get all of the major brands over there . Cars, nearly all the major brands of car are available over there , in fact I would say they have a more diverse car selection over there because of there love of v8 motors . Materials were second to none & i was constantly surprised how far behind we were in those regards . So to say that Australia is some sort of prison is so far from reality & you would know this if you had actually been there ! & not just second hand knowledge. You guys believe what you like but I have actually worked out there . Apologies newmarket shouldn't of brought you into the debate , but the post was so factually incorrect. Oh & as for the buying stuff off the Internet etc cyborx your opening gambit was all about how they have ruined the country with lack of control of what comes in .... so I am surprised your against tighter controls . I will leave you to it guys

I've left it a week to respond to this in the hope that somebody on here with some clout would delete the last paragraph . I'm sure you know already anyway but , for the benefit of everybody else , I reported your post to admin because I thought , and still do think that that last paragraph is bang out of order . Whether I considered the initial Cyborx post to be mildly amusing by way of tongue in cheek is neither here nor there to anybody else and if there had been a 'found the post to be mildly amusing' button then I would have mildly amused it .... In its absence the like button was the nearest option . I reported it , as I say , in the hope that admin/mods would remove the uncalled for snide comment but a week on its become obvious that THAT isn't going to happen and I'm not surprised about THAT either which would have saved me the trouble of posting In an argument I had no intention of getting involved in . Sad . Very sad.

Hey guys, just signed up to be able to post this, i've read this forum for a few years seeing how you guys go abaout your carp fishing and techniques that might work over here. I'm not here to try and change your minds but just thought an Australian perspective may give some balance. I'm mid 30's have grown up fishing inland in the murray darling basin. Caught more carp than i could ever count, occasionally a golden perch (also known as yellowbellly or callop) never caught a Murray cod in my 25 years of fishing and native catfish (tandanus tandanus) are extinct in this part of the world now. I enjoy catching carp, however it is sad to see the river in it's current state. Murray Cod, a species who grow to well over a metre are scare. Golden perch are surviving but by no means thriving. Carp are believed to be 80 - 90% of the total biomass in the river, that's a huge amount in 40 odd years. Carp have been here a lot longer but flooding in the 70's is what led to their massive spread in range. As much as i enjoy catching carp, seeing their numbers being significantly reduced by this virus would be a huge positive for australia. restocking the catfish and allowing golden perch and Murray cod to recover to me is a great outcome. Carp will still be around, there will never be 100% wipe out, i assume those fish that are resistant to the virus would be more likely to grow larger, however i expect the laws regarding returning them to the water alive will remain in place. I note that Aussie fisherman have got a bad name in this forum, it's to be expected with Aussie attitudes to carp on a carp forum, but to my mind w're being short changed. Catch and release fishing has grown remarkably, very few murray cod are taken for the plate now with most being treated as well as you guys treat your carp. Perch are still often taken for the table but not in the quantities they once were, greed has diminished and sustainability is more prescient in the minds of our fisherman than ever before. Personally I agree with the carp herpes virus being released in australia. I'd love to see the day when Aussies are travelling to the UK for that trophy shot with a 30+ carp, and uk fisherman go home with stopries of the 110cm+ cod that weighed as much as their wife. I also note our countries responsibility to keep the virus contained to our shores, a responsibility somewhat shared with foreign travellers heading home. If any country can manage this it's australia with our relative isolation. In closing, i guess if anything don't just see this a carp issue, see it as an environmental issue. If you end up on the other side of the argument to me thats fine, i just think it's important to see it through the right lense. and as an aside the earlier post about Australia'a record with introduced species is a touch misleading. Many of those species were released before Australian federation by British citizens in British colonies (including rabbits, foxes and carp). I'm not looking to start a big argument here as we have a ;largely shared history and ahve made probably just as many huge mistakes ourselves. For those interested in successful biological controls in Australia, myxomatosis, calicivirus and the prickly pear moth are the success stories we've had. The Cane Toad probably the most disastrous. sorry for the long winded post, just hoping to add to the discussion from what I imagine is a very different perspective to most on this site

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