Over the years I have had a long list of dogs on the bank, Terriers-Jack Russel, Fell, Sealyham, Lucas and Staffie. Collies, Lurchers, Pointers, Setters, German Pointers, Labs and I can say the all made great companions, they just need to be trained in obedience from pups.
Not music but I'm not sure if anyone has discovered the magic sponge podcasts.
If you are in to your football these are well worth listening to. I'm in tears of laughter every time. Rob Beckett, jimmy bullard and a couple more. Special guests a plenty. John sitton, graham stack, David Bentley and David noble are incredible episodes
I know what you mean Rob, it all adds up mate...... Depends whether you want your new rods long term or for a few seasons and then another change. Which means you'll be trawling the forums again looking for advice...
As far as rods go, imo, there is budget and top end........ The marketing hype will try to convince you that certain budget rods are "mid range" and whack another £100 on top......
I've never been in the position to just go out just spend £1000 on a set of rods. But I did get my hands on some second hand NG's 2.75 tc at least a decade old but well looked after £100 each and they knock spots off any of my other newer rods....... Convinced me to save a while for some decent beefier rods... The Sonik s6 will fill the void for me until the pennies are saved.
There's some good advice from the other lads on this thread who know their stuff on rods, through experience. You rarely find them asking for advice on kit, but they are happy to share their info. All the better for the rest of us.
I work in a design and development team for a furniture manufacturer and we have the means to make a prototype from idea to finished produce ready for manufacture
we couldn't take a sofa from dfs and stick our label on it or they'd have us in court so fast
but if dfs outsourced it to a 3rd party to design and only paid for the manufacture and didn't pay for the design process that design would belong to the 3rd part and they could sell it to any1 they choose
I very much doubt that's whats happened to wychwood and aqua but it would explain why some1 can sell their exact product without feeling the wrath of the lawyers