Reliance

Just wanted to say thanks all... went for the 2x 10ft 3lb Black Widow G50's with the Black Widow BR reels (4000A) Can't wait to get on the bank and use them!!

Money isn't really an issue if I needed to spend more on bigger rods later down the line. The lake I will fish will be about 6 acres, largest lake there I'd fish is only like 12 acres. Wondering if 10ft would suit me better here? Only have a small car as well so maybe might help there too!!

I was aiming for 12ft as this is what I used to use and seems to be the recommended size when I researched it, not sure if I should maybe for for 10ft though?

Is it worth paying around £20 more per rod for the G50 over the D Carp ones?

Hi everyone, I am new here so many thanks in advance for reading this. I used to do a lot of carp angling when I was 13-15, about 10 years ago now. Last year I got back into fishing and have been using a Daiwa Match rod for float fishing. After catching a good number of 7-10lb carp float fishing last year and some this year, I've decided to get back into carp fishing so I can go for the bigger boys like I used to. I don't have any carp fishing gear yet really other than a net and unhooking mat. I was looking at the following rod and reel (x2) to start me off: Daiwa Black Widow G50 Rod - 12ft 2.75lb TC x2 Daiwa Black Widow Reel - 5000A x2 Unfortunately the site I use is out of stock on G50 rods, and ideally I want my rods/reels to match (and have a "nice" setup compared to what I used to use!) As this rod is out of stock I was looking at potentially going for "Daiwa D Carp Rod", 12ft 3lb TC. I will likely use the same black widow reels, little shame if the rods are not black widow as well. I just wonder if it is worth me trying to source/paying extra for the G50 rods over the D Carp? I'll be fishing day ticket lakes and casting no more than 20-30m, I can get G50 in 3.25 TC but I think this will be too much for the lakes I'm fishing in. I'm very new to this so appreciate any insight. Can't go too expensive on rod/reels as I need to buy all the other stuff like rod pod, alarms etc Thank you!!