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So this morning, I went down to christen my new Fox Horizon X3s rods at the local pond, first cast with the new toy and… not what you want with a new rod!! quick call to Poingdestres to explain the situation, and after taking my name and order details, tell me they will call me back as soon as possible. 10mins later and true to their word, they call me to let me know that having found my order number and details, a new tip section is already being packed and posted and should be with me mid week. for after sales service, I can’t fault them, excellent service! as for the rods, I own 10 fox rods (well 9 and a 1/2 right now!) 3 fox warriors, 4 fox torque and these 3(ish) horizons, so I reckon I was just unlucky with a dodgy blank this time round

needless to say nothing was caught last night

Sorry to hear about this mate

I’ve got a set of Fox Horizon X3-s 12ft 3.5lb tc rods, you’ll pick them up new for £98 each, (I don’t think they’ve been out long) they’re pretty stiff, they will cast far further than I’ll ever need! They’re coupled with fox eos 12000 reels and Diawa tournament line in 18lb test, the diameter is pretty thin for a line of this strength, it will send a 3.5 or 4oz lead lovely. downside is I feel like I’ve got 3 beachcasters balancing on the Neville’s 🙄 it’s a balance though, I still use my 3lb fox torques for a lot of sessions, but they won’t do the distance the horizons will, not in my hands anyway

I know exactly what you mean mate, when a water gets under your skin, you just gotta fish it out of your system! There’s one or two waters I’d be on now if I hadn’t moved back to Sussex, I haven’t been able to find their like on the waters around here

the boy’s Christmas present going for their maiden outing

Also I’m very sorely tempted by a set of fox horizon x3-s 12ft rods… 🙄

Recent purchases include 3x fox warrior 12ft 2.75tc rods, 3x shimano 1000 bait runners, 3x stow basix bobbins, 1x fox mini micron alarm, 3x unbranded but grips, 1 rod bag and 3 rod sleeves. It’s time my boy upgraded his lil £30 9ft rods, so this will be his Xmas present

Rods out at the end of an overnighter, taken yesterday morning the boys rods out

No no no you’re doing it all wrong! No camou tape on the rod butts, no dinky 3 rod buzz bars, where if you get a take on the middle rod, you can’t strike it without knocking off the other two, no folded reel handles… barely even trying also, 12ft rods?? That’s so 1990s… where’s the 6ft sawn offs and bread bombs? 🙄

my result 🙄

22lb common caught at 8am this morning

100% agree - I’ve got 4 of them, and absolutely love them.

Not to be out done, I had it last month…

I think it probably did! The take was rather pathetic, it pulled the bobbin to the blank and just stopped. When my boy hit it, it didn’t take a single centimetre of line, just swam serenely straight to the net and didn’t twitch during the pics or weighing (to quote spug redfern in his book) short of telling us how much he weighed, he couldn’t have been more helpful! bite to net approx 1min!

It is one huge gut! He is still buzzing and I couldn’t be happier for him! Better than catching it myself it’s just my mobile camera mate, and the morning sun shining on it.

boys rods out my set up on last nights overnighter

19lb 14oz

38lb new personal best!

22lb 21lb a couple from last night, my boy did rather better…

Rods out on my first session of my new campaign water. it appeared on my club book, no one knows what’s really in here. No one really fishes it and it was stocked 20yrs ago with 50 or so carp. I saw a 26lb on the bank and that was me sold! Just down for a few hours today to get the eye on the water and the first session ticked off.

The boy got in on the act 11lb mutant 12lb mirror, one of only half a dozen in the pond

A few from last night 26lb 2oz 23lb 5oz 23lb on the nose

A couple of pics of last nights overnighter