superfly83

i got the daiwa black widow rod bag, its an entry level bag that you can pick up for under £30. it will take 3 made up rods and hold a further 3 rods, has a really nice padded sleeve to stop the rods rubbing together, 2 large pockets that hold loads, i carry my bank sticks, distance sticks, landing net and pole and a weighing tripod with room to spare. made from a really thick material and heavy duty zips,  proper bargain.

I have a Fox holdall myself, takes 3 made up rods, and the landing net in the central pocket. It also straps into my bivvy bag, so making it a full system.
 
http://www.foxint.com/products/specialist-fishing/Specialist%20Luggage/
 
http://www.foxint.com/catalogues-sections-products.php?section=114&catalogue=1

I have a horking great Shimano Tribal holdall that weighs a ton when I have it stuffed full. I usually take something smaller since we have a 1 rod rule anyway.

I have used the full size Prologic commander holdall for the past two years and it's been brilliant. I've used it at least twice a week for this time and to date no rips, tears or stitching coming undone. can't recommend it enough... link below
 

This is what i have and have had for years and nothing has bust.
http://www.anglingdirect.co.uk/chub-vantage-5-star-holdall

I've got the Chub Vantage 3 rod plus. Comes with 3 individual sleeves and you can buy extras. They can vary from 11.6 ft to 12.6ft rods. (Get them asap if you go for this and want them) It will take a maximum of 5. Well made and each rod is very well protected.
 
I've got my 3 rods, a spod rod and a float rod all made up plus my brolly system.
 
Very nice bit of kit. Not sure how much longer they'll be doing it for. They released both this an the 5 star system back in 2013, so will probably be looking to replace it in the next year or 2.
 
Is it fashion or planned obsolesence?

Something similar, I use the Fox FX 3 rod sling. Perfect for what I wanted. Lightweight, well padded, holds 3 rods made up, and a landing net on the outside pocket.
 
If you don't need to take Spod / Marker on a regular basis, these are the type of rod bags i would recommend. More protection than a quiver, lighter than an ordinary 3 up 3 down.

You won't believe what we just acquired lol
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Picked up my new fishing companion today
 

Personally I don't see the point in combi rigs and have tried them many, many times whilst doing far better on pure and semi stiff braids etc, and pure stiff rigs but I still like the idea of a combi and in my opinion the perfect material for it is fluoro
 
I like my .37 Seaguar ace hard stuff a lot, I use it as a leader all the time and it is a lovely material. amazingly the BS is 23lb, and trust me that is a very unusual strength to diameter ratio for fluorocarb, most other readily available fluoros I have come across are horribly thick and ungainly
 
best thing is try a few and dig around. In my opinion if you want a genuine proper combi rig you have to have that stiff section stiff, and while you're on the case, why not make it invisible too?
 
Also be careful about what you are fishing over because if it is even slightly weedy you are going to have your hookbait sticking up at a horrible angle with anything at all other than very supple pure braid mate

I use both the stripped back and the combi-rig.
 
With a combi-rig, I would suggest that you check the knot between the materials after every fish, and change the hooklink regularly. I have had a knot fail after I played and landed a good 20, then without checking the knot between the braid and Amnesia cast out, and then lost another good fish when the knot gave way. My fault for NOT checking!
 
With the stripped back hooklink, the same rig can be used to land a number of fish, obviously checking hook and the knots as well, but you only have to check hook knot and mainline join, compared to the 3 on the combi-link.

No benefit at all, other than the fact you can completely fine tune how stiff, and how supple both parts are. You will never get a coated braid that is as stiff as how you can make a combi link.
Rigmarole, hydrolink on the other hand....