Ginger9991 Posted October 4, 2017 Report Share Posted October 4, 2017 Whats everyone using? its time for me to stop using my £20 "carp" rod as its........theres a lot of movement in this rod now its on its last legs! so time to buy stuff! i dont really want to go mad, if i can keep it under £150 that would be great for a rod i chuck around! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yonny Posted October 4, 2017 Report Share Posted October 4, 2017 IMO the best value spod rod is the Free Spirit CTX Spod. About £115 and it can really chuck 'em. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yonny Posted October 4, 2017 Report Share Posted October 4, 2017 http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Free-Spirit-CTX-SPM-Spomb-Marker-Rod-/122712288359?var=&hash=item1c9238ec67:m:mRR0UgLuCMw1fsZ8XwtZBEA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yonny Posted October 4, 2017 Report Share Posted October 4, 2017 p.s. it's not what I use but it is what I'll replace my customer build with when it dies. I have seen them and they handle like £250 rods! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greekskii Posted October 4, 2017 Report Share Posted October 4, 2017 Probably will replace my sonik sks spod with a CTX when it gives up the ghost Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginger9991 Posted October 5, 2017 Author Report Share Posted October 5, 2017 Cheers lads, Any recommendations on a reel to go with it? An actual spod reel or maybe just buy another XTA medium Lc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greekskii Posted October 5, 2017 Report Share Posted October 5, 2017 Emblem spod or the shimano one. Or an old emblem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yonny Posted October 5, 2017 Report Share Posted October 5, 2017 Eblem Spod is great, the Shimano one is cheaper I think. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chillfactor Posted October 5, 2017 Report Share Posted October 5, 2017 Daiwa emblem spod reel . I use the free spirit spomb rod 13ft coupled with the reel above & can chuck a large spomb as far as I need. The speed of the reel getting that spomb back in with ease is a joy to use & you do feel the benefits if your baiting heavy at range . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianfrog Posted October 6, 2017 Report Share Posted October 6, 2017 I bought the shimano one and cant fault it ! Cheers Ian Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harpz_31 Posted October 6, 2017 Report Share Posted October 6, 2017 the first spod rod i bought was a chub outcast and I still use it was tempted to change it when I changed my main rods but its a good rod and does what I want so I kept using it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
salokcinnodrog Posted October 8, 2017 Report Share Posted October 8, 2017 On 4 October 2017 at 14:19, Ginger9991 said: Whats everyone using? its time for me to stop using my £20 "carp" rod as its........theres a lot of movement in this rod now its on its last legs! so time to buy stuff! i dont really want to go mad, if i can keep it under £150 that would be great for a rod i chuck around! I'm still using Century's Big Bertha and her DD's, and a Shimano Aerlex 8000. Still putting Spombs and spods over 100. I did get an Abu Segra Spod rod for Ardleigh, but braid wore the guides through, creating grooves, so I bought Big Bertha around 9 years ago. The reel I bought when I was fishing Earith, so thats over 10 years old as well. I see no reason to change what works for me. emmcee 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emmcee Posted October 9, 2017 Report Share Posted October 9, 2017 On 08/10/2017 at 14:20, salokcinnodrog said: I'm still using Century's Big Bertha and her DD's, and a Shimano Aerlex 8000. Still putting Spombs and spods over 100. I did get an Abu Segra Spod rod for Ardleigh, but braid wore the guides through, creating grooves, so I bought Big Bertha around 9 years ago. The reel I bought when I was fishing Earith, so thats over 10 years old as well. I see no reason to change what works for me. i to have the big bertha dd, coupled up with an emblem spod reel and hit 100yds plus with relative ease. had this rod donkeys years and its still as stiff as when i first got it. some rods definitely soften up over time but not this one. salokcinnodrog 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
salokcinnodrog Posted October 9, 2017 Report Share Posted October 9, 2017 26 minutes ago, emmcee said: i to have the big bertha dd, coupled up with an emblem spod reel and hit 100yds plus with relative ease. had this rod donkeys years and its still as stiff as when i first got it. some rods definitely soften up over time but not this one. Century were I think were the first and quite possibly still, the only rod company to Autoclave their rods. In basic terms the wet resined blanks have all of the air and excess resin vacuumed out of them, so they retain their strength and stiffness. A while I had a long conversation with Simon Chilcott about Century rods, and I believe he said they use carbon pre-preg cloths that no other rod manufacturer is able to get hold of from the F1, space and aeronautical industries. He also mentioned that Economic and Technological sanctions prevent China from using many of the more advanced carbons in the rod industry. This may mean that any rod manufacturer who has rods made in China is not using the best materials, and why they can produce rods a lot more cheaply as the materials are not as good, more prone to 'going off', losing their stiffness, or breaking. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginger9991 Posted October 23, 2017 Author Report Share Posted October 23, 2017 Went for the Free Spirit SPM spod.....great bit of kit, All these years i have been smashing a spod out with a 3lb test curve £20 carp rod.....i know know what i have been missing! yonny 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dayvid Posted October 23, 2017 Report Share Posted October 23, 2017 (edited) Any quality reel the will bring over a Metre of line in each turn of the handle Edited October 27, 2017 by salokcinnodrog Sorry, I had to correct metre, Americanism just bugged me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
salokcinnodrog Posted March 5, 2018 Report Share Posted March 5, 2018 On 9 October 2017 at 19:20, salokcinnodrog said: Century were I think were the first and quite possibly still, the only rod company to Autoclave their rods. In basic terms the wet resined blanks have all of the air and excess resin vacuumed out of them, so they retain their strength and stiffness. A while I had a long conversation with Simon Chilcott about Century rods, and I believe he said they use carbon pre-preg cloths that no other rod manufacturer is able to get hold of from the F1, space and aeronautical industries. He also mentioned that Economic and Technological sanctions prevent China from using many of the more advanced carbons in the rod industry. This may mean that any rod manufacturer who has rods made in China is not using the best materials, and why they can produce rods a lot more cheaply as the materials are not as good, more prone to 'going off', losing their stiffness, or breaking. Picture of Century's Autoclave on this link: B.C. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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