10ft rods

[BackInTheGame]

So I am looking around for some decent 2nd hand rods. Looking at free spirit e class possibly. 

However I have seen that there are now a lot of 10ft rods, carp rods have always been 12ft to me unless they are for stalking. 

Apart from the obvious advantages in smaller venues/swims, are they any other advantages or disadvantages of 10ft rods. 

[salokcinnodrog]

5 hours ago, BackInTheGame said:

So I am looking around for some decent 2nd hand rods. Looking at free spirit e class possibly. 

However I have seen that there are now a lot of 10ft rods, carp rods have always been 12ft to me unless they are for stalking. 

Apart from the obvious advantages in smaller venues/swims, are they any other advantages or disadvantages of 10ft rods. 

My view is that the 10ft rods do not cast as far as a 12ft or even longer rod, even in the higher modern test curves.

 

Much of my fishing is on larger waters (above 20acres), with open banks, and at times I need to cast long distances.

Even my lighter rods for smaller fish are 12ft, albeit 2lb test curve.

I think that the smaller rods to some extent are tackle manufacturers pushing a new item to sell a new item, create a new market.