christoph22 Posted September 5, 2009 Report Share Posted September 5, 2009 Me n my mate are planning to go to france for the first time next year or maybe the year after and he says we will need stronger rods to deal with the bigger fish over there. We both have 12ft, 2.75lb test curve rods both made by good brands. I was just wondering is it worth investing in some stronger rods for france? or is it a must to invest? thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robbo1111 Posted September 5, 2009 Report Share Posted September 5, 2009 Tbh mate the simple answer is no, the TC is more for casting abilities than for landing fish, obviously when you get one of those monsters on the end just take it little bit easier Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
christoph22 Posted September 6, 2009 Author Report Share Posted September 6, 2009 Tbh mate the simple answer is no, the TC is more for casting abilities than for landing fish, obviously when you get one of those monsters on the end just take it little bit easier Thanks dude, so what distances or size of lake would u say step up to 3lb/3.5lb test? i cant see us fishing a lake bigger than 10-15 acres Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beanz Posted September 6, 2009 Report Share Posted September 6, 2009 i wouldnt step up , not even for a huge lake( which 10-15 is the low end of medium even in this country) 3.5 is getting into broom stick territory for playing fish. i use a 3.5 for spodding your 2.75 will do the job perfectly, even better than a new one .as your familiar with it spend your money on something you need Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robbo1111 Posted September 6, 2009 Report Share Posted September 6, 2009 i wouldnt step up , not even for a huge lake( which 10-15 is the low end of medium even in this country) 3.5 is getting into broom stick territory for playing fish. i use a 3.5 for spodding your 2.75 will do the job perfectly, even better than a new one .as your familiar with it spend your money on something you need Tbh like beanz said 3.5 is getting very strong and you will have to know how to play the fish correctly on the rods otherwise you will loose a lot of fish due to hookpulls as the rods wont absorb them, theres a good chance you wont be able to compress the blank of the stronger rod therefore loosing out on distance, if I was you I would spend the money on a decent bait for your time out there Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaz Posted September 6, 2009 Report Share Posted September 6, 2009 not beig funny mate but i doubt you will be able to compress a 3 1/2 tc rod properly anyway. 2.75 are more than capable Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
christoph22 Posted September 6, 2009 Author Report Share Posted September 6, 2009 ok thanks alot everyone, uv saved me a bundle. I'll have to get my mate to read this forum to prove him wrong lol Oh and one last thing are there any lakes out there that any of u would personally recommend (in france) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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