rods & reality

Choosing a high performance ultra stiff rod won't make you cast any further. In fact, for a lot of anglers, using a so called "high performance" rod will actually decrease fishing potential!

The "true" performance of any rod is in the relationship between the angler, the rod and his ability to be able to use it in a fishing situation. If you can't use a rod, you won't catch fish with it. Sounds simple, and it is, if you concentrate on catching fish and forget about the myth of "high performance".

All of our rods are designed to be easy to use in the real world for fishing with. They don't have ultra stiff, ultra long range, ultra difficult to use, tournament style blanks that could end up putting you in traction.

By asking and then answering the three questions above, and ignoring some of the myths that have grown up in recent years regarding blank actions, you will have the information you need to be able to start choosing a rod.

But that's only the start of your decision making process . . .

This month’s advice : never buy a rod for catching Bass, just because it has the word Bass is written on it. There are more techniques and methods available to catch this fish than just about any other species, so a rod named Bass won't help you!

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