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In reply to Post #18
AD always have good price for out of stock items 🤣
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In reply to Post #20
Exactly the same for me mate, I'm short too. The extra foot makes a big difference when casting heavy spombs a distance. It makes no difference what length your fishing rods are.
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In reply to Post #19
I know i did consider it, however my fishing rods are 12ft and im only a short arse so I decided that id keep it to a 12ft and improve my technique and go from there. I might be wrong but I figured a 13ft spod rod would be better suited if i was using 13ft fishing rods too.
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In reply to Post #18
You'd be better with a 13ft for distance, it makes things much easier
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In reply to Post #17
It wasn't exactly a great deal, TFT did me the rod and reel for £300.
AD had the rod for £150 but no stock available! Wave Inn was a better price for the 13ft but i wanted a 12ft.
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In reply to Post #16
How much did you pay for it,if you don't mind me asking?
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In reply to Post #15
Ok so I've ordered a shimano tx extreme rod and a shimano ultegra xte spod reel.
Just need to brush up on my pub chucks now 🤣
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In reply to Post #14
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In reply to Post #13
Mastic spod, sounds like a rod breaker 😅 sounds good for short range tho.
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In reply to Post #12
Reminds me of the early days of spodding.
I was using the harrison rocketeer, easy to put a bend in it, and i could chuck/lob a home made full sized mastic tube spod about 70 yards.
I had a try with my mates century big Bertha, much stiffer but you felt the weight and couldn't compress the rod so it was a slog to hit 70 yards with it.
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In reply to Post #5
I had a freespirit lrs hard work ended up with a shimano tx extreme. So much lighter and easy to get 25 wraps and a lot more with a bit of effort.
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In reply to Post #10
Not for the distances you mention in your first post
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Yes definitely need to work on my casting! Would i be right in thinking the Dawia Super Spod wouldn't be ideal combination with the reel?
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That Crosscast Spod reel is decent. As others have said, you need a capable rod (and a whole lot more technique wise) to go with it.
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In reply to Post #4
I did the same - not a huge upgrade but went from a Greys GT spod to a Freespirit CTX one. And changed reels to a Penn 8000 spod reel. The difference was night and day.
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