Ugly Stick, your thoughts please.

[Ianpick]

I've got a Ron Thompson 12-20 lb 7' 8" boat road. The spine of the rod is at about 45⁰ to the bend but as yet that's not posed any problems. I like it, I've caught fish with it and known they were there.

My other boat rod, a home built "1000lb, stand up, f**k-off unless you're a great white or walrus", is exactly as described, so a bit much for 2lb Bream, I'm not so keen, even though I made it.
I'm going to cut the rings off and use it to prop something up, a shed or tree or something.

So I need another boat rod. I'm thinking of an
8 - 12 LB Shakespeare Ugly Stick. I had a fiddle with one today at my local tackle shop and it feels nice, I like it a lot.

There is the 12 - 20lb version available, really nice stainless steel rings, sooooo pretty, I like that one as well.

My main targets will be bream, bass, pollack and mackeral and of course anything else that fancies a fight. In my dreams I catch red mullet, gurnard and turbot.

I'll be fishing the Solent out of Yarmouth, IOW.

Any thoughts anyone?

 

[Warby72]

Haven't used one personally but ugly-sticks have been around for many many years and have always had a pretty decent reputation.

 

[Dylansmaster]

8ft 15lb class ugly stik is all you need it will do the lot

 

[Ollieollie]

That’s what I use, I have the 12/20 and 20/30. Used for everything around the U.K. and some big stuff in Norway, excellent rods! Love them

 

[J Richards]

I use the 12-20 and love it. I habe not been out on a boar for ages and never cleaned and it still looks. Like new. Cannot fault it at all. Well worth the money

 

[Wolf]

I use a 12 20 when I go out and can't fault it,I highly recommend it mate

 

[Ianpick]

Thanks for your replies.
I think the 12/20 is too far ahead to ignore. I'm going to have another look later today.

 

[tdxs133pm]

Still have a 20-30 Ugly Stik from the 1980s.Still in pristine condition.

 

[hullcitytilidie]

Still have a 20-30 Ugly Stik from the 1980s.Still in pristine condition.

Even after you'd been hit with it so many times???

 

[Ianpick]

I got the 12/20, very nice, hardly ugly at all.

 

[tdxs133pm]

Even after you'd been hit with it so many times?

Careful or I'll smash it round your mush,it can take the abuse.???

 

[tdxs133pm]

Even after you'd been hit with it so many times?

Ian Dury and The Blockheads."Hit Me With Your Ugly Stik" hit me hit me.??

 

[Mr Fish]

Still have a 20-30 Ugly Stik from the 1980s.Still in pristine condition.

They didn’t actually make 20-30 in the 80s I believe?
It would have been a 20lb or a 30lb? ?

At least I bought two after 2000 and they’re 12lb and 20lb, none of this marketing crap 12-20, 20-30 they do now.

 

[Ollieollie]

They didn’t actually make 20-30 in the 80s I believe?
It would have been a 20lb or a 30lb? ?

At least I bought two after 2000 and they’re 12lb and 20lb, none of this marketing crap 12-20, 20-30 they do now.

???? I had a bet with myself you’d post something along them lines

 

[Mr Fish]

???? I had a bet with myself you’d post something along them lines

I don’t like to disappoint my fans ?

 

[Trampster]

They didn’t actually make 20-30 in the 80s I believe?
It would have been a 20lb or a 30lb? ?

At least I bought two after 2000 and they’re 12lb and 20lb, none of this marketing crap 12-20, 20-30 they do now.

Bought a Penn Senator 16-20Lb rod and a Penn 320GTI reel about the same time. Never got used, as my mate sold his boat 4 days later. Still here in the cupboard new & unused. Reel is a genuine made in 'Merica one.

 

[Wolf]

Good choice Ian , hope you get a decent catch or 3 on it,tight lines for when you use it mate ????

 

[Beach]

Careful or I'll smash it round your mush,it can take the abuse.???

Now now children.

 

[tdxs133pm]

They didn’t actually make 20-30 in the 80s I believe?

I'll let you know when I find it.It is on top of a wardrobe in one of the bedrooms.It may even be a 12-20.

 

[Tatunka joe]

For the sort of fishing your on about I’d go lighter still several multi tip rods around atm great fun with bream and alike my mate landed a 20 lb conger on his turburco multi couple of weeks ago so will handle the bigger stuff to nice little 6000 size reel even a pout whould be fun ? don’t cost the earth either