Great thread Pete! Last time out?
Abu Tormentor spinning rod 20-60gms which I mainly use with SG seekers, surf seekers, or Panic Prey surface lures. Shimano 3000 or 4000 reel - the only 2 reels I have Braid on.
Fladen 50-150gms Bass rod & Okuma 5000 baitrunner which I use for occasionall float fishing, or Sabikis with a 100gm Dexter wedge instead of a weight. Rod came from John quite a few years ago before either of us knew each other via WSF/TSF!
Otherwise:
If I do go bait/beach fishing, I love my Grauvell Vertix Jack 4.5 metre Conti Rod with a Penn Surfblaster 2.
John also kindly donated a Grauvell Vertix Volcan 4.5m to me last year that he had broken the tip on, about 120mm from the end.
I was debating whether to shorten the rod & just fit a new tip ring, but I would have had to move the next ring down too - it wouldn't have looked right.
I managed to find some suitable diameter Carbon tube that I put a slight taper in, and joined the two broken bits back together with epoxy.
It works well, and is usually paired up with the Mitchell Blue Water RZ 8000 that I've mentioned recently in other threads.
Probably got about 20 rods stashed away, some going back to the 70's & beyond, and a similar number of reels!
