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Zulcron 435 lite

So after all this.... and your post on the darkside, have you bought one or decided they are not worth having?
So buy or shite?
 
chesilpete said:
So after all this.... and your post on the darkside, have you bought one or decided they are not worth having?
So buy or shite?
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Certainly worth having I am led to understand and a future contender for birthday present for son, meaning I get to play too!🦊
Thanks for asking and your interest.
Got to ask why is wsf called the darkside?
 
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Cwab said:
Certainly worth having I am led to understand and a future contender for birthday present for son, meaning I get to play too!🦊
Thanks for asking and your interest.
Got to ask why is wsf called the darkside?
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They don’t pay the electricity bill…
 
Cwab said:
Certainly worth having I am led to understand and a future contender for birthday present for son, meaning I get to play too!🦊
Thanks for asking and your interest.
Got to ask why is wsf called the darkside?
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XXX has always been called the darkside on here.
So after all the research its a maybe! I guess its fairly safe to conclude if its only a contender its not a stand out .....
I dont like the zucron range myself I have lobbed a couple and have found them completely unremarkable.
I also hate this no badge of origin thing that goes on what are expensive things.
Why not put made in China on then "if" thats the place of manufacture? Then they can go on the shelf next to the British, Italian, Japanese and other rods and consumers can add that knowledge to their decision making process......
Whats the secret, let them be judged on a level playing field.
 
chesilpete said:
XXX has always been called the darkside on here.
So after all the research its a maybe! I guess its fairly safe to conclude if its only a contender its not a stand out .....
I dont like the zucron range myself I have lobbed a couple and have found them completely unremarkable.
I also hate this no badge of origin thing that goes on what are expensive things.
Why not put made in China on then "if" thats the place of manufacture? Then they can go on the shelf next to the British, Italian, Japanese and other rods and consumers can add that knowledge to their decision making process......
Whats the secret, let them be judged on a level playing field.
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Ended up swopping a big beach mk2 to use on cliffs for self as is not going to have easy life and save my other rods from certain death which mentioned on another thread, so that was me sorted for the Alvey and cliff, but will get son and air😂 a 435 lite and get to use though will probably end up with it eventually and in truth was not on radar for job in hand.
Not sure what to make of the branding process and price differences with some folks viewing a rod as a tool others having a love affair but suspect most designed to catch anglers and works a treat.
All that been said from my limited Zziplex ownership and using friends they do seem to have life breathed into them in some way which is hard to describe.🤔
Possibly now scared for life as have image of darth Vader holding a zziplex.
 
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Cast my mates xt435 tournament with the standard tip and gt, with the standard tip the rod felt very similar to a zziplex m427su, very smooth, well balanced quick recovery, gt was nice, but never been a fan of gt rods for casting. Very powerful rod but very usable. My normal rods are century t1200 and t1000 and ttr. Was very impressed for what they cost.
 
Conofish said:
Cast my mates xt435 tournament with the standard tip and gt, with the standard tip the rod felt very similar to a zziplex m427su, very smooth, well balanced quick recovery, gt was nice, but never been a fan of gt rods for casting. Very powerful rod but very usable. My normal rods are century t1200 and t1000 and ttr. Was very impressed for what they cost.
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Thanks for good info👍
 
Conofish said:
Cast my mates xt435 tournament with the standard tip and gt, with the standard tip the rod felt very similar to a zziplex m427su, very smooth, well balanced quick recovery, gt was nice, but never been a fan of gt rods for casting. Very powerful rod but very usable. My normal rods are century t1200 and t1000 and ttr. Was very impressed for what they cost.
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Good first post, heres a question.
Would you swap your T1000 or T1200 for a Zulchron?.
 
Hmnnn, product placement for a 1st post??? Always wary of the trend for 'influencer' driven marketing. Maybe I'm wrong, I hope I am....
 
Conofish said:
No, i wouldn't swap my t1000's or t1200 for a zulcron, is as good as an m427su no. Su has a far better fishing tip and well proven on the field. But if someone is on a budget is isn't too far behind. Just my opinion
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Lot of lads fish with the zulcrons for the cod fish in winter up here and owner well known and liked so not going to sell crap and I believe always said that his aim was to bring to market a good but affordable and reliable range of rods and from what I understand has succeeded.🤷🏽‍♂️
 
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chesilpete said:
Good first post, heres a question.
Would you swap your T1000 or T1200 for a Zulchron?.
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Couple of T1200s for sale on Gumtree at home a few days ago. Ithink he was asking £380 each, but doubt postage was an opton. Way out of my league.
 
Cwab said:
Lot of lads fish with the zulcrons for the cod fish in winter up here and owner well known and liked so not going to sell crap and I believe always said that his aim was to bring to market a good but affordable and reliable range of rods and from what I understand has succeeded.🤷🏽‍♂️
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And he makes it quite welll known where they are made good luck to him , nice fellow have spoken to him a few times over the phone
 
Best casters in the world by far are the Argentina team. All they would ever use was century ttrs,t1200, and Excalibur tt. They swapped out there rods for Chinese made blanks, seabay and tokio extremo. When i asked one of them why, he said it just recovers faster and better then the centurys and they did all seem to jump up in distance. But then there's lots of factors to take into account in distance. wind, pressure and obviously Venu. Not totally convinced myself, I'd take the old olive green blank zziplex m427su any day of the week😉
 

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