Iv just picked up a Davenport & Fordham Farstrike “The Clive Gammon Bass Rod”, 11’6” 2 piece green hollow glass,in a joblot, still got the plastic on the corkDuckett wrote: ↑Thu Feb 01, 2018 11:21 pm Thanks for that Lee. Don’t know why the Mer name didn’t jump out at me at the time.
Probably a good job I did bottle it. So far I’ve not felt tempted to try traditional tackle for my bass fishing. When I cover 2-3 miles of coast, casting and retrieving a lure every 10 yards or so in a 4-6 hour session, lightness really does matter!
Ru
- Ljm183
- Rainbow Trout
- Posts: 3186
- Joined: Fri Nov 25, 2011 12:34 pm
- 12
- Location: Aveley, Essex
Re: Ru
- Duckett
- Tench
- Posts: 2865
- Joined: Wed May 17, 2017 2:42 pm
- 6
- Location: Stratford E15
Re: Ru
I'm stretching my memory here but that's a light beachcaster for bait work isn't it? Even back in the 70s and 80s, I always preferred lighter spinning and plugging techniques for my bass fishing. The one area of lure fishing I do enjoy going traditional for is for Perch and Jacks, with a very light Milwards spinning rod and a Mitchell CAP. That set-up works as well as it ever did with Mepps and is ok for Drop Shotting and light jigs.Ljm183 wrote: ↑Fri Feb 02, 2018 12:10 amIv just picked up a Davenport & Fordham Farstrike “The Clive Gammon Bass Rod”, 11’6” 2 piece green hollow glass,in a joblot, still got the plastic on the corkDuckett wrote: ↑Thu Feb 01, 2018 11:21 pm Thanks for that Lee. Don’t know why the Mer name didn’t jump out at me at the time.
Probably a good job I did bottle it. So far I’ve not felt tempted to try traditional tackle for my bass fishing. When I cover 2-3 miles of coast, casting and retrieving a lure every 10 yards or so in a 4-6 hour session, lightness really does matter!
From "... the wilds of the Wirral, whose wayward people both God and good men have quite given up on ...".