Re: Senior Wallis Avon
Posted: Tue Apr 19, 2016 4:52 pm
Very nice indeed 
Beautiful looking rods and they obviously 'work' as well.
Pete
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Re: Senior Wallis Avon
Posted: Tue Apr 19, 2016 4:54 pm
Re: Senior Wallis Avon
Posted: Tue Apr 19, 2016 4:55 pm
I had the good fortune to see the rod up close at Chiswick and can safely say Andrew has created a true masterpiece. A stunning rod.
Re: Senior Wallis Avon
Posted: Tue Apr 19, 2016 5:11 pm
Simply peerless ! 
Re: Senior Wallis Avon
Posted: Tue Apr 19, 2016 8:27 pm
another stunner from the AJD stable 
Re: Senior Wallis Avon
Posted: Tue Apr 19, 2016 8:28 pm
A work of art !
Re: Senior Wallis Avon
Posted: Tue Apr 19, 2016 8:33 pm
What a beautiful rod.
Re: Senior Wallis Avon
Posted: Wed Apr 20, 2016 8:24 am
Having had a waggle of this rod myself I can confirm its a belter! 
Andrew you are the master! really looking forward to seeing this rod in action.
Andrew you are the master! really looking forward to seeing this rod in action.
Re: Senior Wallis Avon
Posted: Wed Apr 20, 2016 8:36 am
Being 12' they are not for everyone, I'm sure Andrew can take the length down a bit but I like the reach you get with the 12' and at around 14oz it's not bad for a rod that length. Hopefully come July and a trip to the boarder country and the Wye we may hook something of note and test the cane out. Opochtli has tamed a few fish now and some in very heavy water and the canes all good, straight and set free. Proper construction.
Re: Senior Wallis Avon
Posted: Tue Jul 19, 2016 9:12 am
Hello TFF’ers
Been a while since I have posted anything on here so thought I would add some more to this thread about the Senior Wallis Avon. The second rod I ordered from Andrew is equally as fine as the original rod (Opochtli). It has a slightly smaller diameter wholecane section but it’s slightly stiffer than the original rod butt section so the two rods feel very similar in action. It’s really the splitcane makes these rods so versatile, the but section needs to be a good piece of wholecane to make the action complete.
So far this season I have been giving the second rod a darn good thrashing, recently with a few days on the river Wye; oh and spent a day sat around a pool being baked by this recent mini-heatwave. The couple of days on the Wye were quite noteworthy in my fishing diary, well for all four of us which went. We caught many good chub (around 50 we think) averaging around 2 – 3lb and also a good number of barbel all in great condition, with some barbel getting towards the 9lb mark and pleasingly some smaller ones as well. Oh and a couple of carp from the lake.
Anyhow back to this rod model; when Andrew was making my second rod he also made himself a 11’ 6” version which being that wee bit shorter it may appeal to those who prefer rods around 11’ mark. There is not a massive difference in the action of the rods, it’s just slightly shorter. All personal preference really. Due to the through action of the rods it makes casting with a centre pin reel very enjoyable. So far I have used a number of different sizes down to Garry Mills’ new ‘Millbrook’ reel which is just 3” 5/8 and despite looking a wee bit daft on a big rod was still very a nice pairing. You could even use an egg whisk with these rods if you’re a complete philistine
(you know who you are….tut tut tut ). If you’ve ever thought that your old Avocet or similar rod is just a tad under-gunned for some rivers then these rods really do bring you back to cane and at around 14oz in weight….not too heavy either in my opinion.
Just a bit more cr*p to fill the Tinter-net up with. Pictures of some recent catches on the second rod:
Wye:
Wye:
Wye:
Wye:
Wye:
Been a while since I have posted anything on here so thought I would add some more to this thread about the Senior Wallis Avon. The second rod I ordered from Andrew is equally as fine as the original rod (Opochtli). It has a slightly smaller diameter wholecane section but it’s slightly stiffer than the original rod butt section so the two rods feel very similar in action. It’s really the splitcane makes these rods so versatile, the but section needs to be a good piece of wholecane to make the action complete.
So far this season I have been giving the second rod a darn good thrashing, recently with a few days on the river Wye; oh and spent a day sat around a pool being baked by this recent mini-heatwave. The couple of days on the Wye were quite noteworthy in my fishing diary, well for all four of us which went. We caught many good chub (around 50 we think) averaging around 2 – 3lb and also a good number of barbel all in great condition, with some barbel getting towards the 9lb mark and pleasingly some smaller ones as well. Oh and a couple of carp from the lake.
Anyhow back to this rod model; when Andrew was making my second rod he also made himself a 11’ 6” version which being that wee bit shorter it may appeal to those who prefer rods around 11’ mark. There is not a massive difference in the action of the rods, it’s just slightly shorter. All personal preference really. Due to the through action of the rods it makes casting with a centre pin reel very enjoyable. So far I have used a number of different sizes down to Garry Mills’ new ‘Millbrook’ reel which is just 3” 5/8 and despite looking a wee bit daft on a big rod was still very a nice pairing. You could even use an egg whisk with these rods if you’re a complete philistine
(you know who you are….tut tut tut ). If you’ve ever thought that your old Avocet or similar rod is just a tad under-gunned for some rivers then these rods really do bring you back to cane and at around 14oz in weight….not too heavy either in my opinion. Just a bit more cr*p to fill the Tinter-net up with. Pictures of some recent catches on the second rod:
Wye:
Wye:
Wye:
Wye:
Wye: