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charleville
22-03-2004, 03:11 PM
L.Wilson & Co. really make it hard for buyers to know about their products. They don't appear to have a website and I have not seen any brochures in any of the tackle stores or Amart #########.

A couple of weeks ago, I broke my bream rod. (breakage method no. 1 [http://www.ausfish.com.au/snyder/break.html ]).

Anyway, I bought a 8 - 10kg Live Fibre rod for mackeral etc at Christmas and love it so I thought that I would replace my bream rood with a Live Fibre but cannot find any info about them anywhere.

I read from Nuggests site that he uses a 10 1/2 ft Live Fibre Trophy model as his bream rod. What is a trophy model??

Does anyone know how to get any info on Wilson rods before I ring the factory.

aido
22-03-2004, 05:18 PM
seems to me l wilson could be doing a hell of
a lot more in the advertising and promotion of
his business.
sure, guys who know what they want don't have
a problem with selecting a particular model rod,
but considering what a great product they make,
surely they are missing megabucks on sales to the
great mass of fishermen that are not familiar with
the pleasure of using such a great piece of gear.

don't want to winge too much though, i'm thankfull
enough aussies can make great fishing rods.
that alone is enough to sway me away from the endless
racks of taiwanese, chinese and even american made rods.

please don't tell me they are made in china under license, lol.

Volvo
22-03-2004, 05:45 PM
Aido, if you live in the brisbain area might be an advantage to take a few hours of siteseeing the Wilsons :)..
Great range to be seen.How they are put together and a Friendly lot to show you through:).
Last i was there, they werent being mass Produced outa the Country..
Cheers

Lalbaadshah
22-03-2004, 07:06 PM
http://www.kilwell.co.nz/RodBlanks.htm
You can see some of the blanks wilson use on this site

agnes_jack
23-03-2004, 04:15 AM
Charlie
Find yourself a decent tackle store in your area.
The guys there should be able to advise you on whats available, and whats best for your purpose. If you dont get any satisfaction on what you need to know, or wish to get an idea on what prices should be etc send me a pm.

# # # # # # #Regards, Tony ;) ;) ;)

P.S. Could send you a list on available models etc.

saen
23-03-2004, 06:12 AM
hi guys

have a look at the bend in this live fibre rod
it's a 10-24kg m10 classic tournament
custom built by L.wilsson

this rod is awesome, i recomend live fibres to anyone, but shop around first.
i had the same problem, i couldnt find ant info any these rods, i just had to take a chance

CHEERS

JJ

basserman
23-03-2004, 06:41 AM
come on sean we all know your not fighting a fish there your just snaged again :P

saen
23-03-2004, 06:44 AM
basserman,

nah man she was huge, lost her after 30min, i reckon a yellowfin or big cobia, almost got spooled

basserman
23-03-2004, 06:45 AM
when was that? this weekend or last week?

saen
23-03-2004, 06:52 AM
check my "live baiting of the rocks" chat page in "saltwater

homebound
23-03-2004, 11:24 PM
I'm returning home in May to settle in Currumbin. Will need new tackle and would appreciate list of Wilson rods (as per Tony's post) and location of a good tackle outlet on the Gold Coast. Thanks to all and looking forward to meeting everyone at the next oppotunity.
Homebound from UK

aido
24-03-2004, 05:20 AM
nice pic,
has that m10 classic got a roller tip?
regds, aido.

saen
24-03-2004, 01:29 PM
aido,

yeah she's got a roller tip on

cheers

Willo
26-03-2004, 02:27 PM
Hi HomeBound
Yeah there are a couple of tackle outlets that have a good range of live fibres on the Coast
Doug Burts Fishing Tackle at Labrador
Gold Coast Fishing Southport
Anglers Wharehose at Tweed Heads.
Cheers Willo

homebound
27-03-2004, 12:18 AM
Willo
Thanks for the tackle shop info - will look them up once I get home in May. [smiley=2thumbsup.gif]

Cheers

Rob