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Ausfish Gold Member
7 metre rod-no reel
I went fishing with the father in law for the first time yesterday and he had a 7 metre Silstar telescopic rod( no exaggeration) with no reel. All he does is tie a 7 metre float setup onto the tip and strictly uses bread for bait. Anyway to cut the story short he landed 19 fish in an hour-mullet of course but also 3 nice bream,trevally and butter bream with no snags to my one undersized bream and 3 lots of tackle still sitting on the bottom. It blew me away- never seen a rod that long-has anyone else had experience with these or even seen them before? Reminded me of being a kid with a stick and bit of line on the end but it seems to work.
Cheers Luke
(no exaggeration-
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Ausfish Platinum Member
Re: 7 metre rod-no reel
I have seen this style of fishing done I japan seems to work well they use bamboo
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Re: 7 metre rod-no reel
Luke,
look at a coarse fishing web page under pole fishing. Apparently the best match fishermen in England n' Europe use the pole as it is the most sensitive, and therefore successful, method.
It would have to work on drummer and bream in the wash off the rocks. Even more basic than an Alvey. Shave the barb off and pole them in like tuna. Is your Father in Law from Europe? Sic him onto the carp for us.
Andrew.
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Ausfish New Member
Re: 7 metre rod-no reel
Yeah, I have one of those.
Longest one I've seen was 10m+.
(quiet expensive too....)
Rod is VERY sensitive and its a great way to go for small mullets and breams.
WS
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Ausfish Bronze Member
Re: 7 metre rod-no reel
Luke, some Crappie fisherman use that type of rod here in the states. Crappie is a very tasty panfish, and alot of fun to catch using that method.......Cheers, Scottie
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Ausfish Gold Member
Re: 7 metre rod-no reel
I remember when we were kids, using dirty great long bamboo rods with no reel and bobbing around snags for yellowbelly. It was a ton of fun. Most of the time the fish won.
I think this type of fishing was and still is pretty popular in rivers and creeks.
Cheers
dazza
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Ausfish Silver Member
Re: 7 metre rod-no reel
G'day Luke.
Those long poles can be quite common here in Geelong when the trevally are about.
The Cunningham pier can be shoulder to shoulder with these poles and their red and white floats.
Seems pretty effective, but it's not for me
Cheers, Slates
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Ausfish New Member
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