worst rod ever owned

What's yours?

In my case, has to be that old Essex beachcaster, circa mid-late 1970s. 12 ft, with rubber handles that I think were stolen off the handlebars of a kids bike, and a large ceramic tip ring the diameter of a small toilet seat. the performance was pretty lacklustre too. the rod, as i recall was available in brown and blue.

You used to see a bunch of them being used around Dublin, Wicklow.

I *think they were made in Ireland.

But now - I want one again - for the hell of trying it out and saying i actually caught something with it. Any ideas? Mind you, wouldn't part with more than 25 quid for it, if it's got the original rings and bindings...

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has to be one of my leeda ones, have had loads but they all just break.
leeda and i are finished.
for sea fishin now i will only get greys, penn, daiwa, grauvel or abu

an abu enticer when i was 12. picture a SMALL 12 year old trying to cast a heavy 12' rod with a 5oz lead attached. for sure steve(crow74) thought it was hilarious.

and dan, your missing the three best rod manufacturers of all time(i think so anyway) Century, Zziplex and Conoflex.

havnt tried them 3 yet.

one range of rods i hated and i know so many love was the century tip tornados,,, maybe i couldn use em right

my favourite beech caster is my greyflex.

I have one of those essex rods somewhere uvox, inherited from my old lad. The handle is indeed ridiculous, its as sloppy as hell and the tip was a sight to behold. however, its not the worst rod ever, oh no. That title must go to daiwa and there terrible longbeams. Had both, the old and new version and broke both inside 2 sessions apiece. Rubbish.

Though I have never owned one I hav tired them and the worst rods sold at the moment are anything from emerald beach casters. They have the butt diameter of me leg and must have a central core of lead. Yukk

WORST ROD EVER IS THE LEEDA OCEANROAR ABUCKET OF S**T (and I think the best rod on the market is greys GRX S

my first beachcaster by far the worst rod i,ve owned was a silstar 3 piece but saying that i have caught my biggest cod on that rod the think used to double up with a 3 oz weight on it a red and black colour don't know if anybody remembers it around 1996 i think i then followed on to the silstar rod which had a yellow alumnus tip and a Grey and green colour and i had my biggest place on that rod just 3 oz off 4Lbs with the cheapy gear

Yep had the old 12ft 3 piece, red & black Silstar when i was growing up, never got around
to breaking it so its in the garden now holding up some trees & plants

Would agree on the silstar rod.I had a 15ft ,3 piece what a beast.It used to bend in half when loaded with 4ozs,but having said that i had my biggest cod from youghal on it,8lb 3ozs and my first bass,which started a long running love hate realationship,which is still going strong today.
Oh the memories

Have to agree with denis here.

Century Tip Tornado Sport.

First pendulem cast with it i snaped it in half.
Still thrown in a corner at home
piece of S**t

Red & black Silstar?

Where can I get one? I'd like to have a backup kit of a Silstar and an Essex (since I have the perfect multiplier reel for them - the Intrepid Sea Streak).

I have a 20 year old 12 foot silstar which would of be the worst rod I ever owned but for my age when I used it was fine. I still have it in wicklow and it is still in use. Bounces up and down with the mearest of tide runs. I stll say the Emerald rods are light years ahead in crapness

don't know if anybody remembers it around 1996 i think i then followed on to the silstar rod which had a yellow alumnus tip and a Grey and green colour and i had my biggest place on that rod just 3 oz off 4Lbs with the cheapy gear

Yeah I certainly do remember that rod, that green and grey Silstar was my first "beachcaster", I think it was called an ET Beach 360 or something like that and it was crap alright. I used to used it with a big old green DAM Quick 180 fixed spool reel. Whilst the Silstar is certainly the worst sea rod I own, I don't think its quite the worst rod in my collection of cheapo tackle, I think that honour goes to my first "fly rod" a Kassnar something or other. Now that was a crap rod and the reel that it was teamed up with was just as bad, one of those plastic Shakespeare fly reels. Needless to say it wasn’t a set up that lent it self to delicately presenting a dry fly and I don't think I ever caught a single fish on it.

Have to agree with denis here.

Century Tip Tornado Sport.

First pendulem cast with it i snaped it in half.
Still thrown in a corner at home
piece of S**t

in agreement to it just doesnt know how to cast nicely for me

was it one of those special low swing, bounce the lead off the shingle casts jp ???

The lead flattening lash. He had the cheek to comment on the safety of my casting yesterday.

rampant wreckfish breaking the rod on the 1st cast sickener... didnt happen in dover did it