The best match rod (POLL)

With so many out there can we start a poll of sorts, I am talking MATCH ROD medium to clean ground. A rod that can cast and with good bite detection to. It a bit of fun lads and you may help some people as well.


Colin

i use the centuary tip tornado supermatch! its a great casting rod,strong but you can still see a flatty bite on them!

[beachcaster]

afaw big beach.lots of power and very good bite detection.14ft.and has done very well on the casting court and its not a tournament rod in any way but an out and out fishing rod.another fine match rod is the zziplex 2500ptx superb bite detection .!!cheers john

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afaw big beach.lots of power and very good bite detection.

afaw match rod plenty of power and good bite detection

tip tornado supermatch or daiwa awt
would def be my choice

Greys Triplex 14' 5oz. Outstanding bite detection and with 5 and 6 oz I was absolutely leathering large baits out on pulleys at the weekend teamed with a Sportsmag.

I have to agree with the Century Tip Tornado Supermatch it really is a great all rounder and has served me well, although my conflex pulse still gets the odd outing from time to time.

Zziplex ZF250
Daiwa AWB129
Zziplex GSI
Zziplex Primo Match
Grauvell DH Surf
Conoflex Source
Zziplex International Bullet (Original Version)

All very good contenders!!!

Daiwa tdxs 129 pm......by far. Much softer tip than the Tip Tornado.

the penn ppt viper certainly suits the bill, super lightweight ,superb bite
detection, and has a bit of back-bone when needed, plus the fact its
half the price of its more favoured competitors.

Robert please tell me you do not own all the rods you listed. Please NOooooooooooooooooo. :wink: :wink: :wink:

Can I be your local Charity Shop.

Colin

I have problems I know!! :lol: :lol: but no I don't own all of them, just some of them, but would have used each one at some point or know of Matchmen that would swear by them.

zippie 4500s is deinitely my choice great bite detection can detect a crab fart at 150yds :lol: plenty of power if needed and cast like a dream

i have a conoflex celtic tiger for distance match fishing and a grauvell tektron with the mixed tip for close in fishing with delicate baits. covers all aspects i think

Century SRE or Zziplex Vmax F2 IMHO :wink:

oh forgot about the sre yep there very nice
and just remebered my zziplex 2500 there a nice rod to esp for clean beaches

all depends on the ground, as their can be a big difference in a 'match' rod and one suitable for mixed ground. for that kind of work i use a greys supro, for the clean beach matches i use a zzipy 3500 and a greys triplex 16ft, but will be on the market soon again for a rod for the scratchy stuff - maybe a grauvell HM surf with 2 tips.... aint decided yet.

Prefer my 10yr old Daiwa Powermesh HPB over my Tip Tornado match or maybe thats cos i've been using it so long :lol:
Another one is the old original 2500 Zzippy, the old man has one he built from a blank back in the early 80's still going strong, great bite detection & decent casting ability. He won't fecking swap me it for anything :cry: