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Some guys in my Salmon/Trout club rate them as great bargains at the price. I haven't tried them myself, but I'm going to. I'm also going to get a couple of them to have for visitors to our Rainbow Trout lake.
For the cost of them, they've got to be worth it as rods to use and abuse.

hi tanglerat, wheres your trout lake then? as this is a sea site, pm me the answer please?

Heck, I'll tell the whole world about it.....it's open to the public, after all. :D

Creeslough & District Angling Association have stocked Lough Na Tooey with Rainbow Trout. The first stock went in in October '06, the next bactch went in in June '07 and the last batch, a top up of 100 fish, went in March '08.

800 fish were used to stock it, approx 200 have been taken out and another 100 restocked. These are triploids, varying in size from 2lbs to 8lbs. Half have spent 2 winters in the Lough, the other half 1 winter. (Apart from the fresh 100 fish, of course). The fish are fin-perfect, and fight like dervishes when hooked. Seriously, they go ballistic. They have naturalised themselves to the Lough and act like wild fish.

Lough Na Tooey itself is a Limestone bottomed 15 acre pothole type lake just outside Creeslough along the Letterkenny road. Look for the sign at the bottom of the hill. Fishing is boat only, fly-fishing only. No shore fishing, no bait, no spinners.

C&DAA welcomes visiting anglers and offers full or half day, C&R, 1 fish or 2 fish tickets. Boats and lifejackets available.

These fish are serious good fun folks. It's like hooking a grilse, the sport they put up. PM me for contact details if you're interested.

Now, club blurb aside (and thanks to sai for the chance to mention it), back on topic:

I went into Lidl and sadly, all the 9ft flyrods were gone. I did pick up a handy poncho and a set of night fishing bits n bobs. Remarkable was the number of foreign nationals buying the gear though. Although I suppose that's another storey..........

I am new to the whole angling scene and they HAD a rod at bargain prices. i got down to lidl at 11 and got the sharkfin reel and the pirk rod.
i wanted to do a bit of freshwater fishing and i reckon the pike rods were sold out before the shop even opened

what's the boat rod like I don't have one and I'm hoping
to get on a boat trip this year 45 euro ain't bad if your only
starting

you get what you pay for

I'd generally agree with the "you get what you pay for" philosophy when it comes to fishing gear but on a kinda ironic note. My sister bought me the sea fishing tackle box as a "surprise". I was going to Bray for a few hours of lazy fishing one evening so I decided to bring the box and use the traces, I out fished my fishing buddy by about 4 to 1 including a Tope ( well a baby tope) of about 5lb ( my one and only tope too :o) ). And on another occassion I was out with a group of 6 of my fishing buddies Bass fishing and towards the end of the second night of everybody blanking I stuck on a lidl sandeel style trace and within 20 minutes I'd a 6lb ish Bass,the only one caught in the two days....... oh Happy Days :o). The rest of the stuff in the box was rubbish but the traces and box were grand and have proved successfull on many other outings.

PS Can anybody recommend a good boat rod. Don't do much boat fishing but would like to have a good one when I do. At the moment I have a 12/15 lb ugly stick which is a bit light

I definitely agree with the you get what you pay for thing.

If one of these rods breaks, that's it. There's no going back to the shop, all you're left with a expensive tooth picks.

Beginners, it's all well and good to buy a fly rod for "starting out". So you're saying you're going to pay money for a cheap rod now and buy a more expensive one when you get used to fly fishing?
Why not buy a more expensive one now and have a rod that will last you for the rest of your life?

It is the classic beginner "I'm dipping a toe in the water" mistake.

Beginners buy cheap so as not to overspend, planning to upgrade later if necessary.

And in so doing they guarantee they have to buy twice.
Because it's always necessary to upgrade after you see what proper gear can achieve.