At the suggestion of various members and given the magazines will run a mile from criticising a piece of kit, here is your chance to tell us what you really think about a rod, reel, line, lure... keep it legal please!
anyone got one??!! does it make a good long range rod? 3 clipped baits + 5 or 6oz. leads?? will the tip sit up in a heavy sea/ strong tide?? can it handle trebbles of doggies and a little mixed ground?? is it a full carbon rod? any info. very much appreciated. thank you.
good luck! if you check back through old sea angler mags if i recall julian shambrook did a review inside the last year or two on one of the rods i think in his 'best of british' section?think it may have been the 4500hpm or something like that?
ah yeah i have the review. quite a gud' un but still nice to see for yourself. whilst i would trust his judgement i just might not like it! it does sound like a good rod. i get the impression zippies tend to be on the soft side?
i've heard several people saying recently that theyve experienced their newest zzippys goin soft.my 3500 has certainly softened a bit but then its had quite a bit of use as i bought it when it first came out so it wouldnt be fair of me to run zzippys down myself.
both very good rods with the s version being slightly stiffer than the hpm,both very good long distance fishing rods they should handle treble dogs no problem but i would go for the s version which is slightly stiffer than the hpm.hope this helps .
