The rod is 13ft 6 ins long, reasonably light and in my opinion VERY powerful - just what I wanted. Have not had a chance to get it out onto the really rough stuff yet but been having a go with it at every opportunity.
I use the reel down and find this a lovely rod to cast and fish with although I think that bite detection is not great unless it's a decent fish. The finish of the rod is excellent although i would have preferred it to have a white tip section ( although a few spirals of reflective tape do the same job ). My only criticism would be that the sliding reel seat does not clamp down fully onto the blank when using any reel with a flat foot, although it is fine with a 7ht or sl20. Apparently Greys know about this problem and a new reel seat is available to sort it properly.
i looked at rough ground rods from other manufacturers but the Greys warranty swung me back every time - call it a safety net
Roll on the summer conger fishing!
Lee
