New TTLD first impressions :- )

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Re: New TTLD first impressions :- )

#21 Post by paddyc »

:mrgreen: :lol: :mrgreen:
I will have to start making up some junkers so i can cast further!!
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#22 Post by lumpy »

had a look at one of the ttld's yesterday.must admit they are an extremily nice rod. very slim, quite light and with a lovely tippy action. guess whats my next purchase
shore species 2008(25):dogfish(3.1lbs), bull huss (12lb 2oz), bass, shore rockling, coalie, whiting, pollack, conger (22.4lbs),flounder, thick lipped mullet (4.8lbs),turbot,ling (11.2lbs),ballan wrasse(4.5lbs), cuckoo wrasse, pouting, poor cod, cod (9.5lbs), dab, 3 bearded rockling, long spined scorpion fish, corkwing wrasse, plaice, trigger fish, sea trout, garfish


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Re: New TTLD first impressions :- )

#23 Post by AG »

lumpy wrote:had a look at one of the ttld's yesterday.must admit they are an extremily nice rod. very slim, quite light and with a lovely tippy action. guess whats my next purchase

A cowkicker 5000 by any chance ? :lol:
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Re: New TTLD first impressions :- )

#24 Post by JPS »

Put the rod through a good workout last night on the beach casting 5 oz and clipped down rig with fish fillets on twin 6/0's targeting smooth hounds and Salmon. Caught some Salmon on the TTLD and a smooth hound on the Kompressor S. Really liked the way that the TTLD sent out the weight and bait with easy . Must note though that you need to take a slow turn in the cast as the extra weight really allows the rod to load up, but when it unwinds it punches the rig out beautifully. I had it matched to SL20SH and .31mm mainline.

Looking forward to the next trip. :mrgreen:
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Re: New TTLD first impressions :- )

#25 Post by JPS »

Here is a picture of a small Gummy that I picked up last night on the Kompressor S the TTLD only got the Salmon and rock cod, Great fishing rods :mrgreen:


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#26 Post by MAC »

Nice fish mate. Didn't know you got hounds over there. Nice one. You should throw up a few more reports mate. Nice to see what anglers from other parts of the planet are up to.

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Re: New TTLD first impressions :- )

#27 Post by lumpy »

got one of these yesterday. really struck me how thin it was whan casting. fished with a 3 hook clipped pat, small baits for whiting and a 150gm gripper. no problems handling this, cast them effertlessly and showed bits from pins from about 80yds but still seems to have plenty more left in it. tried a few casts with just a weight and manage about 120 with a relatively gentle aerialised otg. one thing is that with the blank being so thin it will take a wee bit of getting use to whn casting and on retrieving.
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Re: New TTLD first impressions :- )

#28 Post by JPS »

Have used the rod a fare bit over the last few weekends and really like the way it is performing with a wide range of baits and casting conditions.

The rod is being used along side my Kompressor S in most situations and must saay that it handles all of the smaller fish very well showing up bites and handling the fish with no problem.

Here is a picture of a small Port Jackson shark that I got on the TTLD .

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Also a reasonable sized Skate that I got on the Kompressor S.


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I will be using both rods again tomorrow evening to see if I can get into a few good Snapper.

Will report back.

Regards :mrgreen:
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