16m poles??Do We Need Em??

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- 13/11/2007 at 2:56 pm #30318
  tenkits
  It must be the tackle tart in me but i had to get a 16m pole,why????,ive never used it.I know its always handy to have but i rarely fish past 13m,anybody else feel the same???
- 13/11/2007 at 2:59 pm #67693
  TF_smelad
  i keep telling myself that the last section or two will come in use one day.
- 13/11/2007 at 3:28 pm #67694
  TF_mike strutter
  got to admit i have never used mine past 13m but would rather have the option of the extra sections should i need them, dont really fish commercials much but if i do try my local ones – tylers common/colemans cottage the extra sections could come in handy and i will give them a go one day
  
  cheers mike
- 13/11/2007 at 4:36 pm #67695
  TF_Matchcarp
  Always catch as short as you can but very often the further you fish the more fish you will find particularly on snakes ………
- 13/11/2007 at 4:38 pm #67696
  TF_Gary
  Yes, definitely! Obviously it depends in part on the type of venues you fish, but I have had my 16m section out of the bag on practically every match I have fished this year, whether it be to gain an edge over the guys around me when fishing shallow, fishing across to an island that is just out of reach at 14.5m, or fishing long with paste when wise old carp have backed off from my normal 13/14m lines.
- 13/11/2007 at 9:03 pm #67697
  bodge
  Participant
  i agree with gary, im using mine more and more, 17.5m in fact, some of the draws on the cornish circuit demand it. it will catch you more fish.
- 13/11/2007 at 9:15 pm #67698
  TF_fillitinsomemore
  How many of us actually have 16m as many remove the No 1’s cut back to fit bungy rope and internal bushes or leave a metre behind us to balance the pole. We would all have long lengths if the price was right
- 13/11/2007 at 10:47 pm #67699
  TF_freddy the frog
- 14/11/2007 at 7:15 pm #67700
  TF_Joe Carass
  try coming on our canal circuit, i seem to spend most matches with 16m plus out!!!! nightmare
- 14/11/2007 at 7:55 pm #67701
  billy the squid s.t.a
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  same as winter league if there’s an island at 17.5 m or further . you dont have the extentions but lad on next peg does ; prepare to get batter’d
- 15/11/2007 at 7:38 am #67702
  TF_Cutnut
  Nah…. prepare to get your waggler or bomb rod out ;0)
- 15/11/2007 at 6:07 pm #67703
  TF_Joe Carass
  it just aint the same
- 15/11/2007 at 6:18 pm #67704
  tenkits
  But a lot easier,fishing 16m for 5 hrs is hard work.
- 16/11/2007 at 10:30 am #67705
  TF_Omega Mike
  You don’t have to actually fish at a full 16m. For example you can fish at 13 or 14.5 metres but have the full 16m set up wit a couple of metres behind you to balance the pole and make life easier when holding it, a full-crum so to speak!. I see it time and time again, anglers fishing at 13m with the very end of the pole under their hand and struggling in the wind to hold it steady! why make life difficult for yourself? chuck another section on an balance the pole ;o)
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