Mine has to be either my Z9 or my MSB Euro, the Z9 has been a pleasure to use and has helped me to my best year regarding match results and the Euro has give life back to my bum cheeks after months sat on my worse purchase – a Brilo box. I’m not slagging off the Brilo as it was a well made box and the layout etc was perfect, but the flat seat was really uncomfortable and the box was top heavy – several times when walking to my peg it would tip forward causing the front drawers to throw my terminal tackle everywhere. Cost me a fortune in stotz.

9-11 Beastmaster AX commercial Feeder rod which i bought from Rob Austin.

At 9ft its a joy to chuck short and at 11ft its perfect for the Glebe chucks…..

Preston method mould with 2mm pellets has made a big difference to my catch rate as well,quick easy and so simple to use…..

The best three were a 10′ mini shimano forcemaster tip rod, budget end, but its for carp so who cares? Preston 17h and Nick Gilbert pasters. All three paid for themselves pretty quickly.

Worst buy was a no name brand budget catapult that I quickly had to buy because my Drennan ones gave up again, it lasted three pulls!! lol

Best buys were a 14ft Aerocast heavy feeder rod, Titanos 4500 and some mint Conny z’s off Ebay.

Another vote for the MSB Euro,replaced my Rive,which I do miss,cos it was so pretty!
The Euro really is a nice bit of kit.
Also some Hillbilly Pikey Pastes,they do look the Dogs DooDahs.

maver reactorlite 10ft 6in feeder rod (superb)
shimano baitrunner 2500 dl (superb and cheap)
and finding out how good doubled up elastics are (as above)

on the down side the jury is still out on my daiwa tournament rubba keepnets~think

worst for me was preston pxr reel.the anti reverse stopped working after 3 outings.best was a garbolino 10 foot rocket picker.dont do much commercial fishing, but for the money{only 20 odd quid from lindholme}its absolutely brilliant.

Maver reactorlite pellet waggler rod for £80 off e-bay was my best buy,Maver Mx 3500 is my worst buy.Gone through 3 seats and now the footplates snaping around the front legs.Colmic one next in carbon i think.Anyone use one~think

Best: Tri cast Aristocrat,pair of original 11-6 sentinents for bream fishing,Garbo round monster carp keepnets and some Daiwa catapults for pellet wag fishing which i havent seen in the shops.

Worst: A preston landing net handle which i got talked in to buying as i couldnt find a drennan ex strong.
I lifted a 1lb carp out and it split 6″ from the tip.
It split again when it hit the tree,in fact it split every time i wrapped it round the tree. lol

Best buys Preston method moulds,Garbolino hair net landing net.
Worst has to be some rope from B&Q to make an ice breaker the knot attached to the weight came undone on its own.

Best = New Tri-Cast 8′ wand, and a ACE carp spool thingy that you put in a power drill to strip old line off spools ~clap

Worst = the plastic drawers in Rive units (very poor indeed!).~naughty

Best is Drennan Series 7 float and feeder reels
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Worst is – can’t think of anything. The old adage of ‘buy cheap buy twice’ springs to mind whenever I am tempted

Best – Gmax1000

2nd Best – Guru Rig line

Worst – Guru bait bands (not a patch on the mosella ones)

best buy for me this year has been the 4 daiwa tdx reels, the two 10/11 foot spectrum feeder rods and two spectrum 12 foot wag rods. just wish i could get out to yo use them.

worst buy has to be the weed cutter i bought for the nationals would’av been better of with a jcb

best buy this year tourney pro 12ft wag with a tdx onit WOW~clap ~clap ~clap ~clap worst not sure but a little disappointed with tourney 10/11 bomb not convinced its better than the preston mini carp i sold to buy it~think ~think ~think ~think

Best Maver 501, simply a class pole

Second Mosella Apollo Kitpod, cant wait for them to hold top 4s and 5s

Worst…. Pellet waggler rods for fishing Makins in September……………..Never used them and had to flog them on this site when I came home to Ireland~think

Another best: Guru NGuage for hooklengths. The first time I used it it snapped on a fish on my very first cast. 3 spools and countless hooklengths later and it has never let me down since. Just one of those unexplained moments.

Best buy Fox MSB Euro Box.

Worst buy, Mossela Bait bands.

Best buy Sensas 774

Worst Garblino net set

Best buys have to be
My Maver elite 77 just need to get it out more
my Daiwa SR3 rods
Sensas hook legth boxes
Squad Max Bib & Brace and jacket
Hillbilly F1 Wire floats look the nuts !!

worse buys
Guru QM’1
2x Preston PXR reels
Maver duel core elastic

Best – Fox FX 10 – 11 ft Dual Feeder that I bought from Simon P on here. Make it up at 10ft for short chucks – stick the extra foot on for longer chucks without having to break it down and set it up again. And the action is flawless – top quality.
Close second – Shakespeare Mach 1 XT 9ft quiver. Just the job for real accuracy on snake lakes with the method. I honestly can’t fault it and it’s a proper bargain at £29 quid from tackle2U. It’s definitely not a buy cheap, buy twice product.

Worst – Seymo weed cutter – first time I used it I had to go for a paddle to get it back when it pulled the end off my landing net handle (my fault) – second time I screwed it to a bank stick and the blade broke off the plastic mount.

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Worst – Sensas weed cutter – first time I used it I had to go for a paddle to get it back when it pulled the end off my landing net handle (my fault) – second time I screwed it to a bank stick and the blade broke off the plastic mount.

PMSL ~clap ~clap ~clap

Probably the preston hook length boxs simply brilliant, although my mind might change when i pick up my tourny pro tomorrow.
Worst is the seymo pole roller i got at start of the year cheap tat that soon got binned!

Best Buys; Garbo G-Max 800, won the first match I fished with it and it’s done everything I’ve asked of it since. Nick Gilbert Decker floats, actually found a pattern I’m happy with for deck fishing for carp, and they last! And even better I can have yellow tops ~clap Lastly, Preston hoolength box. A recent purchase but simple and bloody good! Easy to tie everything the same length and so easily even I bother to tie plenty.

Bad Buys; None really, been good this year and not bought any rubbish!

Best buys – Stonfo hook tyer, Daiwa Pro X, Preston 9h

Worst buys – Every single catapult on the market i’ve bought (atleast a dosen) and broken in no time.

Best:
– QM1s
– Preston Direct Mono (not because it has less stretch its just a good robust sinking line like maxima used to be)
– Electric Hook tyer (dont laugh off e bay, highly recommended)
– MAP meat cutter

Worst
– Preston PR32 hooks

Had three great buys this year which in no particular order are, a Tournament windstopper soft shell coat off my mate Shep-two, a Fox MSB box,and Beastermaster AX 9 – 11.
In truth a can,t remember having bought any crap this year, though it makes a change lol.

actually al you have bought some crap this year its on a tissue in the left hand pocket of the softshell ~sick ~sick ~sick