fixed spool beach rods????????

[monkey nuts]

hi every one

with this weather been shiteee and lots of presure from friends and work m8s, i was thinking about getting a better beach rod so i can try to get some real distance on my cast and join my work m8s who today are talking about starting a small club for some fun with a mix of shore , boat, fly and piking

i will be only using a fixed spool reels im afrad,

my questions are

does the length of the rod make any difference to distance or tecneque needed to use it????

would a rod of £100 be any good or should i stick with my cheap nastys as it would be a waste of money????

any recomendations on rods around the £100 mark if i was to get 1????

many thanks john

[maghouse]

Certainly a good way to start without having to master "special" casting techniques.

In general, the longer the rod, the longer you could cast, I know of one or 2 who have given up on Multi's & smaller stiff rods as they could not load them and switched to 16-18 foot rods and can get some good distance (100 yrds +) with a simple overhead thump - but you will never reach the distances a Multi could reach .....

... what I am saying is, a FS & long rod will be fine !

As ever, most fish are caught in the sub 100 yds area ....

Around £100 - Greys GRX is worth a look but a shorter rod, the new RT 15' might be worth a look ....

Good luck !

[pingu]

seen alot of good reports for the longer rods for fixed spool, think they are the best bet if went FS again

had a diawa sandstorm that baggie now has and still swear can cast it further than the multi rods gor now

[ramsey]

the Greys GRX 13ft is a very good rod for the price. I had one before i changed to the multi, it can cast a good distance and is not bad in a strong tide, if i went back to fixed spool i would pick this rod.

[tonybolton]

I have a Blue Metal K2 which i think is about 16' long, i tend not to use it much nowadays as whilst initially it did give extra distance and had pretty good bite detection, it was really heavy to use and tended to lack the grunt for anything other than the cleanest ground. I guess my point is that whilst you may get extra distance you might lose in other areas. I reckon you might be better off spending your money on a good spool first and rod second.

[monkey nuts]

cheers gang
iv been ofeered a sand storm so thats a real option, iv tryed one of my friends grays grx, which was pritty good nd was the start of me thinking about a upgrade
iv at presant got a pair of ryobi 7000 reels . so what do you think about them????

[dogmax]

GRXS all the way dude, we sell loads in the shop, avoid anything that has the words thompson and ron on it, no matter what order they are in!

[dogmax]

Ryobi 7000's are groovy, check out penn 850's for 50 quid a touch tho, good line lay