long poles

You sure you didn't get an outrigger by mistake?

I'll try to answer a bunch of questions at once:

1) It is a match pole.
2) I bought it from a tackle shop in England, and a friend of mine brought it to me.
3) You don't have to be big to use one (I'm not a big guy!)
4) It's rated for a maximum of 6 lb. line.
5) It's too big to use in a boat. It's for fishing from the bank only.
6) I still haven't mastered it, but I'm working on it!
7) It's not an outrigger:D


Here are some cool pics of the long poles in action:


http://www.matchangler.com/Pages/Cor...leryday2c.html

That is the craziest tournament I have ever seen, do you know what all the stuff around them is? I suppose tackle, but how much do you need fishing with one 40' pole? Very strange those Europeans.
3GD

Thanks guys,we learn something every day. At least I didn't know.

3GD,

It is all tackle. The European champs is second only to the world champs in importance, so they bring everything but the kitchen sink. Also, the matches are only three hours long, so you have to have everything close to hand. It's similar to bass tourneys where the angler will have seven or eight rods and reels rigged at his feet.

By the way, the "bream" they mention in the link is not the fish were talking about on this board. It's a completely different fish.

48 foot? All I can say is WOW!, Kevin. No problem reaching the other side of the canal now is it :D? Have fun with it :).

Hey Robert!

Good to see you over here. I see you signed up about the same time as me. But you've got me beat on posts!

I like a ultralite set up myself

I use a Zebco 12 foot slab seeker telescoping combo w/ 6 lb test and a spincast reel

All depends on the use, the longer 12' poles can have alot of line stiction if you have to cast them. I have used a long tele 16' and hated it, it was to heavy not easy to tell light bites at all with out a float and my back ended up soar. I normally use a sam heaton 7' or maybe a 9-10' at longest if I have to dip straight down or am using a fixed float deeper. With longer poles you will have more trouble with control and fish hanging you up, getting to the fish and dealing with heavy cover. I used to only fish 12' poles but have switched to shorter ones now