Hi Militaris,
I tried a few telescopic rods several years ago and found they were very poor, they may be better nowadays with better technology but really not sure. I went for compact 4 piece rod sfrom both Shimano and Daiwa I still have my Daiwa heartland rod and it is a geat performer.
I've got a four piece from Kilwell - its only in the lightweight category 2 - 4 kg. But I've had it for many years, its been totally reliable, and the action is not too bad. It does have slight hard spots in the joins.
Si's point about the giudes going out of alignment can be an issue with the rod, but the Kilwell is a fibreglass-fibreglass male/female join and if I push them firmly together they are OK and the guides stay aligned with the occasional tweek.
One of the bug-bears I find with the available telescopic rods in NZ is that that the guides seem to be too evenly spaced out, which means that they cast horribly and the top section of the rod don't loaded properly when fighting a fish. Most also don't seem to come with guides that can be easily replaced as well.
However as jontyjfoo has alluded too, telescopic rods (both conventional and "reel-less" fishing pole types) have a big following in Japan. As some of these command astronomically high prices, I would expect them to be of better quality and performance. I've come across a telescopic fishing pole which costs $6000+!
Shimano do some cheap ones here called Technium, and a better graphite one called the x plorer. Its got a very slim profile for a tele rod. I know a few guys using them for shallow water snapper fishing as well as trout. Could be the go.
The ones in Japan are out of this world, 22ft tele rods. Must help them making the fish look bigger!
Quote: Originally posted by JonnyBlaze on 31 May 2006Billy Ho, fishing with the japanese dude, may not have been a telescopic bu that again was a 22fter, and managed to handle little kingis, so much leverage!
The ones in Japan are out of this world, 22ft tele rods. Must help them making the fish look bigger!
As above my model Shimano is the Holiday XT ISO #22236. It is 103 cm long (4.45m when extended) and weights 205grams. It is designed to cast up to 2 oz. 85% carbon. Blank diameter tip 1.5mm and base 20mm.
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