At a glance the rods look well built with a high modulus Blank and a nice Graphite weave throughout ( Look allot like a Greys Black to be honest ) With a nice looking Fuji Style ( Screw down Reel seat ) And Quiver top section with 3 tops ( Not labeled but possibly around 2,3,4 oz )
Had a good look at the rods in the shop a nice through action straight through the rod a nice bend through so seamed ideal for fishing my Regular River Ribble.
Well after hoping to land my First Barbel of the season On the opening Monday 17th on one of the new Rods it wasn't to be and after a number of more Blanks the First fish came on the 26th July a Very welcome Scrapper of around 7lb
The Rod Dealt with the fight perfect great Action could really feel the fish was quite happy with the rods.
Until i broke one really weird how it happened the river was full of weed and as the feeder wsd bouncing round i reeled in and pulled the feeder down to hand to pull the weed off around the feeder and thats when it snapped in two places ?
The breaks were in two places on the top section and looked like it had been cut with a saw nice clean cut.
I very much doubt it had been damaged in the car or shed as they hadn't been out of the Quiver maybe a flaw in the Blank who know but its put me off using the other rod now so its back to the Trusty Drennan.
Overall apart from the damaged rod my personal opinion the Thesesus barbel masters a good rod for a Budget of £60 but next time i'd pay the little extra and go for the Fox Warrior S 1.75 or The Daiwa Theory
Overall 6/10
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| The Broken Top Section |
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| The Screw Down Reel Seat |
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