Junior rod review

[Daveyboy]

On the quest for a suitable rod for a mad keen 12 year old club angler we came across the Mitchell universe II long rod ,priced at £64.99 at Christchurch Angling Centre

The rod has a Matt Carbon weave with some eye catching graphics, probably the first thing that grabbed his attention when doing his usual rod rack inspection at the tackle shop

Callums first impression when holding the rod was the overall weight, it is a very light rod indeed and proved well balanced with his Daiwa Emcast Evo 5000 fixed spool reel.

First couple of gentle lobs seemed promising as he was very comfortable with the rod even considering its 15ft length.

He was regularly getting 40 yards with an overhead lob with a 3oz lead , he was just getting into the swing of things. Changed to a 4oz lead and increased the drop added a little lay back with the lead and he doubled his cast WOW what a dramatic improvement , his confidence grew with the rod and he pushed himself a little further but to be honest after casting for 30 - 40 mins he was tiring so he called it a day.

Finally I got hold of the rod for a cast myself and gave it a lob ....... ok that was nice I though , next cast I gave it some more and it rewarded me in return with even more distance, next cast decided to really get some speed in the tip and the rod did its bit and threw the lead out of sight (bad eyesight) blimey that went I thought !

This is a long rod that I would use above a lot of others 4 times its price, it represents real quality that wont break the bank

Next week sees the rod out in anger for some fishing rather than just casting so will post how he finds the fishing side of the rod shortly

Sometimes his Salt Bass rods cant cope with the conditions or venue so hopefully this rod will fill that gap, fingers crossed :icon_cool

[gray2769]

Nice report Dave sounds like a good rod for a good price. (so as well as out fishing me callum is now out casting me altho i think he was probably doing that already:) )

[Lucky Rich]

:thumbsup: Dave , the long rods work well with the old long bow , draw & throw ,,from the 60s ,,you have got to get the body movement right , or it wont work ,
Im no expert but i can get a long rod to do ok , 30 mins with callum on shifting his weight when he casts , nothing to do with proper casting ile leave that to collin . but this bit i can do , :thumbsup: ile give it a go if he wants to ,,,see you ,,rich..

[Daveyboy]

Thanks Lucky, always room for improvement mate , for both of us :thumbsup:

[Crack Off Colin]

Hi DB

Good to see callums casting is coming along is he remembering to look up when he casts?

LR would you class your gblite as a long rod if so I would be interested to see the way you use it:notworthy

[Lucky Rich]

Easy casting with out getting complicated

[Lucky Rich]

LR would you class your gblite as a long rod if so I would be interested to see the way you use it:notworthy
Hi colin ,, no i wouldnt class it as a long rod,,,& belive me you would need a vallium sandwich to watch me try what u showed me after all this time ,,,

[Christchurch man]

Nice rod report hope you and Callum had a good days fishing. Will have to get some coaching for casting myself.