So now I decide to sit down and decide what's the best way of getting kit, and in which order to get use out of it as soon as possible. Having mentioned my intention of going back into fishing to several people who expressed an interest in coming along, it was decided early on that I should get 2 float rods.
So the first one I ordered was a Shakespear pellet waggler rod, 11ft. The second, a 13foot dunlop waggler rod.
The reason for the 11foot rod was a little obscure. When I last fished 12 years ago, I used to use a 11 foot quivertip for float fishing. The reason being is that I broke my mates 12 foot float rod, and gave him mine in replacement. In hindsight, I wish I had done it sooner. The quiver tip was better at casting floats in my opinion, and that memory was part in me deciding to get this rod. The other being that my first rod was Shakespear and it lasted well.
The reason for the 13foot rod was because a local freewater I used to fish reguarly back in the day, was a bugger to trot through with a short rod. I thought that the 13foot rod would be handy to have if I decide to re-visit the free water.
I also needed another reel. The reel I got with the telescopic float rod was quite good, but the one with the spinner was loaded with 10lb line and I wanted 6lb. So I bought a dunlop reel and a mile of 6lb line.
Now back in the day, I used to set up 3 rods, and fish with 2. One rod was a waggler, the second a carp rod, and the third was a spinning rod. The idea being that if my swim went quiet, I would use the spinner to see if a predator had entered the swim and scared my fish away. With this in mind, I decided to get a 2 piece spinning rod.
With the rods sorted, I also needed luggage, a keep net, a chair, and more bait boxes. Plus terminal tackle.
My list was made, and over the next few weeks it slowly came together. .
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