I bought the CHEAPEST rod I could find! 

Sounds like fun 😁

Nothing more repellent, for me, than a bunch of tarty twats thinking their gear will catch them fish.

Rods that could have knots tied in them and still not snap? 🤣

LOL

Swing tips blast from the past.

Sounds ambiguous and not at all gripping

Cheers for watching and thanks for the info 😁

I still have brilliant 8 section “travel X” 12’ carbon match rods. Pack away to nothing for the boot of a car or fishing off a motorbike. Yes bound to be a bit heavier than a 2 piece but honestly the action is lovely and you cannot tell once it is up. In fact I landed a 16lb carp on said float rod crucian fishing a couple of weeks back. Great fun, has no great resale value for tackle thieves, it takes some abuse, and like of lot of his factory direct stuff has been the most amazing value. He knew he was pretty much hated by the other retailers around him on the big shows, but he kind of thrived off that. And who’s stall was always the busiest? No prizes for guessing.

Cheers for watching. Glad you enjoyed it 😁

@@nuffinbutfishing ​​⁠ Also, congratulations on the marriage, getting your house & the impending new arrival. Certainly grown up from the initial Joe in the vids lol. Are any of the old crew still fishing?

@markbritton6485 thank you 😁 yeah they are, just not as much. Sam fishes the most Still but he's a father of 2 now as well!

Close…Knew Roger pretty well hailing from mining country up in a Nottingham. He sold his business to Sports Direct who eventually sold off his superstores. So sad, great starter prices and a lot was much better quality than you think. The retail price on many items typically £99 but tag price £29.99, the higher price was a fair reflection of what a normal retailer would ask for the same quality with their mark up. It was no con, just bulk buying direct from the factory with no middle man mark up. His margins were low but his sales volumes massive and he did angling a great service by making it accessible to the kids too. I still use 2 lovely 2 3/4 carp rods. Super slim, the eyes carbon whipped, top end looks and performance but I think they were around the £50 mark. A simple label went on instead..” Purist Carp”. My last fish on one of them was a scraper 40lb common caught hook and hold style, float fishing the snaggy margins of a lake in France. Perfect for that and floater fishing to this day. I have more expensive kit but I love those rods. Clearly with high spec features the story goes they were a production run for one of the big tackle companies in the U.K., but the deal fell through leaving them as surplus stock. As Roger was a regular reliable customer they were offered instead to him at a stupid price which clearly he accepted. I suspect had that big name company taken them on they would have been sold at around the £150 mark. We lucky folk in Notts got first dibs in his local Hucknall store and enjoyed some incredible bargains for sure.

Thank you 😁

Glad you enjoyed it 😁

Haha, I always went second hand because dragon carp was a bit dodge.

Haha, glad you enjoyed it 😁

Great to hear, cheers 😁

Sounds like that may have been before my time in angling 😁

@@nuffinbutfishing I'm getting on now but in the late 70s 80s we used to dream about what we have now but didn't expect carp fishing to take off ,the old days were magical for us unfortunately carp anglers younger ones missed out,we never had dvds RU-vid ect we made our own tackle experimented with baits and new methods I did get laughed at alot at the start of the 80s using what we call zig fishing now.when I caught loads then they stopped laughing.Nice to have those memories.And the gear and knowledge we have now for carp is amazing,we have come on along way and I love it.Anyway tight lines mate and looking forward to seeing the next video.

Cheers 😁

Yeah. Likely more to come too 😁

Happy days 😁 cheers for watching

Definitely 😁

Yeah quite a few comments have said similar 😁

Happy days 😁 hope he is enjoying using it!

I do plan to 😁

Certainly is 😁

Yeah? Never done it myself

Sounds like great fun though noddy or not 😁

We followed similar trends then. How it should be 😁

Cheers for the heads up 👌🏻

Managed these 5 angry carp for sure 💪🏻

I've had a lot of the same sort of comment. seems a popular rod!

Not to mention it's good fun too 😁

Don't think this reel has ever had a service so I will trust that it is happiest being left untouched 🤣

No courtesy at all!

That's the plan 🤣

Definitely 😁

Brilliant 😁

That's great to hear though. Carping on a budget

Thanks for the info. I had an almost identical comment the other day. Guessing it was you?

Thanks for the info 😁

Thanks for the information 😁

I remember badger lol I usto have a badger bivvy and bed and it was better than all my mates, that was back in the late 90s

My first carp setup was a Badger Black Shadow set bought 2005. My grandson has now started carp fishing with those rods

Seems quite a lot of people did!

Thank you very much for the offer. Will keep it in mind going forwards with the series 😁

Nice one cheers 😁

Nice one 😁 makes sense 👌🏻

Buy a Diawa Black Widow rod. Similar price and much better than the sonik VaderX. I have both rods - the vader is mainly all tip action and the black Widow bends right down to the butt ring. Much better on casting too. The Vader X can handle 35lb fish no problem tho, certainly not a bad rod, just not very parabolic.

@cgarr04 ah, nice one man! Cheers for that 👊

No problem man. Tight lines 🤙

Guessing they may be pricey 😬

Happy days 👌🏻

I think all rods have their time and place. But I agree, lighter rods are definitely doable for a lot of situations

I love carp on feeder and 6lbs line, methods work great for me on slow moving canals and 10kg fish put up one hell of a fight

Ah nice! So I wasn't that savvy with my savings then

May it rest in pieces 😩

Hunstrete, Withy Pool 👌🏻

Happy days 😁

How about the bivvy? 😜

@@nuffinbutfishing TBF it was okay, built in ground sheet, decent size ... Did the job 🤜🤛

Hi Andy, I don't remember that question so it may not have been on my video, but maybe take a look at the new jrc chair coming out that is taller. Jrc defend 2 folding chair 👌🏻

I've been duped! 🤣🤣

@@nuffinbutfishing inflation I guess 😂

Happy days 😁

Also a video idea 😁

Hunstrete withy pool

😋😋😋

Not the back end up opposite the point 👌🏻

Ok ain’t fished there In years when Ben and you fished the main lake

@@nuffinbutfishing think last time we spoke u brought my jag hook sharpener kit

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Spend much in it? 😁

@@nuffinbutfishing tbh I remember buying my first 2 rod set up. I got 2 10ft CK fusion carp rods 2.75tc and some bait runner reels a pod and alarms for about £80 🤣 I still actually have 1 of them rods in my shed

Probably not far off

Nice one cheers 👌🏻

Definitely 😁

Haha, thank you

I'm also guilty 🤣

Clearly not, as you commented. 🙈 have a good day

I'll leave that to you 👌🏻

Heavily fished for day ticket carp unfortunate go that way when some people don't take care

@@nuffinbutfishing yeah very true 😞