Coarse Fishing Rods

How to choose a coarse fishing rod

A feeder rod is a legering rod with a sensitive quiver tip that shows the bite. Light and canal feeder rods suit short range and smaller fish, medium and heavy rods bigger waters and heavier feeders, and distance and river feeder rods reach far-off spots and cope with flow. Method and commercial feeder rods are made for the method feeder and pellet fishing, where the target is often carp.

For float fishing you will find match and waggler rods, pellet waggler rods and Bolognese rods. A match rod is long and light, places a light float accurately and protects fine line. A Bolognese rod is a long telescopic rod used to run a float downstream with the current. Whitefish rods and telescopic reel rods suit traditional float fishing from the bank, the jetty and the boat.

Specialist rods are built for bigger fish. Avon and barbel rods are made for rivers, tench, bream and specimen rods for legering, quiver and bomb rods for versatile legering with either a tip or a simple lead, and livebait and pike float rods for float fishing for pike.

In rod accessories you will find replacement quiver tips for feeder rods as well as rod protectors, straps and spare parts that keep your rods in good order.

When choosing, look at rod length, casting weight and action in relation to your venue and the feeders and floats you use. A rod that matches your fishing makes casting more accurate, bite detection clearer and playing fish more controlled.