Rods

Nowadays you can get a lot of rod for your money and the CF-X rods from The Tackle Box are a prime example. For the modest price tag you get a range of rods that perform brilliantly and look the part. Available in 2. 75lb, 3.

Affordable, functional and dare we say it pretty damn good looking to boot!

With three ranges of carp rods on the market, how long before you join the Wolf Pack?

GREAT VALUE! This abbreviated-handle variation of Wychwood’s hugely popular 101 series of rods is available in a limited run and only for a certain period of time. Once they’re gone that’s it, so I guess they are a limited edition carp rod, and all for under £60 each. As with the C-101 and D-101, with their cork and Duplon handles, respectively (see what they’ve done there?) they boast extremely impressive blanks for a carp rod in this price range. Never has a carp rod represented more obviously the boundaries that are constantly being pushed in this ‘budget’ price bracket and the results are extremely impressive.

The new big-pit reel from Wychwood offers an instant spod or marker reel straight out of the box that won’t break the bank. The Dispatch 7500 has an understated design with a classy matt-black finish and certainly won’t look out of place on the bank. It boasts an incredibly large spool that is supplied loaded with 200 metres of 30lb braid, so it’s ready to be used from the word go. Now that’s value for money.

Standard-size free-spool reel with a unique and ingenious line clip that enables you to leave it ‘clipped up’ for casting and automatically disengages if a hooked fish takes line. WychwoodSolace 10 ACS ReelRRP: £89. 99www. wychwood-carp.