Tri-Cast Rods from Highfield Angling

Tri-Cast Rods

British Rod Builders, Tri-Cast, have delivered their range of Rods for 2007 to the Highfield Angling Supplies Shop. As one of the major distributors for Tri-Cast, Highfield Angling are able to offer incredible prices for these top of the range rods. For full details and prices - contact Carol or Vinnie in the Shop on 01204 572219.

You'll be amazed at the quality of these rods

Live Test - Curtousy of Angling Times:

Angling Times Rod of the Year 2007


	Tri-Cast XRS 2k4 Pellet Power Waggler (RRP £119.99)
	EVER the sceptic, the thought of playing carp on a 10ft 6ins rod seemed a gimmick with no logical benefi ts. Like most anglers, I’ve been brought up on 13ft rods for pretty much all my fishing, and unless something pretty spectacular was thrust into my hands I couldn’t see this changing. Would the new Tri-Cast XRS 2K4 Pellet Power Waggler rod win me over? I decided to fi sh the Willows Lake at the superb Decoy complex, targeting carp shallow just past pole range by casting to a small channel between two islands. My aim was to catch small carp to 1lb, with the odd five-pounder a possibility.

Setting up the rod, I noticed how slim the blank was – and very light, too. For a rod great feature. I hate using ‘power’ rods that are heavy and thick – they are very effective, but for me they just lack fi nesse. I started feeding 6mm pellets to bring fi sh up in the water, epeatedly casting out my pellet waggler in hope that the fl oat’s splash would attract them to my 6mm pellet hookbait. My usual ‘fl oat landing anywhere in a 20yds radius’ casting was replaced with pinpoint accuracy.

I was hitting around 25yds every time, just off the point of the island. Surely this would attract fish to a focal point in my swim, rather than spread them around? I was beginning to enjoy the benefi ts of a shorter rod. On my very fi rst cast I hooked a 6oz chub that put a nice bend in the rod. I love this kind of feature on a power rod. Often, you’ll fi nd yourself hooking small silvers or carp early on in a session, before the lumps move in. While I’d prefer my net to be brimming with 5lb carp, any match angler will tell you that an extra few pounds of silvers can be the difference between winning and It wasn’t long, though, until I was into carp averaging 1lb. This was when the short rod made a difference. My peg was quite confined – with a small tree just 1m to my right that would have made it awkward to apply side-strain with a 13ft rod. With this shorter rod I could keep my tip low and pump the fi sh all the way to the net. Then I brought my rod up to see my quarry surface just a few yards from the bank.

Had I been as good as Will Raison at scooping carp it would have been netted in seconds. As I’m not, it took a little longer. No matter, the short rod was proving its mettle. Bagging small carp after small carp, my confi dence grew, and so did the speed at which I was able to land the fi sh. I managed to tempt just a couple of ‘proper’ carp, the bigger one being 5lb which the rod tamed with ease.

As I’ve said, it has a lovely soft tip action to cushion fi sh on the strike, with loads of power in the middle section for keeping bigger fish under control – it really is the ultimate commercial water tool.

Since that session I have used it again, but this time I was casting a little further, so I added the 1ft extension supplied in the package. With many dual-length rods, when an extension is used some of the action is lost. But the difference with this was so tiny it was hardly worth a mention! As with any rod of this quality, top-notch fittings are found throughout – from the Tri-Cast screw-fix reel seat through to the RDX guides. But how do I rate the company’s latest baby overall? Prior to using this rod, I really didn’t expect my 13ft waggler rods to become redundant. Now? Well, the Tri-Cast XRS Pellet Power waggler is the only rod in my holdall! That’s how good it is.