they're good, one thing I noticed with glenns is it has an extremely slow action... which you can't see in this pic as it's not fully loaded. Would probably take a bit to get used to I think.
Glenn had a problem with his other one but the dealer replaced it no questions asked.
acouple of mates use them bottom bashing and they rate them highly, as jay said there slow or very parabolic for a better word,so if ya like a stiff rod dont get one.
l should of really payed abit extra and got one but lm a tight ass.
paul
Colin Hay
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What r the Van Staal rods like
Jay, I have heard a lot about thre reels but not much about the rods.
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Salmo
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Fantastic rods Colin
Dean
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colin on the $$$ side of
colin on the $$$ side of things, and IMO you can pick up rods with very similar action/and quality components for quite a bit cheaper.
chezza
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Dean what rods would they
Dean what rods would they be
cheers Troy
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Thanks for the info
Can't afford one but was interested to hear about them.
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they're good, one thing I
they're good, one thing I noticed with glenns is it has an extremely slow action... which you can't see in this pic as it's not fully loaded. Would probably take a bit to get used to I think.
Glenn had a problem with his other one but the dealer replaced it no questions asked.
holth
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acouple of mates use them
acouple of mates use them bottom bashing and they rate them highly, as jay said there slow or very parabolic for a better word,so if ya like a stiff rod dont get one.
l should of really payed abit extra and got one but lm a tight ass.
paul
Dean
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certain Tcurves, jigwrex,
certain Tcurves, jigwrex, certain livefibres, quite a few daiwa saltiga rods, certain uglysticks...
jay_burgess
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I wouldn't say that any of
I wouldn't say that any of those rods you mentioned dean really compare to the van staal... except for perhaps the saltiga rods..
Salmo
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Cost?????
Not sure if you got ya facts right Dean......
$425.00 is a fair price for a rod.....
Ugly sticks arent even close to Vans
Dean
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the rods mentioned all have
All i'm talking about is the action of the rod, parabolic action (slow taper) , thats what I'm talking about.
and yes the rods I mentioned have that slow taper.
Plus the van staal's retail at around $500 so the saltiga is cheaper.
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Shopping at the wrong place then
look around.....cheaper deals