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Cracking fish!

Excellent Andrew, you are making a habit of this

I had a five pound chub last week on the Original (light) version! Oh plus a dace that was possibly a 'double'! My favourite rod!

Well done Andrew.....pushing your luck this season ;).

Well done Andrew, an immaculate Dove barbel.

A great days fishing. The river was in fine form producing plenty of grayling, and also good to see chub and dace making a more regular appearance.

I've recently taken possession of an AJD Nottingham style Chub / Barbel rod that I commissioned Andrew to craft .. To say it's a work of art would be a gross understatement . Fervently hoping for the rivers to return to normal condition / levels for this time of year so that I can christen it ............

CWK wrote: ↑Sat Jun 15, 2019 10:44 am I've recently taken possession of an AJD Nottingham style Chub / Barbel rod that I commissioned Andrew to craft .. To say it's a work of art would be a gross understatement . Fervently hoping for the rivers to return to normal condition / levels for this time of year so that I can christen it ............

Well done, you will love it, it feels so crisp in the hand, I too can't wait for the levels to drop so I can get out with mine

In these sobering and troubled times that we now find ourselves I was delighted to receive today by ‘Special Courier’ (At a rod lengths distance of course) my new AJ Davis Nottingham Roach rod.

It looked and felt better than I could have hoped for and at just two inches short of twelve foot should make tackling those tricky River Trent downstream winds a little easier.

I had asked Andrew if could deviate from the standard design of a two piece and instead produce the rod in two five foot sections plus the handle making the rod much easier to transport in my five foot hold-all. If that wasn’t enough I wanted a Wallis type handle with a tapered Nickel Silver collar at reel end. The finish to be in dark satin cane with green whipping Oh and a matching wooden but cap!

At lot to ask for but carried off beautifully. It goes without saying Ican’t wait to get on the river banks again.



Thanks again Andrew

That certainly looks beautiful, I hope you land many good roach while using it!

Wow! What a beautiful rod!!