RBTraditional wrote: ↑Mon Dec 14, 2020 7:31 pm Be glad to see the result of your restoration Jeremy.... can I place the fist bid?.....
Gold Label 500
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"Oh for want of rod and line I'd fish this stream serene, sublime".
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Welcome back to the bosom of the 500 club Jeremy!!
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Thank you my dear Chapman chum!..........Don't let me sell it!!
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Lovely rod for sure. Couple of questions
1. Why is it called Gold label? is it because it has a gold lable?
2. What action is this rod and what type of fishing was it designed/ used for
Thanks TD
1. Why is it called Gold label? is it because it has a gold lable?
2. What action is this rod and what type of fishing was it designed/ used for
Thanks TD
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Tench Dreamer wrote: ↑Wed Jan 06, 2021 6:23 pm Lovely rod for sure. Couple of questions
1. Why is it called Gold label? is it because it has a gold lable?
Got it in one. Early rods had the gold oval label, later rods had a more simple transfer with black script.
2. What action is this rod and what type of fishing was it designed/ used for
Avon, through action, all round rod for river and still water
Thanks TD
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from memory when i held one it was like the MK1V Avon with a much better ( shorter handle) fish between say 2 to 6lb?
very good balance i think? from memory? would you agree?
very good balance i think? from memory? would you agree?
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Yes, the balance is very good indeed. I have no experience of the MKIV Avon I'm afraid.Tench Dreamer wrote: ↑Wed Jan 06, 2021 9:39 pm from memory when i held one it was like the MK1V Avon with a much better ( shorter handle) fish between say 2 to 6lb?
very good balance i think? from memory? would you agree?
I've landed a 12lb carp on a 500, I did have some anxious moments but that was due to my inexperience with the rod which actually coped very well indeed. I believe someone on here landed a 20 so it's a very capable rod.
It inspires confidence, I know it would land anything that swims in my local river.
Many have said "if you could only own one rod it would be a Chapman 500"
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Thanks for clarifyingJeremy Croxall wrote: ↑Thu Jan 07, 2021 11:23 amYes, the balance is very good indeed. I have no experience of the MKIV Avon I'm afraid.Tench Dreamer wrote: ↑Wed Jan 06, 2021 9:39 pm from memory when i held one it was like the MK1V Avon with a much better ( shorter handle) fish between say 2 to 6lb?
very good balance i think? from memory? would you agree?
I've landed a 12lb carp on a 500, I did have some anxious moments but that was due to my inexperience with the rod which actually coped very well indeed. I believe someone on here landed a 20 so it's a very capable rod.
It inspires confidence, I know it would land anything that swims in my local river.
Many have said "if you could only own one rod it would be a Chapman 500"
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Tench Dreamer wrote: ↑Thu Jan 07, 2021 5:28 pmThanks for clarifyingJeremy Croxall wrote: ↑Thu Jan 07, 2021 11:23 amYes, the balance is very good indeed. I have no experience of the MKIV Avon I'm afraid.Tench Dreamer wrote: ↑Wed Jan 06, 2021 9:39 pm from memory when i held one it was like the MK1V Avon with a much better ( shorter handle) fish between say 2 to 6lb?
very good balance i think? from memory? would you agree?
I've landed a 12lb carp on a 500, I did have some anxious moments but that was due to my inexperience with the rod which actually coped very well indeed. I believe someone on here landed a 20 so it's a very capable rod.
It inspires confidence, I know it would land anything that swims in my local river.
Many have said "if you could only own one rod it would be a Chapman 500"
Mr Tench Dreamer The 500 i have has accounted for a very nice Common Carp of 21lb 12oz. from a little pond that i believe you' fished years ago with Gaz The Angler. Crownfield lake just behind the Rollerbowl.
Click on the link below for pics.
viewtopic.php?f=189&t=28654&p=381807&hilit=21lb#p381807
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Hello Ljm 183, you popped along as well and we all met up. Sadly Gaz is no longer with us. Lovely little farm pond just outside Romford. I had a much smaller Carp that day also on light tackle. Gaz was a really nice bloke and I was glad to have met him. And now you mention it I remember Gaz talking alot about cane rods and aspiring to a 500 , or maybe he had just got one.Ljm183 wrote: ↑Thu Jan 07, 2021 8:34 pmTench Dreamer wrote: ↑Thu Jan 07, 2021 5:28 pmThanks for clarifyingJeremy Croxall wrote: ↑Thu Jan 07, 2021 11:23 amYes, the balance is very good indeed. I have no experience of the MKIV Avon I'm afraid.Tench Dreamer wrote: ↑Wed Jan 06, 2021 9:39 pm from memory when i held one it was like the MK1V Avon with a much better ( shorter handle) fish between say 2 to 6lb?
very good balance i think? from memory? would you agree?
I've landed a 12lb carp on a 500, I did have some anxious moments but that was due to my inexperience with the rod which actually coped very well indeed. I believe someone on here landed a 20 so it's a very capable rod.
It inspires confidence, I know it would land anything that swims in my local river.
Many have said "if you could only own one rod it would be a Chapman 500"
Mr Tench Dreamer The 500 i have has accounted for a very nice Common Carp of 21lb 12oz. from a little pond that i believe you' fished years ago with Gaz The Angler. Crownfield lake just behind the Rollerbowl.
Click on the link below for pics.
viewtopic.php?f=189&t=28654&p=381807&hilit=21lb#p381807
RIP Gaz