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I have an 11ft Sealey 'Featherweight' 11ft 8.5ozs? through action three piece, not sure if an 'Avon' rod would be much different if less than 1lb test curve?

That's incredibly light for an 11ft rod!

Is the Featherweight a glass rod? There is a 12fter weighing in at 9.5 oz.

Olly wrote: ↑Mon May 04, 2020 8:22 pm Is the Featherweight a glass rod? There is a 12fter weighting in at 9.5 oz.

Yes it is a glass rod, I acquired it pre 'lockdown', not sure if they did a cane version?

I have a glass 11ft Conoflex rod that I use/d for bream - extraordinary light and a t/c of about 12oz or even less.
To me an Avon is a 1lb t/c - I think the above were described as chub rods when a chub of 6lb was an absolute monster. 3-4 being the average.

Olly wrote: ↑Mon May 04, 2020 9:01 pm I have a glass 11ft Conoflex rod thI use/d to bream - extraordinary light and a t/c of about 12oz or even less.
To me an Avon is a 1lb t/c - I think the above were described as chub rods when a chub of 6lb was an absolute monster. 3-4 being the average.

Just to put rod weights into perspective, I have a really rare Hardy 'Ultramatch' rod, 12ft three piece, weighs 5 ounces eight Drams, but it is c++++n!

Good afternoon,I will be glad to get back to normal living us older people.The Hardy aultramatch must be C/F to have such a lightweight for a 12ft rod.Keep well stay inside.Reelmaker

ReelMaker wrote: ↑Tue May 05, 2020 1:12 pm Good afternoon,I will be glad to get back to normal living us older people.The Hardy aultramatch must be C/F to have such a lightweight for a 12ft rod.Keep well stay inside.Reelmaker

I share your good advice, incidentally I did say in my post that the Ultramatch was c++++n!

Good after ,yes I got distracted and never read the post properly ,so I will apologize for my error.Thank you Reelmaker.

If you are to go down the glass route there are some canal rods with spliced tips with an even lighter t/c - and weight!

I suspect a cane rod with a lighter t/c may not be described as an Avon. Although a Hardy Avon Float rod and perhaps a Wizard could be exactly that?

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