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Thank you all for your comments. The rod itself was a prototype made by a rod maker in Germany. It's definitely passsed the test for chub and barbel.

Well done

Lovely fish...... there’s something magical about catching big chub on a river....cracking photo too!
Well done

Chevin Chaser wrote: ↑Sun Jun 21, 2020 5:10 pm Thank you all for your comments. The rod itself was a prototype made by a rod maker in Germany. It's definitely passsed the test for chub and barbel.

Thanks for your kind words! Nice fish, of course.

More fantastic results Vito Please tell us more about this rod you are developing

Liphook wrote: ↑Wed Jul 22, 2020 2:47 pm More fantastic results Vito Please tell us more about this rod you are developing

Hi,

not Vito made this rod but a friend and myself. It is based on the taper of the Fred Crouch Barbel Perfection with some modifications. It is also bit shorter, just 11 ft and has a hollow build mid section. Not sure, but I think it was the second or third rod we made.
We gave it as a prototype to Vito for some testings and it seems like it is not that bad

Interesting Markus You've certainly engaged a good angler to field test your chub/barbel rod in Vito! By crikey does he bank some super specimens Do you intend to make many rods? I'm looking for a maker of cane blanks and would be interested to know if that was possible?

Liphook wrote: ↑Wed Jul 22, 2020 3:51 pm Interesting Markus You've certainly engaged a good angler to field test your chub/barbel rod in Vito! By crikey does he bank some super specimens Do you intend to make many rods? I'm looking for a maker of cane blanks and would be interested to know if that was possible?

Wrote you a PM.
Here we should talk about Vitos fantastic catch.