Travel Practice Rods

[AndyHendersonUK]

Hello everyone,

I would like to canvas your opinions on travel practice rods. I earn my living skippering small commercial boats in the UK. So taking a full sized rod for practice is out of the question.

If anyone has used any of the practice rods as is willing to offer advice that would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,

Andy

[Wet]

The Echo MPR is the best of the bunch, perfect for indoors... the Reddington version is good outdoors.

[Lasse Karlsson]

Echo MPR, you can get a shootinghead outfit for it to practice hauling, and a handle extension to practice twohanded.
I am biased though, married into the european distributor.. All the other copies of the MPR works ok too

Cheers
Lasse

[AndyHendersonUK]

Thanks guys. Will start shopping around.

[VGB]

Lasse,is the shooting head bought or made?

[Lasse Karlsson]

If you don't want to mess with making it yourself, you can buy it

http://www.balticflyfisher.com/acatalog ... tml#SID=88

Cheers
Lasse

[VGB]

Thanks Lasse, I might have a play to see if I can produce a waterproof one

[VGB]

A 10wt DT salmon line works fairly well, with a 60lb 18 inch tippet. It was sensitive to fly size, kicked without one and was pedestrian with a golf ball sized piece of fluff, so I halved it. Very good for rolls and speys. A heavier line would be better but I don’t have one.

[Lasse Karlsson]

How heavy a skagit outfit do you want for your practice rod Vince?

Cheers
Lasse

[VGB]

Thanks Lasse, I still have some arlesey bombs