I seem to remember that the very first poles were max 7m, weighed about 3 ton and bent like a boomerang.

I got a Maver 9.5m pole of eBay for £80 absolutely bargain pole, I never go far from the margins because I’m disabled got a nice strong elastic on it, happy days on the commercial lakes. 😍👍🏻

Lads this absolutely brilliant make me laugh so much my belly hurts 😂😂😂😂

"You're a professional at daft" and I fell off my chair! ROFLMAO

What a laugh even Daddy May must have smiled at this.Best ever well done lads.

Watching all these through lockdown has made me take up fishing, love the videos 👌

13m telescopic pole with a but section less than a meter long 😂😂😂. Top angling boys! 💪

When Jamie says Andrew reminds me of when I was growing up, my brother prefered being called Andy but if ever he was in trouble my mum used to call him Andrew ;). Great video guys :)

What a joy to have you all back again you lot are the most entertaining fisherman to watch on you tube. Long may it continue 😂🎣😂😂🎣

I'm a salmon fisherman but this is by far the best fishing show by far,should be 9n tv

Enjoyed the challenge. In answer to your question are they like the old poles. I purchased a Garbolino Carbon pole about 1978/1979. I think they started producing them in 1977. It came as a 10 metre pole but I had a extra 1/2 bottom section which took the pole up to nearly 11 metres. It cost just under £400 which was a lot of money back then and was heavy. Probably nearly as heavy as a 16 metre pole today. It was not floppy like the poles you fished with and only came with 2 fine tips. No internal elastic back then. I think at the time it was difficult to buy a glass fibre pole much longer than 7 metres and they were heavy and floppy. I believe Garbolino were one of the very first companies to make carbon fibre poles. I bloke I use to fish with had a aluminium pole with a glass tip (it was not a tank ariel) but made as a roach pole. It was really stiff but only 6 or 7 metres long. It was the only one I had ever seen and to this day have never seen another. I think he bought it in France.

Nice one lads thoroughly enjoyed last years head to head looking forward to more this year, keep em coming.

This video is absolutely class keep it up lads

Another great video Gents, I love long-lining to hand. My local canal is 10' deep from a yard out so is perfect with 5 or 6mtr whip with a flick tip. My favourite is a 6 mtr LEDA Merit which is so light I can fish it one-handed and it's super stiff. I bought the last two they had in stock four years ago for £16.95 each : Brilliant value. I e-mailed LEDA about them but they're discontinued which is a shame.

Was so hoping for one of them to hook a big carp

Andys accuracy with a groundbait ball is amazing, but when that roach was helicoptering round his head, I was on the floor. Jamie's stoicism in defeat shows the gentleman he is

Love the music, life and death situation, humour of the finest material, deffo the next double acts

That wasn’t a cheap Daiwa...it was a flagship Garbolino ;-)

Parabolic poles! Wicked video, you two are legends!

Brilliant, great fun these two lads thoroughly enjoying themselves might buy one of those whips just for the fun of it

Fab.Best challenge yet..Never stopped laughing!!🤣😂

Nice tip about the pellets ( soft) thanks rich , pellets stay on better , last longer and I have caught a few .👍

Brilliant... "I'm a full section short"... You're telling me! I'm sure my first poles were like this, but 4 times the weight

Loved it. Quality. Laughing all the way through.

This has brought a whole new meaning to my 'flexible friend'!!! Great vid to brighten anyones day.

You need a trophy for the year winner to take home. Gives you something to play for!!!

Always good stuff. Two guys that love fishing and sooo entertaining. Keep it up boys

Just a idea for something to put on tee shirts come on the fishes or it’s fell of jay daddy may told me not to feed so much

Another very good fun videio Keep em coming Great for these strange times 👍

Great fun, hilarious, well done lads. Gave us all a laugh

I can't thank you enough for these videos ..brilliant

Its like my first pole..Maver Resolution. It used to lift me off my box when i struck, with the recoil through the pole..body popping!

Hilarious you two are. Makes my sleepless nights go by. Thanks lads

I used to go to the claypit a lot as a kid brilliant for the smaller fish

Great fun well done Andy, have a 3/3.6/4.5 from wish and spot-on for 12 quid for fishing whip to hand if you don't do it much

Brilliant episode... especially when Jamie told Andy you can be my bank runner 😂. Keep em going lads.

Can you emagine advertising for replacements for these two... All the local mad horses would be empty. LoL

Absolutely top class, look forward to many more. Well done lads. 🤣🤣

Brilliant video. Thank you!

Thank you for making laugh Andy, its been a hard week for me, and I am looking forward to hitting the bank this Thursday, Friday and Saturday.. tight lines guys

Absolutely brilliant again, such a laugh !

one of the most entertaining yet, couldn't stop smiling .

Fantasic viewing just what we all needed. As a fun challenge id like to see Daddy May take you both on, the choice of venue and style of fishing should be his choice. WHOS THE DADDY !!

Had to watch it again such fun. Richie you’ve got to get the boys to use the poles again on a carp water should be fun 🎣😂🎣😂

Great Video, keep them coming

Excellent fun to watch and definitely inspires me to take it up again after 30 year out.

That was such fun to watch lads congrats, I haven't seen a telescopic pole that floppy since the early 90's when you could get them from shops like argos

Cracking Challenge again love the banter too. Nice one Gents

Brilliant video guys, can't wait to see more challenges throughout the year. Your going to smash Jamie this year Andy, I have every confidence in you 👍

Brilliant vid need to get down the canal with them whips lol..

the smile on my face when I saw this video come up after a great day out on the bank 🙂

Excellent guys. Always fun to watch. Kayleigh smith golden tench. Instant win 😀

Lots of fun to be had with those poles. Get a pot on the end! 😆

Looks a lovely soft action on those poles! Bargain if you ask me haha

I want to see Andy vs Rich river stickfloat species challenge.

Love this channel and vids 👍👊😎

Epic so happy the challenges are back keep them comming 🎣🎣🎣

Great again can’t wait for the next one

Great video lads it’s what fishing with your mates is all about 👍🏻

Wow new kit and one of the best challenges to date, never laughed so much, well done lads oushhh!!

This was excellent, I love that even though the poles are absolute nightmare to fish with the lads can make it work and get competitive as fook, brilliant :)

Superb bit of kit worth every penny very responsive pole. Think Andy's on it this year. Brilliant more like this Rich how do you keep your self together filming them I'll never know. 👍🎣🤣(Chloe's Dad)

😂😂😂🤦‍♂️ dunno but that anti friction finish sounds awesome on that tent pole 👍Loved that challenge lads

Well done Andy that's all you needed was a good talking to off daddy May 👍👍👍 another brilliant video lads

What a fun and captivating contest. The Joker against the Champ. And the Joker wins it by a mile. I hope the other viewers found it as funny ass I did. Very well done lads. Great challenge Rich. Looking forward to the next one.

Ive been waiting for this new season keep up the comedy ur class boys COME ON THE FISHIES 👍👍👍💯💯

I’m sure these are used in Japan on featureless lakes, they also have large pole rest which holds the pole high up in the air which allows the fish to hook itself. Great video and fun as always from these two top guys 👍

Brilliant, cheered up on a dour day. 👏👏👏👏🎣🎣🎣👍

Great video lads, top marks to Richard on the editing.

Absolute class lads made my day keep them coming 🎣🎣🎣🎣 stay safe come on the fishies

Awesome as always lads

Brightens my day lads .

Great vid,cheered me up after watching football

Brilliant lads and absolutely hilarious

Top class as always

I'm so glad you guys have done this with wish poles. I was going to get one to play around with but I think I'll pass. Haha. Rooting for you this year Andy! You don't half make me laugh. Top blokes the pair of you. Tight lines boys.

looks like the new daiwa air z those! Boys still make things look easy!

My first 12.5m pole (Shakespeare Master GLX Titanium) cost me over £500 back in the mid-eighties and was twice the diameter of what they're using. And it was so heavy I had to hold it old-school like they joke as I simply didn't have the bodyweight or the strength to hold it otherwise! It was a bit more rigid mind.

Cracking video for me. This is how fishing should be with your friends. Ain't nothing moody about this like you get with carp films.

Richard your just top class

I want see you both do a session on drayton with these whips.😁😁👍

Andys landing net is more stable than the pole 🤣🤣

This is so funny great entertainment

These vids just get better & better! 🤣👍 Literally keeping the morale up through these horrible covid times!

top top video didn`t stop laughing all the way through

Loving it lads

Love these 2 , should have program on sky👌

Thank you. Just thank you!

Nice challenge lads though Jamie was going to catch tree trout would that have been a instant WIN lol.

It just goes to show it doesn't matter what you use. Great vid guys.

Ughh, telescopics. At least my old 6m Shakespeare Mustang is a put-in, lol! Can't find any universal top-kits for it now though, guess I'll have to buy a new pole if I do get back into it, which is off-putting.

hahahahaha professional at being daft, great video, great entertainment

👍brilliant fishing’s back 👍

Awesome guys 🥳👍🍺

Brilliant love to see Andy win lol great laugh

Superb!

Hi loved the video as always.. Don't forget my rudd challenge most fish on 1m whip.

Well done Andy daddy may will be pleased should have him as your bank runner 👍🎣😀

Absolutely fantastic, when is Wish O-Mania

how floppy those poles are is hilarious, even in there natural state they look like you have hooked a beast