I bought the CHEAPEST rod I could find!

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8 ай бұрын

I set myself the challenge of finding the cheapest rod and reel on Marketplace and put it to the test. Will it have stood the test of time? And will it still stand up to the task of catching multiple CARP?
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@richpeas1924 8 ай бұрын

You need a rod pod next. It does go to show you don't have to follow the crowd & get all the latest gear. This sort of fishing takes me back. Using mismatched rods & reels & a rod pod built by the local scaffolding company, me mums foldaway garden chair, just like the one Grahame from TA fishing sometimes uses. Half a tin of luncheon meat nicked out of the fridge for bait. Happy days.

@nuffinbutfishing 8 ай бұрын

Sounds like fun 😁

@danielwilson1105 Ай бұрын

Nothing more repellent, for me, than a bunch of tarty twats thinking their gear will catch them fish.

@death347 4 ай бұрын

please please please do a series where you buy second hand stuff and go on a fishing campaign slowly gathering things over the summer, it would be something different to the mainstream

@danielwilson1105 Ай бұрын

Sounds ambiguous and not at all gripping

@MRT.1977 8 ай бұрын

Great video, I remember using float and carp rods made from a "composite" material, still have the rods somewhere. What about buying an old quiver rod or even use a swing tip(you rarely see a swing tip anymore). Keep up the good work with these videos 👍👍👍

@nuffinbutfishing 8 ай бұрын

Rods that could have knots tied in them and still not snap? 🤣

@MRT.1977 8 ай бұрын

LOL

@danielwilson1105 Ай бұрын

Swing tips blast from the past.

@alexstapleton7360 8 ай бұрын

Great to see you on your old channel Joe. Keep it up buddy love the vids

@nuffinbutfishing 8 ай бұрын

Thank you 😁

@markbritton6485 8 ай бұрын

Nice to see you back on the screen more regularly Joe! Good content as usual & great idea about the giveaway at the end of the series. I remember dragoncarp - think they were the sports direct of fishing - RRP £199.99 but our price is £29.99 lol. My fist course rod was a 3 piece rod, a kingfisher brand from Argos & caught many a fish @ £14.99. Think 'we' all over complicate fishing but it's definitely good to have different price points to cater to the whole spectrum of anglers. Something simple like free lining with bread will always catch a fish or two no matter the gear used above the water's surface 🎣

@nuffinbutfishing 8 ай бұрын

Cheers for watching. Glad you enjoyed it 😁

@markbritton6485 8 ай бұрын

@@nuffinbutfishing ⁠ Also, congratulations on the marriage, getting your house & the impending new arrival. Certainly grown up from the initial Joe in the vids lol. Are any of the old crew still fishing?

@nuffinbutfishing 8 ай бұрын

@markbritton6485 thank you 😁 yeah they are, just not as much. Sam fishes the most Still but he's a father of 2 now as well!

@jamesrussel1133 8 ай бұрын

Close…Knew Roger pretty well hailing from mining country up in a Nottingham. He sold his business to Sports Direct who eventually sold off his superstores. So sad, great starter prices and a lot was much better quality than you think. The retail price on many items typically £99 but tag price £29.99, the higher price was a fair reflection of what a normal retailer would ask for the same quality with their mark up. It was no con, just bulk buying direct from the factory with no middle man mark up. His margins were low but his sales volumes massive and he did angling a great service by making it accessible to the kids too. I still use 2 lovely 2 3/4 carp rods. Super slim, the eyes carbon whipped, top end looks and performance but I think they were around the £50 mark. A simple label went on instead..” Purist Carp”. My last fish on one of them was a scraper 40lb common caught hook and hold style, float fishing the snaggy margins of a lake in France. Perfect for that and floater fishing to this day. I have more expensive kit but I love those rods. Clearly with high spec features the story goes they were a production run for one of the big tackle companies in the U.K., but the deal fell through leaving them as surplus stock. As Roger was a regular reliable customer they were offered instead to him at a stupid price which clearly he accepted. I suspect had that big name company taken them on they would have been sold at around the £150 mark. We lucky folk in Notts got first dibs in his local Hucknall store and enjoyed some incredible bargains for sure.

@raywalpole9390 8 ай бұрын

Good old Roger Surgay, who started Dragon Carp, among other brands. Used to do tackle shows around the country, "the man on the mic" and his motto was "pile them high and sell them cheap". Also had a couple of shops in the Hucknall area and a warehouse I believe in Chesterfield. The major brands did not like what he was doing to their industry but it worked. I still have a pair of Avanti twin top Barbel Rods I got from the Kettering show about 15 or more years ago.

@nuffinbutfishing 8 ай бұрын

Cheers for watching and thanks for the info 😁

@jamesrussel1133 8 ай бұрын

I still have brilliant 8 section “travel X” 12’ carbon match rods. Pack away to nothing for the boot of a car or fishing off a motorbike. Yes bound to be a bit heavier than a 2 piece but honestly the action is lovely and you cannot tell once it is up. In fact I landed a 16lb carp on said float rod crucian fishing a couple of weeks back. Great fun, has no great resale value for tackle thieves, it takes some abuse, and like of lot of his factory direct stuff has been the most amazing value. He knew he was pretty much hated by the other retailers around him on the big shows, but he kind of thrived off that. And who’s stall was always the busiest? No prizes for guessing.

@08angler 8 ай бұрын

I love these videos, so calm and informative, giving us future video ideas too! 😅 Cheers for these high quality films

@nuffinbutfishing 8 ай бұрын

Haha, glad you enjoyed it 😁

@Myles989 8 ай бұрын

Dragon carp sent the nostalgic bells off in my head! Used to spend all my time on that site when I was younger - Great video

@danielwilson1105 Ай бұрын

Haha, I always went second hand because dragon carp was a bit dodge.

@philheaton638 7 ай бұрын

Absolutely love these types of videos. As anglers we've become obsessed with having all the latest gear...well i know i have and spent a fortune doing so. We forget that we all started somewhere, with cheap tackle and caught loads of fish. Newcomers to the sport must look at prices of tackle and be put off. Great advice looking at the second hand markets

@nuffinbutfishing 7 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it 😁

@LondonPredatorAngler 8 ай бұрын

enjoyed that joe, good stuff mate!

@nuffinbutfishing 8 ай бұрын

Great to hear, cheers 😁

@paulAnthony7236 8 ай бұрын

I remember in the mid 80s using 11ft 2.5lb tc rods by sundridge and abu cardinal reels magno bite alarms and monkey climbers good times.

@nuffinbutfishing 8 ай бұрын

Sounds like that may have been before my time in angling 😁

@paulAnthony7236 8 ай бұрын

@@nuffinbutfishing I'm getting on now but in the late 70s 80s we used to dream about what we have now but didn't expect carp fishing to take off ,the old days were magical for us unfortunately carp anglers younger ones missed out,we never had dvds KZfaq ect we made our own tackle experimented with baits and new methods I did get laughed at alot at the start of the 80s using what we call zig fishing now.when I caught loads then they stopped laughing.Nice to have those memories.And the gear and knowledge we have now for carp is amazing,we have come on along way and I love it.Anyway tight lines mate and looking forward to seeing the next video.

@leesagar8651 4 ай бұрын

Dragon carp and Lineaeffe bring back memories lol when I wasn't as serious about my fishing and not hunting for specimen fish I used to have a lot of dragon carp stuff. Always remember it being hit and miss, like their line sucked but their rods were brill sort of thing lol. I had 2 solid Lineaeffe bait runners too that saw me pull carp in to 18lbs but by the time I was catching 20's etc I'd upgraded as I wanted to hit the 20 and 30's club and possibly beyond so needed to get serious and obtain the gear up for the job. Brought back some good memories seeing those brands again, I heard that sports direct bought dragon carp out.

@chipnroll 8 ай бұрын

been fishing 30+ years started very young got my first carp at 7 teenage years fishing rivers and ponds for tench and bream etc and then onto carp but if im fishing for anything im happy 20+ years ago we didnt have the best gear we caught loads! my first carp rods was Ron Thomson lol loved them

@nuffinbutfishing 8 ай бұрын

Happy days 😁 cheers for watching

@darwindavies6979 8 ай бұрын

Qaulity watch as always joe dragon tackle blimey that's blast from the past I know so many anglers that started with ther gear onto the next adventure tightlines look forward to the next vid 👊🎣

@nuffinbutfishing 8 ай бұрын

Cheers 😁

@MartynsAnglingAdventures 8 ай бұрын

Just goes to show even on the lowest of budgets you can still have an enjoyable time and catch fish along the way

@nuffinbutfishing 8 ай бұрын

Definitely 😁

@craykooo8947 8 ай бұрын

We get so caught up in the serious side of carp fishing but you can’t beat doing this on a little day ticket place. It’s so much fun.

@nuffinbutfishing 8 ай бұрын

Certainly is 😁

@SomersetscuriousCarper-iy6mt Ай бұрын

Another good place for cheap beginners for set ups are sports direct believe it or not the past couple I’ve been in have loads of carp set up bits with alarms etc… even saw a bivvy in there 😂 worth having a looki in there for anyone looking for cheap stuff 👌

@nuffinbutfishing Ай бұрын

Cheers for the heads up 👌🏻

@Padrat1 4 ай бұрын

I had a pair of those rods I remember ordering them via mail order in high school i didn’t have the money for a full badger set up lol, I thought I was the bollox down the local 1 acre runs water where the 50 yard cast to the far margin was a big chuck, a kilo of dynamite squid and octopus would last weeks, proper noddy days great times

@nuffinbutfishing 4 ай бұрын

Sounds like great fun though noddy or not 😁

@DjDolHaus86 8 ай бұрын

I think Dragon Carp got swallowed by the Sports Direct group, Avanti was their sub brand. Lineaffe were another sub brand for one of the big online tackle retailers, Total fishing or something like that?

@nuffinbutfishing 8 ай бұрын

Yeah quite a few comments have said similar 😁

@stuarthopcraft5542 Ай бұрын

Great video. But Show me how to buy a rod and reel tomorrow then go catch aa 20lb carp in the Midlands in a week and ill be seriously impressed. Seriously though we all spend too little time on the bank for too llittle reward. By the way Linneaffe is a brand often seen in LIDL AND ALDI, i have never used but maybe ill do a vid just like you😂

@tomwinterfishing9065 8 ай бұрын

Perfect set up for bass and flatties👌

@nuffinbutfishing 8 ай бұрын

Yeah? Never done it myself

@stevenmoses5807 Ай бұрын

I bought my youngest son a carp rod from Go outdoors five years ago for £15 it's still going strong today hes even had a 21lb common carp on it from blake hall fisheries near us in stoke on Trent

@nuffinbutfishing Ай бұрын

Happy days 😁 hope he is enjoying using it!

@proskipper1 7 ай бұрын

Big fan of softer medium action rod I fly fish and find it protects the tippet / hook length.

@nuffinbutfishing 7 ай бұрын

Not to mention it's good fun too 😁

@explorerc6707 7 ай бұрын

I love this video you should do more

@nuffinbutfishing 7 ай бұрын

I do plan to 😁

@FPSWildlifeAngler 8 ай бұрын

you need to remember to oil the gears then it will sound better and be smoother reeling in a fish

@nuffinbutfishing 8 ай бұрын

Don't think this reel has ever had a service so I will trust that it is happiest being left untouched 🤣

@AdamsAnglingTv 8 ай бұрын

i remember my first carp rod was a 3peace Rod cant remember name of it, i bought it at a carboot sale😂 great video also when i got into it properly i upped to wychwood rods lol

@nuffinbutfishing 8 ай бұрын

We followed similar trends then. How it should be 😁

@lukepayne6207 8 ай бұрын

Proper reel that one will never let you down

@nuffinbutfishing 8 ай бұрын

Managed these 5 angry carp for sure 💪🏻

@derry5039 7 ай бұрын

Those dragoncarp rods were from anglingtimes. I got one over 10 years ago same one for about £15. Had to send off a voucher to redeem the offer!

@nuffinbutfishing 7 ай бұрын

I've had a lot of the same sort of comment. seems a popular rod!

@hojo9879 8 ай бұрын

Use the small landing net for bream that way you don't gunge up your main net.

@nuffinbutfishing 8 ай бұрын

That's the plan 🤣

@JABBOTTUK Ай бұрын

Yes… You did the Marketplace challenge. 💪🏼💪🏼💪🏼

@nuffinbutfishing Ай бұрын

Yeah. Likely more to come too 😁

@colincowell9761 8 ай бұрын

I bought a couple of 10ft Sneeker rods £25 2:75 t/c and had carp to 27lbs great heart stopping fun.

@nuffinbutfishing 8 ай бұрын

Brilliant 😁

@nickfarmer8928 8 ай бұрын

When the misses interrupted 😂😂😂

@nuffinbutfishing 8 ай бұрын

No courtesy at all!

@paulAnthony7236 8 ай бұрын

Angling Direct do a discover brand they do a carp rod range from 20 quid 10ft 12ft and carp reels for a tenner . couldn't tell you what there like though.

@nuffinbutfishing 8 ай бұрын

That's great to hear though. Carping on a budget

@andrewbutcher9216 7 ай бұрын

At the end of the day of your a beginner or in a budget if you use quality terminal tackle, good bait and get your location right you will catch them on that type of gear no problem

@nuffinbutfishing 7 ай бұрын

Definitely 😁

@wozwright1979 8 ай бұрын

Leneffe is the brand, about the same quality as NGT a few years ago but still does a job 👍

@nuffinbutfishing 8 ай бұрын

Nice one cheers 😁

@65swinny 2 ай бұрын

lineaeffe is the brand they are Italian . they do a lot of starter kits of Ebay . brand new reel £10

@tonyhayward3206 8 ай бұрын

Hi which lake were you fishing las I am new to the area.cheers.

@tintownelite 7 ай бұрын

I have a spare set of dragon carp alarms from back in the day. Yours if you want them FOC

@nuffinbutfishing 7 ай бұрын

Thank you very much for the offer. Will keep it in mind going forwards with the series 😁

@SuperBreakline 3 ай бұрын

My first rod was a Dragon Carp

@user-hl6th7ev9w Ай бұрын

Now you've managed a good cheap set up, all you need to do now is save up for the price of a day ticket.

@pandaoutdoors4x4s Ай бұрын

Cool video shows young anglers they can get on the bank with there pocket money by buying budget kit every week or month to build there kit up

@jamesrussel1133 8 ай бұрын

Dragon Carp was Roger Surgeys brand in Nottingham. He sourced his stuff direct from Chinese factories, hence the Dagon. Without the middle man he stacked it high, sold it cheap without a huge mark up. He did the big tackle shows as the “ man on the mike”. How can you not know what that is doing tackle reviews? Not around any more in the trade having sold up, it’s a shame because a lot of the stuff was amazing value and brilliant for starters on a budget. Hope this doesn’t upset you but he sold carp rods like this as cheap as £10 and baitrunner reels £10 too. So what you paid was about their new price! 😂

@nuffinbutfishing 8 ай бұрын

Thanks for the info. I had an almost identical comment the other day. Guessing it was you?

@kevindavies1238 8 ай бұрын

Hiya Joe I believe dragon carp were a company called badger originally and were sold by a sports company named Decathlon.

@nuffinbutfishing 8 ай бұрын

Thanks for the information 😁

@theonlyescapeissleep 7 ай бұрын

I remember badger lol I usto have a badger bivvy and bed and it was better than all my mates, that was back in the late 90s

@punk138pete7 Ай бұрын

My first carp setup was a Badger Black Shadow set bought 2005. My grandson has now started carp fishing with those rods

@tomwinterfishing9065 8 ай бұрын

I actually had a pair of those dragon carp rods😂

@nuffinbutfishing 8 ай бұрын

Seems quite a lot of people did!

@Drainingtheswamp2022 8 ай бұрын

Lineaffe is the brand- good old dragon carp back in the day

@nuffinbutfishing 8 ай бұрын

Thanks for the info 😁

@Baron-Ortega 8 ай бұрын

I had a Dragon Carp spod rod. Did the job.

@nuffinbutfishing 8 ай бұрын

Happy days 👌🏻

@richarddenison5345 Ай бұрын

Lineaaffe is the brand lol oldschool just like dragon carp :)

@weeeeee374 8 ай бұрын

I've looked at costly rods, weighed up my ability, and realised I need nothing more than sonik vadar rods. If I was targeting giants, I think I'd pay a bit more for rods ect, but while I'm a casual novice, I'm happy with my choice.

@nuffinbutfishing 8 ай бұрын

Nice one 😁 makes sense 👌🏻

@cgarr04 8 ай бұрын

Buy a Diawa Black Widow rod. Similar price and much better than the sonik VaderX. I have both rods - the vader is mainly all tip action and the black Widow bends right down to the butt ring. Much better on casting too. The Vader X can handle 35lb fish no problem tho, certainly not a bad rod, just not very parabolic.

@weeeeee374 8 ай бұрын

@cgarr04 ah, nice one man! Cheers for that 👊

@cgarr04 8 ай бұрын

No problem man. Tight lines 🤙

@chill-ur-beans-brolol5753 7 ай бұрын

Have got two 11ft 2 and half pound tests rods out of sports direct and two 9ft 2 half pound tests rods the 11 ft cost me £11.99 and the 9 ft cost me £10.99 with sonik reels I've had them come up to a year and where I fish there one lake only 3 members fish coz it's hard fishing and I've had some nice fish out of there I've never gone and blanket it's not the rods that catch the fish it's your bait and water craft

@nuffinbutfishing 7 ай бұрын

Happy days 😁

@CatchingScenes 8 ай бұрын

Haha no way I had one of those rods years ago! sure it was around £10 as a deal with Angling Times 🤣

@nuffinbutfishing 8 ай бұрын

Ah nice! So I wasn't that savvy with my savings then

@nathanfogg9758 8 ай бұрын

What lake was that again? Grate vid as usual 👍👍👍

@nuffinbutfishing 8 ай бұрын

Hunstrete, Withy Pool 👌🏻

@byrnesy194 8 ай бұрын

Try and find some old Micron E's!

@nuffinbutfishing 8 ай бұрын

Guessing they may be pricey 😬

@raymondturton4750 7 ай бұрын

Can’t go wrong with the NGT carp stalkers , used their 6ft for a few years now , no problems

@nuffinbutfishing 7 ай бұрын

Happy days 😁

@Ellio1862 8 ай бұрын

Can’t beat the Ibiza rod for value for money

@nuffinbutfishing 8 ай бұрын

May it rest in pieces 😩

@andym5900 8 ай бұрын

I’d asked the question months ago but I’ve lost the answer Not sure which of your channels but it was what was the chair you were using ? From memory you’d bought a second one for family use I’m in my 60’s & struggle not to end up on my butt in winter as current seat is low & where I fish tends to be very slippery If not the specific chair any recommendations for a higher chair

@nuffinbutfishing 8 ай бұрын

Hi Andy, I don't remember that question so it may not have been on my video, but maybe take a look at the new jrc chair coming out that is taller. Jrc defend 2 folding chair 👌🏻

@timp5813 8 ай бұрын

My first bivvy was dragon carp 😆and they're still going, owned by sports direct

@nuffinbutfishing 8 ай бұрын

How about the bivvy? 😜

@timp5813 8 ай бұрын

@@nuffinbutfishing TBF it was okay, built in ground sheet, decent size ... Did the job 🤜🤛

@joeking57 8 ай бұрын

Modern day carpers love using 3.5lb broom handle rods when its totally unnecessary unless ur casting 845 yards. Pointless fishing with them unless ur going for 60 pounders everyday of the week. "danny fairbrass and ali have brainwashed the entire world. Bread and a hook on any rod and reel will put carp on the bank played correctly. Give or take circumstance

@nuffinbutfishing 8 ай бұрын

I think all rods have their time and place. But I agree, lighter rods are definitely doable for a lot of situations

@Louiscare 7 ай бұрын

I love carp on feeder and 6lbs line, methods work great for me on slow moving canals and 10kg fish put up one hell of a fight

@xenonbaitstv 8 ай бұрын

Them rods were only £10 brand new 😂 still use my 20 year old GIANT Argos rod for surface fishing!

@nuffinbutfishing 8 ай бұрын

I've been duped! 🤣🤣

@xenonbaitstv 8 ай бұрын

@@nuffinbutfishing inflation I guess 😂

@FRSHNMNTY 8 ай бұрын

Disaronno and coke. Now you’re talking 👌 it would be good to do some tests on baits from budget / smaller brands.

@nuffinbutfishing 8 ай бұрын

😋😋😋

@cameronsteele23 8 ай бұрын

Just curious where your fishing too?

@nuffinbutfishing 8 ай бұрын

Hunstrete withy pool

@thomasward8498 7 ай бұрын

Could have went to lidle for a laugh would have been cheaper 😂

@nuffinbutfishing 7 ай бұрын

Also a video idea 😁

@Familyman0838 8 ай бұрын

Theirs a lot of youngsters out their that feel they carnt go carping unless they have the latest and greatest gear and feel priced out of the sport this just goes to show that's not the case

@nuffinbutfishing 8 ай бұрын

Definitely 😁

@MidlandAngler 8 ай бұрын

Every angler should have a black cat 🌞🌞😊

@nuffinbutfishing 8 ай бұрын

🐈‍⬛️🐈‍⬛️🐈‍⬛️

@RichardCorbiere 2 ай бұрын

Joe is that the back end of withy ?

@nuffinbutfishing 2 ай бұрын

Not the back end up opposite the point 👌🏻

@RichardCorbiere 2 ай бұрын

Ok ain’t fished there In years when Ben and you fished the main lake

@RichardCorbiere 2 ай бұрын

@@nuffinbutfishing think last time we spoke u brought my jag hook sharpener kit

@Finc89 8 ай бұрын

Lineaeffe it's an Italian brand.

@nuffinbutfishing 8 ай бұрын

Nice one cheers 👌🏻

@zebedeevlogs32 8 ай бұрын

I bet a lot of "top end" carp rods are still made for £15...

@nuffinbutfishing 8 ай бұрын

Probably not far off

@sarahrochester2561 8 ай бұрын

People go for the look

@nuffinbutfishing 8 ай бұрын

I'm also guilty 🤣

@johnderous7874 7 ай бұрын

you're funny! :-)

@nuffinbutfishing 7 ай бұрын

Haha, thank you

@TUT-TUTT 8 ай бұрын

I had a dragon carp in my local town it was o my open 2 year and closed

@nuffinbutfishing 8 ай бұрын

Spend much in it? 😁

@TUT-TUTT 8 ай бұрын

@@nuffinbutfishing tbh I remember buying my first 2 rod set up. I got 2 10ft CK fusion carp rods 2.75tc and some bait runner reels a pod and alarms for about £80 🤣 I still actually have 1 of them rods in my shed