Thread: Am I silly in wanting a telescopic fishing rod for trout?

I got a nice 4 piece carbon trout rod a while back from eBay for not expensive, and it's now in my collection of trout gear. Good piece of kit. This seller seems to do a lot of trout gear https://www.ebay.com/str/maxcatchangler

But I often see a fishy looking spot, in my travels and I haven't brought any gear, for the fishing thereof.

35 years ago when I first went to Japan, I picked up a 9 foot telescopic rod, made of dubious plastic-something with plastic rings and reel mount. I kept it in the boot of my car with a simple eggbeater reel and it did service on everything, from sprats on the wharf, to my best on that rod, a 3Kg Kahawai at Flat Rock, when I was trying for bait fish. It got broken a few years ago.

So I've just ordered a couple of these

https://www.ebay.com/itm/234381269852?var=533956305102

A tip - when I see something I like the look of on eBay, I then do a further search, for the same item and find up to a hundred sellers, selling the same thing, some quite cheap and free shipping.

I reckon a big factory, sells to the local wholesale market, they all put their own brands on , and on sell, some very cheap, some very expensive. True market.

The down sides are that with eBay orders, delivery is often 8 weeks, but sometimes 2 weeks. If they've got a feedback rating of upwards of 95% they're usually OK.