Has anybody tried this rod? If so could you give me your opinion?
I noticed that John Norris has these on sale right now.
I'm looking for something that will fit in a rucksack
This would be mainly for fishing the river Teign and Dart next spring on a camping tour I'm planning with some friends.

Hi Scout,iv a lot of rods and my favourite is the cheapest among them, its a shakespeare XPS which cost me €90 new, and it out guns rods 5 times the price in all depts, you cant beat shakespeares quality for the price, so i recommend.....BUY.

Jemo

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I have a Shakespear Expedition 9ft 6/7 wt. Caught a 20 lb common carp on the fly this summer.First Carp on the fly ! It fought like a demon for 15 minutes and put bends in the rod you wouldn't believe ! Excellent rod IMHO.

Nigel

i got the 9ft 9/10 wt for pike and small river salmon/seatrout
great buy considering they were chucking in a free line which isnt too shabby either
A real steal at the price

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I bought the 7ft 6, the 9ft, the 10ft Shakespeare Trions , and the expedition rod from John Norris and reckon that they are cracking value , and with the line thrown in, you're getting a rod for for a tenner. What have you got to loose?

(The ten foot, which I bought mainly for pike, is pretty stiff actioned, though)

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Thanks for the replies. I'm going to make the purchase. As long as it
lasts for the trip it will be worth it at the price they have it now.

Hi just type in a search for the Shakespeare Odyssey the cheapest in the range and see the glowing reports on the rods, you just can't go wrong, I have too many rods to consider buying one but I am sorely tempted the free fly lines also have a very good reputation. BUY

Hi setaspeed,we bought these rods last year to take to South Africa,they fit in the suitcase nicely.For cheap rods they cast really well,we had some good fish.Wish we were there now!

Darn! I've just got an e-mail to say they are out of stock.

Hi Setaspeed try phoning on 01768 864211 and ask if they have any of the Trion rods left same price for the same size rods. Noel