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Travel Rod Test

Manufacturer: Peregrine
Model: TR3
No of sections: 4
Length: 9'
Line weight: 6
Price: £250

Description

Matt grey blank with blue wraps and blue veined wood reel seat insert and tip over butt ferrules. Chrome snake rings. Supplied in a rod sack and black plastic tube.

Testers' comments

Terry Lawton: This rod was very well built if a little flashy. Sadly the casting performance left a lot to be desired and does not live up to the catalogue description: "Probably the finest and most versatile travel rod ever made, bar none." Peter felt the tip to be at fault but I felt that although the action was nice and progressive, there were no guts in the butt section. This would, in my opinion, limit the rod to small rivers and streams.

Peter Sutton: This was a beautifully built and finished rod with a sensible matt finish and apart from a rather small stripping ring and a somewhat thick cork handle (which could always be taken down to suit) looked 'the business'.

Unfortunately that is where its attraction finished as far as I am concerned. In use the rod felt vague and displayed more vibration than is acceptable these days. The recovery speed of the tip seemed slow and this contributed to the rods inability to throw a tight loop and shoot a decent length of line in spite of trying various different casting techniques. It also consistently gave a poor delivery often failing to turn over the end of the line and the leader.

I have to say that I did not like this rod and was surprised to find as poor a performer as this amongst the rods on test.

Summary

Well built but a poor performer. 5/10

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