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Joe Carass ponders over which flagship pole really is the best available!

Search any Internet forum and there will, in no doubt, be a which pole is best type thread. This particular subject divides opinion like no other. Anglers seem obsessed with defending their pole choices even if it is clearly not the best.

So luckily for you, we have planned for a coming issue an in depth ‘warts and all’ test on all of the flagship poles around.

What brought this on was a recent situation in our office. We are very lucky in that we get to see all of the top poles available. However it is rare to have them all in one place and compare them against each other. The other day we had three of the top poles available all turn up. The most expensive available and arguably the most talked about, Daiwa Air. The popular Browning Z12 and the new kid on the block the Tri-Cast Trilogy Pro 2.

It certainly was an interesting comparison and one that you will no doubt look forward to seeing the results of, especially when all of the others turn up! As soon as they are in we will be taking them out onto the bank to see just how they perform.

What is interesting is how each pole has key attributes that make it a top performer. The results of our ‘mini test’ certainly surprised me and I don’t think many of you will guess which both Alex Bones and myself thought was the ‘best’ one! But for now I am going to have to leave you guessing…

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