Not a product review as yet but my little boy got his birthday present today as he is a very happy little boy. He turned 6.

Browing Af620 reel and Viva 6' Gold stick rod. Jumpy recommend this rod, fibreglass 3-4kg 1 piece. More forgiving for kids and colour makes it look more expensive than it was (black and gold, both rod and guides).

With parties and picnics this weekend I will let you know what he thinks next weekend.

Another picture with part of the rod.

Hmmmm.....my first fishing rod was, I kid you not, a bamboo fixed rod and that was around the age of 6 as well. Times have changed.
He should be a proud owner of that setup. looks good

Jack

Just don't wait for Christmas to put some line on the spool

Jack

that af620 looks the goods will be interesting to see how it go's

They're a very nice reel poly but I'll let Freddy do the review

Something about timber handles doesnt do it for me.....

i go the other way rum i like the look and feel of wood

I only bought it because of the blue colour and it is a reasonable quality Browing reel.

My misses likes the wood.

Jack, it will be used real soon as the school holidays are real soon. Got 1 week to spool it up for him.

Still waiting for the review.

I now have one of these as well, I'll spool it with 6lb mono and use it for baitfishing the estuary and stick it on my glass rod.

All I need is some decent weather so I can chuck the boat in again.

Jack

haha yeah I remember how that was.. same here.

I'll never forget when we moved to a house my the river when I was seven. My dad had a 'proper' setup (ie rod&reel) and the first time we fished for pike there, we caught a pretty decent sized one, made quite an impression too

I fished for whitefish for years from our jetty and later on for pike and stuff as well. The bamboo rod was eventually replaced by a telescopic fiberglass 4m pole. Did managed to break to top off of it a few times

It's not just times that have changed though, I think countries might have a little something to do with it as well