anyfish anywere v century

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anyfish anywere v century

#1 Post by croppyboy »

Hi Lads
which of these would you pick im looking at either the
anyfish any were match or a century both are about E350 which is the best


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#2 Post by roger de dodger »

the zippy :D
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#3 Post by petekd »

Only person that can buy a new Zippy for that kind of cash Roger is me... :D What Century are you looking at Croppy to narrow it down for lads in the know as such? I had a long hard look at the AA match rod and thought it was a beaut but havent tried one in anger, eventually picked up a zippy instead cheap. With that kind of budget, its well worth taking a good look on ebay as it will open up realms to you.
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#4 Post by round_ourway »

I have the AA match. Lovely rod. superb action on it. I find it very forgiving when lashing out a 5 oz weight. I have only had a couple of months therefore I'm only getting used it myself. It has accounted for my biggest casting distance so far.
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#5 Post by fishinmidget »

what century is it?
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#6 Post by Liamport »

Hi Croppyboy, fished with zippys old ng1 and 2500 class rods havnt tried the new breeds but my fav rod century tip tornado sport casting , ,bite detection lobbing great rod just my own opinion Good luck
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#7 Post by stevecrow74 »

i have cast the century tip tornado and the anyfish anywhere match.. my personal choice of those two would be the century.. i found the AA rather heavy.. but it did have some good casting performance.. the century isn't as heavy (but compaired to zippy still has weight) and has a rather smooth casting feel to it which i felt comfortable with..

i've had about 3 or 4 casts with each rod so i'm not an expert on either rods..
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#8 Post by Mr_Green »

i would go with century, they are a long established company and havea pretty good rep...in my eyes anyway, they havent failed me... the tip tornado super match is a lovely little rod id well reccommend it, tho its about 500 quid for 1 down here...
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#9 Post by kstaff »

Hi Fintan,

I have a Century Carbon Metal and TT Lite and love both of them, excellent casting rods, bite detection is great, very slim and plenty of power where required! No experience with the AA's but they seem to be getting glowing reports all round.


Hope this helps somewhat, you can have a chuck with either.
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#10 Post by chrisfeeney30 »

id go for a centuary..i have not used a AA but the centuary tip tornado supermatch is a brilliant rod. i have it since xmas and it has a v smooth cast.
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#11 Post by MC »

i have the aa match and find its a great rod, tired the centry c3 and didnt like it, my advice would be that you try both rods before you buy and find the one that suits you as you could be stuck with a rod you dont like. as for the aa match being a heavy rod, i am a big lad so i dont notice as much as weak mr74 :lol:
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#13 Post by croppyboy »

Hi Lads
ended up buying the aa match took it out on sunday at greystones i have to say i loved it casting it was great it wasnt to heavy and the bite detection is amazing

thanks for the advice

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