Light Shore & LRF

Whether you're looking for a delicate, solid-tipped, ultralight set-up, or a tubular tip for the open coast, we have LRF rods for everybody. Species hunting has developed so much over the last few years that The types of rods available has probably grown more than ever. But don't forget, if you need any help, our Rod Finder form will help you make sure you're using the right tool for the right job.

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Choosing a light shore and LRF rod

Advice from Ben Field, Art of Fishing

At the lighter end

For me, the lighter end is where the material in the tip matters most. A solid tip can be finer and carry less material than a thin tubular one. There is a minimum possible diameter for a tubular tip, below which it would be silly to manufacture one while still maintaining any reliability. This is why the lightest tubular rods are rare, expensive and fragile.

I would not put solid and tubular tips into simple sensitivity boxes. Hard, stiff solid tips transmit vibration very well these days, potentially better than tubular. Solid tips have evolved to cover varying lengths and tapers, so they are actually quite complex these days. The quality matters as well, as a cheap solid tip can soften vibration more than an expensive one.

For casting, a tubular tip normally has the edge. A solid tip casts less well and does not load as smoothly, which costs accuracy. If a tip is too light, it can fold during casting so much that the job it is doing becomes almost meaningless.

Sections

A one-piece tubular rod is more sensitive than a sectioned one. If one-piece rods were practical, I reckon we should probably all be using them.

Light Shore

For me, Light Shore has moved beyond what we traditionally thought of as LRF. As anglers specialise, so does our use of particular rods for different circumstances or species.

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