A slim bass rod, best part of 20 years old, made with a woven carbon-kevlar weave, 5 foot butt, 7foot4ins tip, plugs into the butt. Casts 1-3, lobs a 4 far enough to fish. The material was ahead of its time, not too costly to use, which is why it disappeared from rod blanks. Todays carbons are good, but I doubt they are bulletproof!!! I can look up the original price if you are interested.

PTR

 

hi PTR, many thanks for that :thumbs: yeah i'd be curious as to how much it was back in the day. trying to get hold of some graphics for it as it's just got 'Super Bass' and 'optimum casting weight 3oz' left printed on the blank. i've emailed them and they've said £15 (not sure if that's just a generic conoflex one or the graphics for this rod). thanks again

 

I bought one of these conoflex superbass rods in the early 90's.
Cant remember the exact price but it was a lot more than £15. More like 70 or 80. I still use it and I caught both my double figure bass on it.
I must admit that I prefer my zziplex bass rod that I bought a few years earlier.

 

£15 was for replacement graphics/sticker from conoflex

only given it a wiggle so far, what do you prefer about the zippy? cheers

 

I owned one and built quite a few .... the blanks were heading towards the 100 quid mark I think. If memory serves me correctly the last one I built was around the £150 to £160 mark with labour and fittings. They were a very good rod, built with a dogleg tip that folded on a pendulum but allowed you to make the most of the rest of the rod ... very light, nice to hold and a very good rod indeed. I sold mine because I fancied a change about 8 years ago ... bad mistake as i should have kept it. At £15 its a steal ... grab their hands off.

 

thanks blackdog :thumbs: seems like i got myself a nice bass rod. i wish i paid £15 for it! i'm trying to get hold of a new set of graphics for it and Conoflex want £15 for a new sticker...

 

I had three and sold two of them. If I'm honest, they are a better rod than my Zziplex light bass'.

I had a mishap with the third one and broke the tip, but I had a section of a fibreglass roach pole which I slid up inside the blank and araldited it in place. It hasn't affected the action is is still a joy to use. My daughter uses it when I take her fishing and she finds it easy to cast and fish with.

 

thanks blackdog :thumbs: seems like i got myself a nice bass rod. i wish i paid £15 for it! i'm trying to get hold of a new set of graphics for it and Conoflex want £15 for a new sticker...

Sorry, misread .... doesn't change the fact that they are a very good rod.