A few months ago I was fishing my favourite lake of the Pulborough AS owned waters, Moore Farm, and was using my much loved Daiwa Whisker Carbon Match Rod. Now admittedly this rod wasn't really the right rod to use at this lake as it is a match rod with a very soft action and whilst perfectly suited to whipping out Roach and Bream, isn't really suitable for pulling out Carp. The trouble is that I guess I'm an old fashioned fisherman at heart. Whilst I do own a Pole and two carp rods with bite alarms etc I much prefer to leave them in my rod holdall and simply use a float rod as, for me, there is nothing to beat watching for the tip of your float to suddenly be pulled under the surface of the water.