[Henry Gilbey]

if it is of any interest, I have put down a few inititial thoughts on the first day of the Nantes 2010 bass show on my blog here

http://www.henry-gilbey.com/blog/the_nantes_bass_show_is_just_incredibleall_over_again.html

Just a great show, so much to see, so much to learn, so much self-control needed on the wallet.

So cool to be out here with so many lads from the UK and Ireland.

 

[Paul Croft]

sounds like a blast, many thanks for taking the time to write up about the show, next best thing to being there for those of us at home!

 

[Ry Spenceley]

Nice report Henry, did they have the new Daiwa x spin thats coming out in the uk soon on the Daiwa stands??

 

[Nathan Taylor]

Only down side is it's not cheap

 

[Alex Jordan]

Some cheap stuff, some very very expensive stuff - rods seem a bargain and reels are not - the tropical tackle is 50% more than US and Japanese prices ... annoyingly!

Andy and Henry are on photo duties ...

 

[Tom H 2]

Only down side is it's not cheap

why do you think Im not there - dont have the 2k to blow m8

 

[Keith White]

Only down side is it's not cheap

Lots of mirrors though from the pics m8. You must be lovin it.

LOL..

 

[Ben Field]

Lots of mirrors though from the pics m8. You must be lovin it.

LOL..

:lol::clap::muttley:

powermesh x spinning rods aren't here. The standard powermesh spinning rods that have been in Europe for a while now are, but they're not great. I'm sure the uk powermesh will be better. On the whole, ANY daiwa rod over about £60 seems having! Cormoran the same.

 

[Keith White]

On the whole, ANY daiwa rod over about £60 seems having! Cormoran the same.

My wake up to newer Daiwa stuff came after multiple test sessions of Liam's Infeet HRF. That is a seriously great rod.
I've just had another Daiwa through the door in the E-GEE. This is a bit more specialist being an Eging (IKA) rod but you know what...

I went for a walk with it over the low today and chucked some plugs. WOW, what a great action.

If that is any indication of what to expect higher up, I'm going to buy that Morethan 'shooting star'.

 

[pat connolly]

im just home from nantes i was confused enough going over now im twice as confused.the gear i saw was fantastic and so much of it.i had a great weekend with the lads on here and ill be going again next year.

 

[Dave Irving]

Just seen Mike Kennard's new Diawa LRF rod, very impressive bit of kit.

 

[Ben Field]

Just seen Mike Kennard's new Diawa LRF rod, very impressive bit of kit.

Lovely isn't it! When I've got my Finezza we'll all have to meet up and sort this stuff out!

Brilliant show overall. Definitely recommend it to everybody out there who has an interest in tackle. It's a reasonably expensive trip, even if you're careful with your spending, but well worth it. Next year I'll make a week of it, going over on the ferry to Roscoff and do a bot of a tour around Brittany before ending up in Nantes. Totally love France.

 

[Vidar Thomassen]

What a great weekend it was, and it was most enjoyable to see both some new and the more familiar faces

It was also great to able to see some of the new items such as the 2010 Daiwa Certate in real life :jump::jump:

 

[Alex Jordan]

Good weekend, good to put names to faces, meeting people I have only chatted to online and see the usual suspects again!

Highlights for me; meeting some good french contacts, raw steak, Mike's random weird snoring, Steve L's late night emergency wine, Nathan lovestruck, Yannick's present presentation, shooting the breeze about all manner of things!

17 of us in total - how many next year? ...

 

[Mick Ward]

17 of us in total - how many next year? ...

There was in fact over 20 brits that I spoke to, there were some lads over from Bella Vista, Jersey (that didnt travel with us) and of course Rolf who appeared out of no where and arrived for breakfast. I really hope there are more of us next year, its so cool to a british crowd there.

 

[Mike Hayes]

Hopefully more than 25 perhaps? Oh there must of been more than 17 Alex, I bought a round and there were 23 drinks on it when I got the bill, dam barman