Best Feeder Rod Under £50

The Fishzone GT series is a High quality and dual-purpose rod that works for both feeder and float fishing presentations.

Available in  10 and 11-foot variants, the GT series also comes with 2 tops for either float fishing or feeder fishing, as well as 3 separate tips for angling needs depending on the species of fish you’re after, and other factors.

The rod also features a full premium-grade cork handle along with a high-quality satin graphite cosmetic finish. The GT series is also made with exceptionally light materials without sacrificing strength and can use reels with 3-7 pound line ratings.

The Daiwa Ninja X stalker is constructed using the lightest components available, with a carbon fibre blank that allows for excellent long-range castability and sensitivity, while still having the backbone needed to fight fish.

The heavy and extra heavy tips come with extra-large eye guides, allowing for the use of shock leaders, as well as having single and double leg guides constructed from titanium oxide.

The rod also comes with two carbon fibre and one glass fibre tip depending on your fishing situation, cork handles, and a transportation bag to prevent damage in transit to your favourite fishing spots.

If you’re from the United States chances are you’re familiar with the Browning company, they have been around for a long time and make some top-notch products, the Black Magic CFX is no exception.

The rod is constructed from High Modulus carbon fibre making it exceptionally slim but maintaining rigidity and strength. The rod features a bomber, float, and feeder tops to change out at will, and three interchangeable tips of different strengths to use as needed.

There is also an “LD” or long-distance rod for fishing bigger bodies of water where casting distance is important.

The Middy White Knuckle feeder rod is great for small lakes and short feeder work situations. The rod is 8 feet in length and the reason why it’s so great in these situations.

The rod also comes with 2 interchangeable tips and can take line of up to 12 pounds and an 8-pound hook length.

If you’re fishing in smaller areas where long-distance casting isn’t a big concern, then the Middy White Knuckle might be for you.

The YMYGCC feeder rod is ultra-light and tough with great aesthetics to boot featuring its orange wrapped and epoxied guides.

The rod has great sensitivity, durability, and strength so you can battle it out with some big fat carp.

Coming in at 3 meters in length and featuring 3 tips of varying thicknesses, you’re sure to find the right setup for any fishing situation.

It also includes a storage tube and a very nice organisational carrying case, with slots to hold everything in one neat package for travelling to your favourite fishing spots.

The Zebco Trophy feeder is an all-around great feeder rod, a jack of all trades if you will.

Featuring casting distances of up to 80 meters or more with the 3.6 meter version ensures you get ultimate casting distance if needed.

While the 3.3 and 3-meter versions are for medium to short casting distance situations, cover all your angling bases.

The tip fitting is built to 3.6 mm and this allows you to exchange with many of the other Zebco feeder rods on the market as well. The carbon used is ultra high quality and can cast weights of up to 100 grams.

The Maver Reality has a 2 piece blank system made from lightweight and high-quality graphite.

The rod comes with two tips of light and heavy strength and sensitivity.

Featuring an EVA twist top and premium grade cork, and quality graphite reel seat.

These rods have some great features for the price, they also come in 4 different lengths from 9 to 12 feet.

This rod is probably the most stylish on this list, it features a red finish with a metallic shine finish, so even if the fish aren’t cooperating, you will have the sharpest looking rod on the bank. Now looks come in far behind the performance, so let’s take a look at what this rod has to offer.

For one the rod guides are high quality and ultra-lightweight titanium oxide SIC guides for exceptional performance.

Along with the excellent guides the rod also sports comfortable and ergonomic duplon handles, stainless steel reel seat components combined with a nylon/ABS reel seat.

It comes with 3 different tips and has the exceptional backbone to handle anything fish you can find, coming in at 3.6 meters in length.

Weighing in factors such as price, features and quality, we picked 3 feeder rods from this list as the best. Our picks are the Browning Black Magic, Daiwa Ninja X stalker, and the YMYGCC feeder rods.

These rods have some great features for the cost and will surely help you chase fish like carp, barbel and others.

The Browning Black Magic wins in terms of overall construction, the Daiwa wins for great features such as the guides, and the YMYGCC feeder rod wins because of the overall amazing package and carry case.

All 3 of these rods win in one other aspect as well, cost. All of the rods on this list are exceptional in that aspect, but these three take the cake.

Rod length is important because in the situations used in feeder fishing can be fairly specific, the longer the rod the greater your casting distance.

In some cases, your rod length doesn’t need to be too long and can be a bit shorter, like when long casts aren’t necessary.

In the short casting situations, long rods can also be a detriment when your fishing in a more confined area as well.

Power and action are important factors to consider when using feeder rods. The ability to switch your tips is the reason why feeder rods are preferred when fishing on the bottom.

Softer lighter tips detect bites better than the stiffer and stronger tips, and this consideration should be taken into account when targeting a certain species.

Water conditions like current should also be a consideration. To light of a tip in current can nullify your ability to detect a fish that has taken your bait, and in that case, a stiffer tip should be used.

Most Rod blanks these days are made from carbon graphite materials, and for good reason, they offer an incredibly lightweight rod while giving great strength when compared to other materials.

Some rods are also made from fibreglass, which gives the rod a more flexible action and has a softer power and backbone compared to carbon.

Other materials such as grip and handle materials are up to you as materials like cork and foam both function great, and are pretty much angler preference.

The test curve is a measurement of the amount of weight needed to get the rod to bend at a 90-degree angle.

A 3-pound test curve is the standard all-around weight for any carp rod, while heavier test curves are more suited to longer casting distances, and rod with a test curve of fewer than 3 pounds are softed won’t have the long-range casting of the higher test curves.

You don’t always have to pay a large price of fishing equipment to have performance. And this couldn’t be more the case with feeder fishing rods.

You are casting demanding lures like crankbaits or other search baits hundreds of times, instead, you rely on the construction to cast long distances or in precise locations and let the bait sit on the bottom for passing fish.

This style of fishing eliminates many of the considerations for rod features, which in turn drive up the price.

Feeder rods only really need to be able to cast far and accurately and wrestle the big fish while giving the tips and flexibility of the rods a chance to do their work to bring your catch to shore.

We hope this article has helped in your decision on purchasing a new feeder rod, and we hope that you see success on the water.