Review of the new Colmic X5000 Match 16m pole.
Well Colmic have certainly done themselves proud with this pole, at 13m I can honestly say it’s the best pole I’ve ever handled. It’s super slim measuring just 40mm at the butt and is featherweight light with ultimate balance. It’s a little short at 13m, measuring in at just over 12.60m, but the half extension brings it back up to 13m. The pole has a very different taper to all the poles I’ve owned previously. At the tip it is extremely fast tapered with only 8 inches of tip needing cutting off the power kits to accommodate the thickest of elastics…in fact I had actually used a 5.5mm internal bush on these so if you use 4.2mm then you will only need to cut them back by 4 inches. The match kits needed just 10 inches cut off the number 1 to fit an 8 elastic or my current elastic flavour of the month, pink Vespe bi core. The Joints all have a superb weaved carbon wrap on both the male and female joints, this helps reduce wear and stops the sections from sticking together when wet. It also has the Colmic Free Touch System, this is where the edges have been ground down so that you don’t catch your hands on the sections as they slide through your hands. This makes speed fishing a pleasure. The finish is also worth a mention, it’s almost rough to the touch yet flies through the hands…really odd, but I like it as it helps grip the sections when trying to pull them apart. It’s almost contradictory.
It’s super slim throughout the blank all the way to the 14.5m extension pieces which are all parallel and at a very reasonable £200 for extensions you can go as long as you like, I’ve used mine at 17.5m with no issues at all. Strength wise this pole is awesome, no it’s outstanding. The match kits will take no more than a 12 elastic, but then with a HM80 grade of carbon in them you don’t want to over gun the top kit. The power kits however are a little different. In fact there are two types available, the HM60 power kit and the FJ90 No Limit power kit. The HM60 power kits will take anything up to 18 elastics with ease or the equivalent hollow’s and have a very stiff action, you will be hard pressed to notice the difference with the power kits and the match kits apart from the weight. The FJ90 No Limit kits as specified have no elastic limit…they are super strong but don’t over balance the pole. Perfect for summer bagging, in fact if you get the No Limit number 4 as well you can use it as a margin pole. My honest opinion, great pole, brilliant at all lengths, it does start to lose its stiffness at 16-17m but rigidity is still extremely high and I cannot wait to put it to the test in the summer.
It has no problems landing carp like this:
Well Colmic have certainly done themselves proud with this pole, at 13m I can honestly say it’s the best pole I’ve ever handled. It’s super slim measuring just 40mm at the butt and is featherweight light with ultimate balance. It’s a little short at 13m, measuring in at just over 12.60m, but the half extension brings it back up to 13m. The pole has a very different taper to all the poles I’ve owned previously. At the tip it is extremely fast tapered with only 8 inches of tip needing cutting off the power kits to accommodate the thickest of elastics…in fact I had actually used a 5.5mm internal bush on these so if you use 4.2mm then you will only need to cut them back by 4 inches. The match kits needed just 10 inches cut off the number 1 to fit an 8 elastic or my current elastic flavour of the month, pink Vespe bi core. The Joints all have a superb weaved carbon wrap on both the male and female joints, this helps reduce wear and stops the sections from sticking together when wet. It also has the Colmic Free Touch System, this is where the edges have been ground down so that you don’t catch your hands on the sections as they slide through your hands. This makes speed fishing a pleasure. The finish is also worth a mention, it’s almost rough to the touch yet flies through the hands…really odd, but I like it as it helps grip the sections when trying to pull them apart. It’s almost contradictory.
It’s super slim throughout the blank all the way to the 14.5m extension pieces which are all parallel and at a very reasonable £200 for extensions you can go as long as you like, I’ve used mine at 17.5m with no issues at all. Strength wise this pole is awesome, no it’s outstanding. The match kits will take no more than a 12 elastic, but then with a HM80 grade of carbon in them you don’t want to over gun the top kit. The power kits however are a little different. In fact there are two types available, the HM60 power kit and the FJ90 No Limit power kit. The HM60 power kits will take anything up to 18 elastics with ease or the equivalent hollow’s and have a very stiff action, you will be hard pressed to notice the difference with the power kits and the match kits apart from the weight. The FJ90 No Limit kits as specified have no elastic limit…they are super strong but don’t over balance the pole. Perfect for summer bagging, in fact if you get the No Limit number 4 as well you can use it as a margin pole. My honest opinion, great pole, brilliant at all lengths, it does start to lose its stiffness at 16-17m but rigidity is still extremely high and I cannot wait to put it to the test in the summer.
It has no problems landing carp like this:
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