A durable High Volume Fibre carbon blank, enhanced with Daiwa’s X45 technology joins a cork handle and foregrip that puts a performance-ready blend of strength, speed, and lightweight flexibility in your hands, setting you up for success on all your specimen barbel hunts across a range of natural river venues, including large, fast-flowing waters.

Daiwa’s carbon technology and durable sea guides have created a specialist fishing barbel rod that’s designed for wild hunts, and the sensitive, responsive style of angling that these cautious creatures need to bring them safely, swiftly, and smoothly to the bank.  A Fuji DPS reel seat allows you to feel the action, giving you up to the second information, and informing your decision on just the right moment to strike, while an armlock cork handle is light yet reliable, holding firm through the hardest conditions and the most active sessions to give you complete peace of mind when you’re applying pressure to your quarry.

With the Basia name letting you know you’re in professional performance territory, and X45 technology ensuring a reliable core tackle piece with superior action, and a durable edge that can last a lifetime, the Daiwa Basia X45 Barbel Rod is tailored for species-specific angling, putting you in the best possible place to bring a new personal best to the bank every time you head out to your favourite barbel run.

Barbel prefer gravel beds, which means you need a rod that can stand up to rough going without loosing either looks or performance, and Daiwa definitely deliver that with their X45 Basia barbel rod.

Crafted to 12ft length, with a variety of test curves to suit any speed of river flow, the Basia is a rod that accommodates the full wealth of barbel fishing possibilities, bringing success well within your reach, wherever you’re fishing.  Mount with a Basia reel for paired precision performance, and make the most of every opportunity to head out in pursuit of these stunning species.