Now, I have to admit, while I’ve used and tested plenty of the brand’s carp gear over the years, I wasn’t familiar with the Angl-R range of barbel rods. I decided to correct this by putting ...

the attributes of a carp rod will lend it self to fishing for pike, and other hard fighting fish. The same applies to a barbel rod, as it will be equally at home targeting specimen tench or bream.

The phrase, “Li Gang is my father” happens to sound similar to “ridged carp-barbel” a made-up fish. According to the creature’s fictional Hudong Baike article, the ridged carp-barbel is ...