Finshing in "Chinglew style" is the method my grand pa told me twenty years ago. Nowadays, I still using it. But there are some modification for fishign rod. I added guide on my Chinglew fishing rod, so it can hand all most every kind of freshwater fish in Thailand.
If have any question welcome to ask me via e-mail
kelvinkevin@hotmail.com
many thanks to your advise. However, I feel that most of Thai angler prefer to use hera rod instead of a rod with guide when they come to fishing in this style. Catching a big fish with a tiny gear is the way i like as same as many people that i know. It looks weirdly but it's not hardly to see in many places in Thailand.