Three, and the corpus shows rods sold that way. A soft tip shows a roach; a stiff one holds a heavy feeder in current.
The tip is the instrument
A feeder rod is the only rod on this site whose tip is a separate part, and the count is printed: « 3 Wechselspitzen » on one rod, « 3+3 Teile » on another — three sections plus three tips.
The tip is the bite indicator. A soft one registers a roach; a stiff one holds a 120 g feeder in current without bending. Owning three is not an upgrade, it is the rod working as designed.
Read it before the casting weight
The corpus prices feeder rods from about thirty-one euros to eighty-eight, and the difference between one tip and three is worth more on the bank than ten grams of casting weight.
The casting weight still matters — 0–120 g, 0–220 g, 60–160 g across this shelf — and it includes the bait. But a rod with one tip has one sensitivity, whatever its range.
The questions that keep coming back
What does 3+3 Teile mean?
Three rod sections plus three interchangeable tips. The corpus prints it on two rods in the same range, and it is the count worth comparing before the casting weight.
Can I buy tips separately?
Sometimes, and the corpus does not make it easy: a search for interchangeable tips returned nothing usable, which is exactly why the count in the box matters.
Is a stiffer tip for bigger fish?
No — for more force on the line. Current, a heavy feeder and distance all load a tip, and a soft tip under any of those is bent before a fish touches the bait.
Last reviewed 22 September 2026