John Keane
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Heres a pic of a few of my older reels that I keep in the back of a drawer. The only three that still occasionally get used are an Abu cardinal 55 reel which I occasionally use when I’m surface fishing for Carp, the Black Cat centrepin that I occasionally use when I’m using the lift bite method for Tench, and the Abu506. However they have all stood the test of time and are all still working.
I also have three old Shakespeare Sigma reels and a couple of Diawa baitrunner reels from around 15 to 20 years ago and a couple of the original Shimano baitrunners from around that time and all of these are still serviceable.
I have a Richard Walker B James & Son MkIV Carp rod which has seen better days and is missing a lot of its varnish, plus I have a Diawa Amorphous Whisker ‘Harrier Match’ Light Float rod which looks almost new looking and which I still occasionally use with an old Team Diawa S2553 Match reel on the canal (see pic)
I still have a couple of small items that my father gave me a long time ago like a milbro lesney bread press and also a small Milbro Hook tying device (see pic below) which is still usable.
I also have an old Heron bite indicator
Keith
I look at those photos, Keith, and I see “Ebay” written all over them. mg: