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It’s all academic to me. I’m happy with my TSi and my Acolyte Specimen (for the time being!)

Ah yeah, thanks Roy 🙂 I’ve been watching it out of interest, but it’s out of reach for me just now and I’d probably prefer the heavier (Specimen?) incarnation. Al

Stage 3: polishing the spool rim I wanted to smooth out the rim to a nice polished, so today I rigged up an extremely elementary lathe and set to with sanding blocks and Autosol. The spool didn’t zip off like a flying saucer and I’m pretty pleased with the end result. This little reel is...

Please see above @John Osborne @Peter T Thomas you need to prefix the name with @ else he won’t see it 👍🏻

I’d rather keep it “Mum” Bill, as he’s a retired chap who doesn’t do it to make money and I’d hate him to be inundated 👍🏻

A little update on my Speedia. The reel foot was a little bit bent, so I made some inquiries about having a brass one fashioned for it. One well known reel maker was too expensive, so I reached out to someone I was aware of through another forum. The upshot was that I posted the reel early this...

lol 😂

I’ll take your word for it!

Well good on you, Huanzhou. To me that looks like it would be a sag-fest after a few sessions.

Calling it "Progress" is deliciously ironic.

Another "interesting" product from Korum. All the elegance of an Austin Metro 🙄 https://www.korum.co.uk/en/products/chairs-barrows/kp-k0300050

After revisiting a terminally boring thread on another forum about whether expensive gear is worth it or not, I am hoping that this is tongue in cheek. I'll give you the benefit of the doubt David, but for the record, I don't give two hoots whether your reel cost £25, £2.50 or £2,500. However...

What does the spool weigh, Ian?

The MB reel feels silly-light in the hand. Really impressive whatever it’s made of 👍🏻

There you go, see. So expensive that they had to but it between them 😂

Hope for the best but prepare for the worst Michael. I’ve been waiting since April for mine 😗

Very nice @Cliff Turner I think the Fred J Taylor trotter looked smashing and can see the nod to that reel in the design of yours.

I’ll drop you a PM Mike 👍🏻

Ha… I’m not gonna lie, I’m here because I thought that was a misspelled “Washing” and I was intrigued to see what it was about 😂 No idea about the fishery, but always face first for the other!

Out with my son at the crack of dawn for the last fishing trip of the school holidays. Slightly misty at first and took a little while to get going, but a barbel, a couple of dace and eight chub between us made for a lovely morning.