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David, I’ve been using a van for fishing for the past twenty years. The convenience of being able to just lug all you stuff in the back without needing to be minimal or even tidy about how you do it is something I’d be loathed to give up. If finances will stretch to it then I’d suggest a...

Agreed. The paint on that one is far too good for stripping off.

I wonder what could have made him reach that conclusion.🤔 💡😉

Only way I can think of would be test curve it against another rod with a known TC to see how it compares. I might be wrong and I’ve never owned a hex but I seem to recall that the stated test curve on them was always lower than that of similar actioned regular carbon rod. For example a 1.25lb...

Now’t wrong with that Alan. Tidy looking reel for the money. Only thing I can see that might be of slight concern is that the ratchet pawl looks a little rounded over on the point of contact. Might be worth contacting Gary Mills to see if he has a replacement. I always lithium grease the teeth...

I also have a Tarphat, though not the ventilated one. My misses calls it my “knob hat” and refuses to be seen out with me if I’m wearing it. To be fair hats don’t suit me that well and the relatively wide brim on Tarphats especially so. I recently bought a Dorfman Pacific hat of the bay and...

Yep. It was the recline for me. I have a JRC relaxa Reclina and though the chair is comfortable I find that I rarely reclined it to any other than just the one position anyhow. I’ve kept the chair but I now how the Fox duralite and loosing the multi position recline is a small price to pay for...

That’s why I always refer to them as “guides”. Particularly when talking about the butt guide. The alternative brings out the sniggering school boy in me.😉

You’d need to seperate the drum and back plate to scrub all the paint off so you may as well just do it before submerging in the fluid. I’ve never used Detol for this but I know of others who have and successfully too. I always used industrial grade paint stripper as I have it to hand for work...

Go with Gary’s advice Hurgz. These old reels look nice bare metal anyhow.

Very difficult to do well Hurgz. To do the job properly at least, any c’pin reel that needs refinishing would first need to be broken down into its constituent parts. Given that the line lays are nearly always riveted at both the back and front plates on the drum, this would require drilling out...

Or you are after a little more info than just licenses etc. Then this might be worth reading. https://www.medlarpress.com/bookstore?store-page=Fishing-for-Spanish-Barbel-p63692772

If you know, you know….. I know. I’ve had a pair for the best part of twenty years and still regularly use them. Versatile rods. And while I’m under no illusions about the compromise of a 1.75 and 2.2 tip section married up to a butt section that’s probably half way between the two, it barely...

This. But also the complete lack of mystery that comes as standard with these pre-fab, monoculture fisheries. But looking on the bright side…. The sort of anglers these places usually attract are generally the sort I try to avoid, so if it keeps them away from the places I like to frequent...

I’ve had that happen with sensor too. I’d be interested to hear what Daiwa say. I’m sure they’ll suggest you’ve dropped the spool or stored them in bright sunlight etc. Definitely won’t be anything to do with their tensioning system.

Id have gone with “Sotaf” Sweepings Off The abbatoir Floor.

I had some somewhere of a similar vintage, but in the Monty Python tins.

Are you suggesting that actual people eat this vile stuff?

If you want to go down the route of making your own rod turner rather than buying one then disco mirror ball motors work well. They rotate at approx. 5 rpm which is just about the perfect speed for rod drying. When I was restoring lots of cane rods a decade or so back I made up a three rod unit...

This is interesting Rich. I still have a virtually unsused pair of MJ Offshore Wraparound shades that I bought from Chris several years ago. At the time I was using contact lenses and therefore ordered unprescribed lenses, but I stopped with the contacts shortly after buying the glasses. I did...