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Just wondering which courier is the one of choice for the big online tackle retailers? I’m guessing they must have sorted the wheat from the chaff, unless they just factor in a certain amount of lost or damaged rods into their pricing? Whenever I’ve sold any rods on I’ve always done local...

Great retrieval rate though.

Debatable one that. I’m a stubborn sod myself and when I feel I’ve been mugged off by a company I never go back to them. Twenty years or so back I bought a Phillips TV. It packed up a year and a week after I bought it and I was told by a repair company that Phillips were aware they had a problem...

Wonder if that was the latex spoon? I have one of those and the tubular hoop came adrift from alloy block first time out. It was held in by a ridiculous grub screw that I removed and replaced with a pin through the block to lock the tube ends in place. And while I’m thinking of it, my old Korum...

I don’t really do social media. My Facebook account was suspended some time ago now for a technical anomaly that I’ve never bothered to correct. I sent my original email through their website, which, I would guess, is set up for the very purpose of communicating with the company. In my own...

Thanks for that offer Mike. That’s kind of you. I‘ve already tried a few that I have here from old camera bags and such like and none fit, so I’d rather not waste your time. That’s why I was hoping someone at Korum would at least say that that’s the XYZ 25mm belt clips you need there, or such...

Or lack of, should I say. So I’ve lost both the male toggle clips from my ruckbag. Annoying as I do use the straps on the outside of this bag. I emailed Korum in the vain hope that they’d be like, “Well, Mr Clarke, you’ve bought 4 rods, several pieces of luggage, nets, handles, banks sticks and...

But how deep is your spool? I really mean to learn.... ;)

Also worth mentioning is that the Speedia has rim mounted check rather than button check such as you get on lots of other pins. I always find the rim mounted so much easier to flick on with one hand than I do the button checks which can be a little fiddly to operate one handed.

I've never needed it, as such, though I have used it quite a lot and like to be able to set the ratchet to variable tensions, dependent on the flow of where I'm fishing. Without the tensioner the Speedia is still a damn fine reel and no less useful.

some of them do it’s very easy to trim them to fit. All three of mine fit both my cane and carbon rods perfectly.

As others have already stated, a Speedia wide would be ideal. I’ve had several pins over the years, but the speedia is probably still my favourite. The deluxe model has variable tension on the ratchet (as opposed to drag tension). They’re not so cheap now and you’ll probably need to pay over a...

Ok, I’ll get mugged off good and proper….

Can’t possibly post mine. In my blind panic and excitement I did the old go-go inspector gadget arms thing. To compound the embarrassment the photo was taken by a former barbel record holder. 🙄 In mitigation, It was a double, but still…. The silly thing is that if there’s one thing to make a...

RSPB website has an identifier that may or may not help. https://www.rspb.org.uk/birds-and-wildlife/wildlife-guides/identify-a-bird/ Long legged sounds like some sort of wetland wader, perhaps Godwit or similar though I think the colours may not tally.

And the wide drum version.... https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:279593

https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:267968

Might be harder to get some now Mark. I was lucky in that a couple of friends printed some up a few years ago. I have two wides and 1 narrow and managed to get all three sorted out. As far as I know, the 3Dplans are out there somewhere on the net so if you know of anyone with a 3D printer then...

Nothing “wrong” as such. The arbors are just better in that there’s less tendency for the line to bed in on the angle of the line lays. Improved Wallis casting, less resistance when trotting and faster line retrieved. Minimal differences, granted, but noticeable enough to me to warrant the...

Yes, line retrieval on a Seldex is likely to be slow. I had a Allcocks Aerial C815 model that had a similarly deep depth to the spool and winding in was a RPTIA. Luckily, I had the cork arbors which helped to shallow up the spool. Nevertheless, I sold the reel on as I just didn’t much like it...