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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...

Wonder if they turn their own casters? 😉

Precious indeed. Third from the right and second picture: a 1915 Aerial? I still regularly beat myself up for not ordering one for my fortieth B’day when they were a mere £325.00 Haydn, my old son, you are a muppet of the highest order!

Agreed. Rim mounted ratchet lever is fool proof for one handed operation. It’s the reason I love Speedias so much and also why, when I was in the market for a vintage Aerial about 15 years ago I opted for the T10 model. Button check (mounted on the face of the back pate) by comparison can be a...

if you are referring to the slotted screw on the front then this is to release the spool from the back plate, I would guess. I’m not overly familiar with Stantons but I assumed they all had a ratchet at least and it’s hard to see any advantage in not having something that can either be used or...

Excellent idea! It’s like Supermarket Sweep In a tackle shop. 🤑

Anyone who thinks they can bag a Basia for for £48 almost deserves to have their pants pulled down.

Indeed. And I agree completely, which is why if you scroll back through this thread you’ll find not a single comment from me speculating about Martin Bowler‘s guilt or otherwise relating to this issue.