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One of my local shops decided to close its doors a couple of years ago. It wasn’t because they were broke, but because after 25yrs or so they were sick and tired of anglers’ attitude. I mean I know it’s Yorkshire and all that, but they’d drive half an hour from York to buy worms at BobCo to save...
Gutted, although I had a weird feeling it was heading this way the last couple of times I popped in. Chris Kendall was superb with Zach and I when we started making trips there. It's a huge floor area to keep stocked. 25% off everything in store now. I honestly don't know whether I will go for a...
My son had requested a trip out after school today, so I bought bait and loaded the car ready for his return.
Zachary saw a kingfisher while I was setting up, and we felt like it was going to be a good couple of hours. We were fishing by 4pm in perfect conditions and Zachary had a chub first...
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...
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...
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