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JW Young River Specialist centrepin

Alan Rose said:
Richard, as a relative newcomer to BFW I am catching up on threads that pique my interest. As I own and regularly use a Triton I thought I'd weigh in with a couple of comments and a suggestion. Comment #1 is that after owning this reel for a year it gets better and better. I currently use mine with 4lb line for grayling fishing, but I'd happily put 8lb on and trot for barbel with it. Comment #2 is that I had to fiddle with mine to get the set up right. For right or wrong Chris Miles sends them out with the grub screw glued in place and I thought it was fixed with WAY too much play. If you get one, you'll have to tinker with it. Now, the suggestion: J. W. Young did a Christmas sale last year so I got my Triton for £399. If you want one, it might be worth looking around Christmas. £399 is still a lot of money, but worth every penny in my view. I thoroughly clean and re-oil mine after each session and it spins with the slightest touch now.
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I’ve had to set up the float screw on a couple of pins now including my newest one which was the fox BJ. That isn’t even glued in on that reel. It’s a simple enough task.

To be fair as much as I’d love a triton I’m actually quite happy with a single set up for barbel trotting which is made up of the youngs bj and mark Tunley Hi S 15footer
It’s all I want to use nowadays I’ve not found another set up I prefer to use despite having 4 power float rods capable of the 8lb breaking strain line.

I’ll definitely be getting another 5 inch pin first as that is my preferred diameter now for all things non barbel and in this case I use several different rods
 
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