Post by MrMatthew on Oct 5, 2006 18:31:56 GMT
A couple of years ago I wanted to get into river fishing and someone kindly sent me an old plastic centrepin.. I really couldn't get on with it.. after a reading around I now realise that is because it doesn't relly rotate freely.
Like a muppet I went out and bought an abu 704 closed faced reel new instead. When it works it does a fine job for river trotting but it's a piece of (expensive) crap. I didn't use it that much, on the third trip the handle stopped engaging with the winding mechanism, you had to apply pressure at a funny angle just to wind in... I took it back the shop in question, they fixed it but accused me of taking it apart and putting something back in the wrong way round (which I did not do) I have used it a couple more times and it feels like it will starts doing the same again. It's nearly 2 years since I bought it, so I guess that's a dead one now.
I plan to get a better centrepin and try again....
Any advice?
Like a muppet I went out and bought an abu 704 closed faced reel new instead. When it works it does a fine job for river trotting but it's a piece of (expensive) crap. I didn't use it that much, on the third trip the handle stopped engaging with the winding mechanism, you had to apply pressure at a funny angle just to wind in... I took it back the shop in question, they fixed it but accused me of taking it apart and putting something back in the wrong way round (which I did not do) I have used it a couple more times and it feels like it will starts doing the same again. It's nearly 2 years since I bought it, so I guess that's a dead one now.
I plan to get a better centrepin and try again....
Any advice?
