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[chavender]

i did a tutorial in a word doccument ,had a quick look see ,but not found it ,will look tomorrow properly .

[medwaygreen]

I had the same problem replacing the chenille on my 123M, the only person that i found to help was the Reel Doctor, he supplied me with exchange spools, i am sure he would supply the chenille give him a call.

http://thereeldoctor.co.uk/2.html

PS. I tried all types of pipe cleaners they were all to large.

Edited by medwaygreen, 17 November 2008 - 07:57 AM.

[Smt]

i did a tutorial in a word doccument ,had a quick look see ,but not found it ,will look tomorrow properly .

Crikey. Thanks very much indeed. BTW. I am now the proud owner of that StrikeRight centrepin you pointed out on eBay. It should arrive with me tomorrow with a bit of luck.

The knobbly thing is right at the back of the inner spool part (back right of your photo). It is attached to some sort of mechanism that is shown in your diagram which, due to the comment below I now believe will be responsible for retracting the little knobbly thing for casting. I'll give it a try this evening.
My problem seems to be that line is not pulled off the reel like it is on a centrepin so I have to unwind (backwind?) the reel as the float moves away from me. This can easily lead to over-winding which results in the line being wrapped around the little knobbly thing. Then it gets really messy.

I'm off to visit my local tobacconist this afternoon.

MC

[Anderoo]

This may be no use at all (I know nothing about closed face reels) but you can get chenille for fly tying easily enough, if that's the same stuff you mean?

[chesters1]

i bought some from my tackle shop ,it was a "spare" for several reels at one time including some abu closed face reel spools

[tincatinca]

Thanks for the responses. Just got back after searching Tesco, Asda, QD and Woolworths. Unfortunately the pipe cleaners are too big and the the only things I found of the right size that may be of use were little bracelet type things but they are elasticated. I will have a ring round some of the local tackle shops and also check out the craft shops.

[Smt]

I am also back from the shops. No joy. Pipe cleaners are conical and get too fat for the reel. None of the Brighton drapers (I tried three) had the right sort of chenille (although one Indian one did have some sort of embossed black material she called chenille).

The proprietor at my local fishing shop says he's not been able to get it for ages and that he very carefully super-glues a length of 12lb line in place of the chenille (I'm guessing he sticks it right on the edge/tip of the groove the chenille sits in. Sounds hard).

MC

[poledark]

MC, Ebay has some Item number: 130262487046. Will cost you £4 per spool.

I used to have some spare, it comes in 7" or8" lengths, enough for one spool.

You say you have to backwind to feed line, why can't you press the line release button and let line off between your finger tips as you would a fixed spool?

I am sure there is another answer to the chenille, I will do a search on AN, as it has been discussed before.

Den

[chavender]

Crikey. Thanks very much indeed. BTW. I am now the proud owner of that StrikeRight centrepin you pointed out on eBay. It should arrive with me tomorrow with a bit of luck.

The knobbly thing is right at the back of the inner spool part (back right of your photo). It is attached to some sort of mechanism that is shown in your diagram which, due to the comment below I now believe will be responsible for retracting the little knobbly thing for casting. I'll give it a try this evening.
My problem seems to be that line is not pulled off the reel like it is on a centrepin so I have to unwind (backwind?) the reel as the float moves away from me. This can easily lead to over-winding which results in the line being wrapped around the little knobbly thing. Then it gets really messy.

i couldn't find the word doc ,so i've knocked up a quick guide ,it will mostly be bias'ed towards the abu 500 series .

http://anglerstalk.yuku.com/topic/3755

as i still have all the photo's on photobucket ,i'll be adding too it and refinning it ,I've to add the spool capacities and types for the abu 500 series ,there will be some abu modifications and servicing notes plus parts lists & manual downloads and contacts etc.

[chavender]

chenille wise ,my local tesco's has it in called " fuzzy sticks " at £1..50 a pack of verious colours .

on the old metal standard spools ,i've glued on a felt ring to the underside with a 1-2mm overlap (cut down to fit) and it used to be common practice to glue 1" strips of 20+lb mono equally spaced all around the bottom of the spools with a 1-2mm overlap or cut to fit .

if you struggle to find any chenille i'll get some from tesco's and make sure it fits ,then i'll send some out to who wants it ,i might even take pictures to add too my guide.

Edited by chavender, 17 November 2008 - 06:48 PM.