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Your Favourite reel of all time?

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best open faced reel the mitchell 410 (faster than a 300 ,no clunky dab bailarm of the match 440) never found a better modern alternative that felt as natural

 

best closed faced reel abu 507 mk1 never found a better modern alternative ,thats felt as natural

 

Best centrepin the browning revolver ,although i'll admit to coverting other equally nice reels

A minor criticism of the 410...and it is minor...the increased retrieve speed does require seriously special attention to line loading I've found...but yes, a brilliant reel..my bass spinning reel of choice, or a 300, bugger, who cares as long as it's a Mitchell?

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For trotting it's a toss up between my Match Aerial and Adcock Stanton, I prefer the Aerial in slower water and the Stanton in fast.

 

Legering for Barbel and close in floater fishing - Grice and Young - don't know what model it is - I have two, one of them is an Avon Royal so that'll do.

 

Everything else a Mitchell 300.

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No sentiment here I'm afraid, it's my little shimano biomaster 2500RA. There's nothing particularly amazing about it and it has no history or pedigree, but it's the best reel I've ever owned. I don't even really like how it looks (I much prefer black than silver) but it does everything perfectly with no fuss.

 

Second on the list would be my shimano baitrunner 5000GTEs. Again, they're just brilliant, well made, reliable reels.

 

Third is my AN pin. It's no collectible item or a cherished piece of art or engineering, but it is faultless for trotting and lovely to use.

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Even though I don't use it very often these days (usually for night fishing with the float) my all time favourite reel is my Abu 501. I do have several other reels that I do like very much for certain types of fishing.

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No favourite reel for me, well not 100% true as I guess my favourite is which ever one I am holding at the time with a fish attached to the end of the line.

 

I have no favourite reel ,rod, float etc they are just tools to me. If it does the job I want, I am happy enough with them. Most of my reels are Shimano and I am pleased with them but if I picked up something else and it worked ok i would be more then happy to use them and think nothing of never using my old reels ever again.

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Species Caught 2014

Zander, Pike, Bream, Roach, Tench, Perch, Rudd, Common Carp, Mirror Carp, Eel, Grayling, Brown Trout, Rainbow Trout

Species Caught 2013

Pike, Zander, Bream, Roach, Eel, Tench, Rudd, Perch, Common Carp, Koi Carp, Brown Goldfish, Grayling, Brown Trout, Chub, Roosterfish, Dorado, Black Grouper, Barracuda, Mangrove Snapper, Mutton Snapper, Jack Crevalle, Tarpon, Red Snapper

Species Caught 2012
Zander, Pike, Perch, Chub, Ruff, Gudgeon, Dace, Minnow, Wels Catfish, Common Carp, Mirror Carp, Ghost Carp, Roach, Bream, Eel, Rudd, Tench, Arapaima, Mekong Catfish, Sawai Catfish, Marbled Tiger Catfish, Amazon Redtail Catfish, Thai Redtail Catfish, Batrachian Walking Catfish, Siamese Carp, Rohu, Julliens Golden Prize Carp, Giant Gourami, Java Barb, Red Tailed Tin Foil Barb, Nile Tilapia, Black Pacu, Red Bellied Pacu, Alligator Gar
Species Caught 2011
Zander, Tench, Bream, Chub, Barbel, Roach, Rudd, Grayling, Brown Trout, Salmon Parr, Minnow, Pike, Eel, Common Carp, Mirror Carp, Ghost Carp, Koi Carp, Crucian Carp, F1 Carp, Blue Orfe, Ide, Goldfish, Brown Goldfish, Comet Goldfish, Golden Tench, Golden Rudd, Perch, Gudgeon, Ruff, Bleak, Dace, Sergeant Major, French Grunt, Yellow Tail Snapper, Tom Tate Grunt, Clown Wrasse, Slippery Dick Wrasse, Doctor Fish, Graysby, Dusky Squirrel Fish, Longspine Squirrel Fish, Stripped Croaker, Leather Jack, Emerald Parrot Fish, Red Tail Parrot Fish, White Grunt, Bone Fish
Species Caught 2010
Zander, Pike, Perch, Eel, Tench, Bream, Roach, Rudd, Mirror Carp, Common Carp, Crucian Carp, Siamese Carp, Asian Redtail Catfish, Sawai Catfish, Rohu, Amazon Redtail Catfish, Pacu, Long Tom, Moon Wrasse, Sergeant Major, Green Damsel, Tomtate Grunt, Sea Chub, Yellowtail Surgeon, Black Damsel, Blue Dot Grouper, Checkered Sea Perch, Java Rabbitfish, One Spot Snapper, Snubnose Rudderfish
Species Caught 2009
Barramundi, Spotted Sorubim Catfish, Wallago Leeri Catfish, Wallago Attu Catfish, Amazon Redtail Catfish, Mrigul, Siamese Carp, Java Barb, Tarpon, Wahoo, Barracuda, Skipjack Tuna, Bonito, Yellow Eye Rockfish, Red Snapper, Mangrove Snapper, Black Fin Snapper, Dog Snapper, Yellow Tail Snapper, Marble Grouper, Black Fin Tuna, Spanish Mackerel, Mutton Snapper, Redhind Grouper, Saddle Grouper, Schoolmaster, Coral Trout, Bar Jack, Pike, Zander, Perch, Tench, Bream, Roach, Rudd, Common Carp, Golden Tench, Wels Catfish
Species Caught 2008
Dorado, Wahoo, Barracuda, Bonito, Black Fin Tuna, Long Tom, Sergeant Major, Red Snapper, Black Damsel, Queen Trigga Fish, Red Grouper, Redhind Grouper, Rainbow Wrasse, Grey Trigger Fish, Ehrenbergs Snapper, Malabar Grouper, Lunar Fusiler, Two Tone Wrasse, Starry Dragonet, Convict Surgeonfish, Moonbeam Dwarf Angelfish,Bridled Monocle Bream, Redlined Triggerfish, Cero Mackeral, Rainbow Runner
Species Caught 2007
Arapaima, Alligator Gar, Mekong Catfish, Spotted Sorubim Catfish, Pacu, Siamese Carp, Barracuda, Black Fin Tuna, Queen Trigger Fish, Red Snapper, Yellow Tail Snapper, Honeycomb Grouper, Red Grouper, Schoolmaster, Cubera Snapper, Black Grouper, Albacore, Ballyhoo, Coney, Yellowfin Goatfish, Lattice Spinecheek

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Shimano Alivios, got two of them at the moment. They aren't particularly expensive at about £30 each but they are brilliant little all rounders, good quality, durable and reliable. Can't fault them for the price I really can't.

 

Dave

As famous fisherman John Gierach once said "I used to like fishing because I thought it had some larger significance. Now I like fishing because it's the one thing I can think of that probably doesn't."

 

 

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A minor criticism of the 410...and it is minor...the increased retrieve speed does require seriously special attention to line loading I've found...

 

Swear by my 300's and Match's - would happily buy them new again over most current models but I'm now curious about the 410 ... Worms - can you elaborate re above please?

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