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[maximo]

my slosh has never seen a clean beach but its been a good reel for 5 years+. abu 7500 and 7000 i would highly recommend these as well.

[Ken Davison South Wales]

6500mag ABU still like new

 

Mines the same

[maidstonemike]

My Edgar Sealy 9ft spinning rod, 40 years old, still like new.

[Guest Feels like Winter to me]

The original greys appollo - Fantastic.

 

Daiwa slosh - ok. Bearings dont last long but are easily replaced.

 

Silcast line by the mile - Cheap but strong- a mile for 15 quid.

 

Ballistic Phantom - As cheap as £1.50 for 300 yards and has all the qualities of amnesia.

 

Daiwa sensor - A fantastic line.

 

Tog 24 windproof ballaclava - Worth every penny of 15 quid.

 

Peter storm thermals - Top notch

 

Ocean waders - Ok plenty of room but dont last forever

[Spur-Hound]

Your right Winter, but thats just me bieng lazy on the odd occasion. Usually when its lashing down sideways, i say stuff it and walk back till it breaks out. Sometimes when its really rough ground its hard to tell if you have got the fish moving or not for a good 5-10 seconds. You just have to crank like buggery... can worry about the reel breaking afterwords. Otherwise theres no chance of shifting them from the seabed!

[rockerchris]

Greys apollo mark 1 - superb

slosh30 - Amazing power squeky handles perfect combination!!

Penn super surf 35lb - Just superb

Varivas 2/0 extras

 

As for snags i do the same as Shaun, but if their is a fish on it, I treat it as though its a wrasse and keep backing up with the rod vertical to try and prize the thing out of its hole!

[Guest Feels like Winter to me]

Greys apollo mark 1 - superb

slosh30 - Amazing power squeky handles perfect combination!!

Penn super surf 35lb - Just superb

Varivas 2/0 extras

 

As for snags i do the same as Shaun, but if their is a fish on it, I treat it as though its a wrasse and keep backing up with the rod vertical to try and prize the thing out of its hole!

 

If u have a fish snagged up try it from different angles. Walking 20 yards left or right is often enough to free your gear from what it is stuck behind. If you pull on the gears then you will screw them in the long run. I wrap the line around my arm before walking back. If the fish comes free you just wind him in as usual.

[Steve Coppolo]

My two Abu 7000's are 1973 and 1978 models. I bought them both second hand and they are still both excellent reels. You just can't get better than that.

 

I bought my 15lb class Ugly Stik with my first weeks wages in 1979 and it's still my favourite rod. Nothing else I've used has even come close. I replaced the rings with new fujis a few years back and that improved the rod even more.

 

If I had to throw all my tackle out except one rod and one reel, I'd keep an Abu 7000 and my old Ugly Stik.

[sam-cox]

I have two late 80s diawa uptiders, one ABO7000 of about the same age and an realy knackered 6500ct for my heavy boat fishing, for my shore bassing I have a 2.5tc infinityX carp rod with an ABU 5500C.

All my gear feels right to me.

[Guest CJS2]

ABU 7000 - had it for nearly 20 years - used for beachcasting and from boats, uptiding (and downtiding). Still going strong. And it was bought second hand !

 

Similar experience with the 7000, bought first one 1987 SH, no idea how old it realy is. I use nothing else, have 6 to choose from, other than spinning for bass then I us a FS

 

Edited December 25, 2005 by CJS2