Centre pin Reels

jcs · #1 (**permalink**) 20-12-2009, 15:35

Hi All
Thinking of getting a Centre pin reel for Barbel fishing and trotting from time to time.
Was looking at the JW Young Bob James Centerpin Reel - Model Y2080
Anyone got one and what do you think of it.
Or would you go for a different model and make all together.

Nigel (Manu31999)

Merry Chrismas and a Barbel filled New Year.

tigger · #2 (**permalink**) 20-12-2009, 15:55

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Originally Posted by manu31999

Hi All
Thinking of get a Centre pin reel for Barbel fishing and trotting from time to time.
Was looking at the JW Young Bob James Centerpin Reel - Model Y2080
Anyone got one and what do you think of it.
Or would you go for a different model and make all together.

Nigel (Manu31999)

Merry Chrismas and a Barbel filled New Year.

I've got one and there great for trotting. I think I prefer my fixed spool reels for barbel fishing though....infact I know I do, unless I'm trotting for them of course .

peter crabtree · #3 (**permalink**) 20-12-2009, 16:02

hear hear tigger.

Fred Bonney · #4 (**permalink**) 20-12-2009, 17:17

Nigel, I have the John Wilson Heritage, it works for me.

Derek Gibson · #5 (**permalink**) 20-12-2009, 18:36

Locate a ''Speedia'', just as good as any of the above in my opinion, and a fraction of the cost. Try E-Bay.

geoffmaynard · #6 (**permalink**) 20-12-2009, 19:44

I love Speedias too. But if you want a new reel, check out the Okuma's for cheap quality reels.

Graham Marsden · #7 (**permalink**) 21-12-2009, 07:54

Some good advice in this article that went up this morning.

Derek Gibson · #8 (**permalink**) 21-12-2009, 08:15

Good stuff, as a lapsed collector of pin's. I enjoyed Dave's piece very much, and agree with his conclusions. At the peak of my passion for pin's, I owned over a hundred and fifty. Including eleven ''Coxon Ariels'', and occasionally fished with them.

Happy day's !!!

Ron The Hat Clay · #9 (**permalink**) 21-12-2009, 10:54

I have always had a soft spot for centre-pin reels. I have owned a whole variety of them in my time from old wooded starbacks to John Wilson Heritage classics.

If I had unlimited finances, I would have a Chris Lythe centre-pin, they are the best around these days.

I still like to use a centrepin today, especially when stret pegging on a river for roach - one of the deadliest methods of all.

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I'll bet most of you are not aware that our MacWallet now possesses a very fancy centre-pin reel indeed.

It's a Hardy and it must have cost him the earth.

What it must be to have a titanic wallet!

Dave Burr · #10 (**permalink**) 21-12-2009, 12:37

I'm lucky enough to own a Chris Lythe and I have to say it is superb.

But, for those on a budget, I recently had a play with a Fred Crouch Jet which is an aerial copy. Obviously, it is not quite as good as the original or the Chris Lythe but is excellent value for money and will last the owner a lifetime. They also do a 3 3/4" trotting version that I am considering for those smaller, grayling and roach rivers.

These are genuine pins, not bearing models and really good value at £125.00