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I'm really considering selling my Shimano 5010 GT Baitrunner (mint condition with spare spools and boxe) and my 12ft, 1.75lbtc, Free Spirit Specialists and getting a single high spec custom made chubbing rod but what sort of money am I looking at getting for the above tackle?

I never seem to use the baitrunner and I've never even used the second Free Spirit Rod. Seems a shame that they are going to waste.

Or I might swap the baitrunner and rod for a a Century Pulse, 11ft 6inch, Tony Miles Quiver Tip Chub rod (must be in mint condition) Should have a dark green satin finish, full cork handle with screw reel fitting, and Fuji rings. Also including spare tip ring for avon section.

Decisions, decisions.
 
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i would never sell my 5010 gt reels i have 4 of them 2 i bought new and 2 from e bay for £80,i think they are one of the best reels shimano ever made,they are smooth, robust and have a good clutch,dont do it.
 
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Now looking for a -

Century Pulse, 11ft 6inch, Tony Miles Quiver Tip Chub rod (must be in mint condition) Should have a dark green satin finish, full cork handle with screw reel fitting, and Fuji rings. Also including spare tip ring for avon section.

Somebody must have one that they want to part with somewhere!:cool:
 
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Yep tried looking everywhere (even Tony himself) but I might be getting hold of the specifications from Century themselves as they are digging them out of their archives for me and so could get one custom built. Seem as rare as hen's teeth these days.
 
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5010 GTs are tending to go for £35 to £50ish on Ebay at the moment. I've occasionally seen them go for a touch more on (barbel/specialist) forums. I've got two and two 5000 GTECs that I suspect I'll have to sell after discovering 4000Ds and XTFAs. I've had them prepared for sale for a good couple of months but can't quite bear to do it.:eek::D
 
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Don't do it boy's - just submitting to comercialism - youve only just run them reels in! ;)

I know they lack the quality ring components, but I still rate then old originol John Wilson avon quiver - it is an awesome chub rod. Mine is over 12 years old and is still going strong......
 
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john m h said:
The Graham Phillips MJ Special Quiver is a great chub rod, sadly I smashed the top section on the one I had. I know a lad who has two, and has never used them since he found out what the 'MJ' stood for.
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Bet he wouldn't part with them either! (not that I could blame him)
 
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michaels said:
With regards to Shimano reels, 5010 included, what does XT-7 stand for?
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It's the graphite composite that Shimano use for the body and rotor for the bulk of their reels.
The very latest is Ci4 that is being used on the newest top of the range stuff. I suppose that they've got to call them something.
 
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sam vimes said:
It's the graphite composite that Shimano use for the body and rotor for the bulk of their reels.
The very latest is Ci4 that is being used on the newest top of the range stuff. I suppose that they've got to call them something.
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Many thanks Sam, would it be the case that the XT-7 range, is generally more robust than the earlier models, which are not graphite composite, but less than Ci4?
 
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michaels said:
Many thanks Sam, would it be the case that the XT-7 range, is generally more robust than the earlier models, which are not graphite composite, but less than Ci4?
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Hard to say, the XT-7 has been in use by Shimano for a good fifteen years or more. Ci4 for a year or so at most so the jury is still out on how durable it is. What came before XT-7 I'm not sure. It may simply have been XT-7 before it was given a fancy name by the marketing men!;):D
I can't say that I've ever bought a Shimano reel that pre-dated XT-7. The earliest Shimmy I have is probably a Perfection Match and that has an XT-7 body and rotor. The drive for Shimano in using new materials seems to be lightness.
 
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