Looks more like a fly reel than a centre pin?Mum in law came round for some dinner today and brought me one the fil's old 4 1/2"centrepin reels today!
An old Allcocks!, It was really free running, I had to put a couple of drops of oil on it anyhow- It became even more free running!!
I think there's a similar reel already in my box seat, Last time I used one I spent more time untangling the over runs that actual fishing!!
John ?
Is my tackle past it???
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Hi John
I have a few fly reels, They're actually smaller and narrower than this, This one is very similar to another (Grice & Young) reel that I used to have for trotting the Trent, I think I gave it to a mate as I got really fed up with the birds nests from over enthusiatically batting the reel bringing it back for the next trot!!
John
Ray Roberts
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Mum in law came round for some dinner today and brought me one the fil's old 4 1/2"centrepin reels today!
An old Allcocks!, It was really free running, I had to put a couple of drops of oil on it anyhow- It became even more free running!!
I think there's a similar reel already in my box seat, Last time I used one I spent more time untangling the over runs that actual fishing!!
John ?
Some reels of this type of design were fitted with a cork arbour to make the spool shallower. If you search on the net you can find out how people do it. I have also seen in the past that for the more popular pins with deep drums that there are plastic arbours made by 3D printing. These fit over the bars.
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Ray Roberts
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By chance I stumbled on a reel being sold on a centrepin site. This is what I meant.
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