watertoad,
I am not being a show off or bragging about how much I am paying for tackle, Its my choice to spend a big wad on a reel same as its yours to spend a small wad on a reel, I wasn't trying to make you look small, so sorry for the miss understanding mate.
by the way, the CL pins that I have ordered are not going to be used, they are going in a cabinet and saved for a rainy day....An investment for my old age!!
I never took it as a personal dig perhaps because we are all different and each has his or her own way of putting things, but if you really do decide not to use your new CL's try to borrow on may make you decide to
Perhaps keep one as a collectors item for investment they are very good reels. To try to be clearer I am not saying you should not, I love very nice tackle and often very expensive tackle in point of fact. But that is totally irrelevant when considering a lower priced reel. The Marco Cortesi can and should only be considered on its own merits or at most against reels around its price range.
Speaking entirely from personal experience the Marco Cortesi can be compared to reels up to and including the Okuma Aventa and most of the TFG range.
I am a great advocate of the whole concept that you do not have to spend a fortune to be able to catch good fish regularly, I realise some will just automatically assume that is because I cant afford it so I will be very open before anyone totally gets the wrong idea, which I would not like.
I have a large amount of new some are nearly a year old J W Young's of which I just bought some more rather than buying spare spools, 9 Okuma's, and numerous others, I sometimes go fishing in my Rolls Royce although I can only get my tackle in one of my two supercars I can only get a tiny fold up stool and travel rod in the other and that means no passengers...hehehe but my tackle goes well in both my Mercedes Estate 'E' class and my wife's sports car or her Volvo V70 the cars are all personally owned and all paid for in cash that is without loans or HP and that is being show off and no I have not won the lottery except for an occasional £10.00. I could easily order a dozen
Chris Lythe reels without a thought.
So perhaps you can see I am not just knocking something because I cannot afford it I am simply trying to point out although expensive reels are loved by some and admired by some and they may well be fine examples of the manufacturers art they are not essential. Lovely, beautiful and a pleasure to own yes but not essential, perhaps something for some to aspire to but not as a starting point in centrepin fishing.
I for one can often be found with a complete set up costing far less than £100.00 and with some of the older tackle I use looking decidedly a bit tatty and worn...hehehe and sometimes a mix of all sorts.
