itsfishingnotcatching
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This may strike senior (and probably some junior) members as a stupid question but as the new river season approaches I am contemplating buying a centrepin reel. I read with interest the thread on the Marco Cortesi reel and it's value for money appeal but am curious why, on average, a course reel is dearer than a fly reel (Shakespeare appear to have several fly reels under £30, and even Okuma centrepins seem expensive compared to budget models produced by supposed big names such as Greys and Hardy)