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Have a look at the okuma 8k surf , I was using them last year and they are spot on , handled rays , bull huss and smoothound no problem and they’ve got brilliant line lay and they’ll cast as far as your able to . I used to use Shimano’s but don’t think the quality on lower to mid price models is what it used to be so I took a chance on okuma . Liked them so much I’ve actually got a couple of their 6000 size mini pits coming today to go on some daiwa 10ft ext rods
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Shimano tld15 multiplier . It’s never been out of the house , I bought the reel and an 20/30lb ugly stick on an impulse because a few of the lads had some good tope trips on the blue mink last year and I fancied having a go . I get really seasick though so I’ve decided to stick mainly to the rivers and the pier
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My mate sells loads on there and said the same but I haven’t got the patience for it
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I’ve had an email off eBay saying they’ll credit me the final sellers fee so hopefully it’s all sorted now . I did see the option to re list but can’t be bothered with messers so decided against it
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Think it’s sorted now , my mates got some concierge service thing with them and rang them and I followed the steps they told him
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I’ve took it off altogether now , can’t be bothered messing about . I had the same on Facebook with someone who arranged to meet me for it and never turned up and someone who asked me to get a price for postage and then he’d send the money but then disappeared . They were the reason I put it on eBay in the first place
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It’s the first thing I’ve put on there and only did it because of the Facebook messers. The messages were through eBay and I’ve also screenshot and kept the email that came to notify me of the message
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Anyone know how things work on eBay . I sold a reel on there yesterday and someone kept outbidding other bidders and won it , every time someone bid he outbid them a second or 2 later . He didn’t pay yesterday and at half 5 this morning messaged me and said he left the country yesterday and it was too expensive and asked me to cancel it . I had a quick look and if I’ve read it right , if I cancel it I’ll lose the final selling fee that they have already taken and get some kind of markdown for pulling out . Also if I cancel the only option given is to refund the buyer even though he never paid
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Nice one, bet them mullet and bass pull back a bit . Ive had 120 , 123 and 125s but tend to stick to the abus so I sell them on if someone asks me . I sold the last one , a 123 only a few months ago . They are not bad reels at all and are very useable , and even though it’s irrelevant to the actual fishing i just prefer the character of the old abus even though I’d still buy them again if i saw them at a decent price , likewise the Shakespeare international cf and ryobi technomatch cf100 but I’d draw the line at the hideous looking dam coffee grinder
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They are all in pretty good nick considering the age and they all run brilliantly . First thing I do with them when I get them is totally strip and clean them to get rid of the old caked on grease and take the pawl out and put the handle back on so it’s pointing to the 6 o’clock position so that I know without looking that the spool is at the bottom meaning the line will come off the spool easier without having to go down and back up the bell housing . The 506’s have upgraded handle bearings aswell . Do they react badly with the salt water or are they ok if you wash them as soon as y
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I’ve got a few old Abu reels . 2 506’s from 71 and 74 , a 501 from 79 , 505 from 69 and 503 from 68 . All bar the 501 have been converted to backwind and I still use them for all my river stickfloat fishing .
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I did think he’d do better at wsm but he’s has just won the shaw classic . Most if not all of the the contestants were the line up of the wsm including novikov , carron , pritchett , bishop , Terry Holland’s and Luke stoltman plus others . It was an heavier contest than wsm aswell and because it was his own contest and he won he split the 1st place prize money amongst the other contestants rather than take it himself . Jf carron also broke the big z’s hummer tyre deadlift record with a lift of just over 545 kg and it was the first time he’s done that type of deadlift .
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He is and he’s having a fight before that against someone 12 stone lighter , not even picked someone who’s a proper heavyweight , he’s picked a cruiserweight
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It’s probably true that there’s less mink about because of them . Used to see them all the time but it’s a lot more common to see otters than mink now and other than altham , and I’ve not fished there for about a year so it might even have changed there , it’s only in a few areas I still see the them .
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I see them further up around altham even though there’s otters there aswell but not seen any down by the abbey stretch for a while . I do see them occasionally on the ribble aswell around balderstone/ribchester areas but not like you used to years ago
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Went down on the Calder this morning for a few hours to see if I could get past the minnows and get anymore big chub on the stick . Put 4 balls of thatchers original in when I got there with some hemp and maggot and then loose fed maggot and hemp for a bit before starting and was in to grayling from the off on double red . After about 30 of them plus half a dozen brownies I switched to double white to see if it made a difference and had a few more brownies and some chublets around the 3/4-1lb mark and then had this small barbel . I know they are in there but they are nowhere near as common as
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Thought Thor had retired from strongman now
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Been following it online best as I could without a live stream and thought without keliszkowski competing that it was shaws best chance of a 5th title but he struggled throughout . Tom stoltman did well especially after his last place in the Hercules hold but it isn’t surprising his grip let him down after watching the way him and Luke trained for it . What was a surprise was him winning the log medley which isn’t one of his strong points . He smashed the field in the stones as expected and I think he’ll definitely be a future winner if he carries on improving the way he has . Also don’t thin
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Did Warren not say he was fighting at the Albert hall in December , probably against kabayal if he signed the contract within 24 hours
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I’ve literally just been on a group chat on WhatsApp with a couple of mates going on about that . Can’t even get rid of the ad like you normally can either .
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I use lansky croc sticks , the grey and white ones . They come in a wooden box that have a couple of different preset angles for the sticks to go in but I don’t use that I just do it freehand and just hold the one of the sticks in my hand . It’s not hard to get them shaving sharp in a minute or two with them .
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My dad has mnd and it’s fckin horrible to watch . He was a strong bloke but started having the odd fall a couple of years ago and nobody could find out why . I think at first everyone put it down to his age so it took a while for the doctors and specialists to find the actual cause and in just that short space of time he’s gone from living a normal life to being in a wheelchair and you can hardly tell what he’s saying . The speed of the deterioration is pretty quick and he hasn’t even got the worst version of it , he’s got the same as Stephen hawking had .
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This guy must be properly special , his first fight back after his ban for doping has been cancelled because he’s failed another test . You’d have to be a bit backwards to do it straight away again knowing that all eyes will be on you after the last time https://apple.news/AMotCLmKaQJiYm35b4vR7Wg
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I’m not keen on Abu , much prefer shimano . I’ve had various c3 & c4’s all Swedish ones including the black jerkbait edition and they were nothing special tbh they were a bit agricultural .The reels I had on my big setups were the corvalus 401 for the really big 6-12oz stuff and the 401 Cardiff for the average 3-5oz heavy lures . They are round profile reels but bombproof and not that expensive . They do low profile ones aswell if you prefer that style . I’ve had fox , daiwa , savage gear , ET , greys and cortland jerkbait rods and they were all alright , I’ve actually still got a fox w
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Not used a fruck but Phil Blakey has done a modification to the suicide ducks to improve hook ups . You can see it on this vid
