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Post by Ryano on Feb 12, 2005 18:56:33 GMT -1
I Would appreciate it if anyone would give me advice on a reel 4 a 4.20m #10/11 double handed salmon rod or a good web site where I could look 4 1 cheers Ryan
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Post by DaveSadowski on Feb 12, 2005 20:24:36 GMT -1
How much are you looking to spend ?
If you are on a tight budget you would be hard pushed to beat a Leeda Magnum 200D. I think John Norris are selling them for around £40.
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Post by Paul Boote on Feb 12, 2005 21:02:19 GMT -1
How much are you looking to spend ? If you are on a tight budget you would be hard pushed to beat a Leeda Magnum 200D. I think John Norris are selling them for around £40. Too darned right, Dave. Unless you have others to impress with your "massive purchasing-power" or "discerning taste" (sorry, I almost passed out, for a moment, back then), of course... They're merely salmon, after all, not unruly tarpon...
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Post by Paul Boote on Feb 13, 2005 9:20:20 GMT -1
A bit more. Something that I wrote the other day in a thread - "FAO rich anglers/tackle tarts" - on another fishing forum. The question you need to ask yourself now is not (as Clint as Dirty Harry once did) whether you feel lucky, but just how much better the act of driving the angling equivalent of an imported Hummer on a British suburban street will make you feel about yourself (for it certainly won't make you a better angler). My advice: get a good salmon-fly rod, some good lines and some really great flies, then FISH in hope, long and hard, remembering to remember the lessons you learn along the way. Well-machined bookends and doorstops can added later! Anyway, the stuff pasted below appeared here www.anglersnet.co.uk/ubb/ultimatebb.php?ubb=get_topic;f=1;t=015020after the usual suspects -- in reality, only mass-produced high-priced brands -- had been fingered... One word to you, now. Bogdan. They're American fly reels. Bogdan-owners (a singular breed) tend to have several, usually fitted to their high-end Thomas & Thomas or Sage double-handed salmon fly rods (though, on occasion, to a complete pile of ancient, badly bent, not even fit to support tomatoes, cane poo) when they are fishing the world's best, most exclusive, not to mention most expensive, rivers. I know, for I have had a number of them -- these Bogdan Boys, but boys they are not -- one or two of whom I believed to be good and trusted long-time friends -- fish with me in places like Argentine Patagonia and Tierra del Fuego, for giant sea-trout. But do beware of some of these Bogdan-owners, though -- if they like your bit of fishing, they will surely take it. Here's a page that'll tell you a little about about Bogdan reels. Nice reels, shame about the owners. Note: the lack of prices. www.wshunter.com/bogdan.php[ 10. February 2005, 07:58 PM: Message edited by: Paul Boote ] -------------------- "Humankind cannot bear very much reality." T. S. Eliot
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Post by charlieH on Feb 14, 2005 14:33:54 GMT -1
Another vote for the Magnum 200D from me - they should be more than adequate for anything you're likely to meet in the British Isles.
That said, if you think you want large arbour, have a look at the Vision Koma. And back to regular arbour but up a bit in price, the System 2's are real workhorses.
If money were really no object, a Bogdan would be high on my shopping list. They knock the superficially similar Cascapedias into a cocked hat - really wonderful bits of engineering. I don't think Paul's analogy with a Hummer is quite fair; owning one doesn't impact on your neighbours and those around you in quite the same way. And you don't have to be a sh!t to own one; I've come across some quite decent squillionaires with them. Some of them could fish, too!
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Post by Ryano on Feb 14, 2005 17:25:23 GMT -1
the magnum200d sounds like the reel 4 me thanks 4 all the help guys
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