WHAT WAS YOUR VERY FIRST ROD AND REEL?

[boblydon]

any way Dave hitting the middle of the river is not hard,i have done it hundreds of times.................one of these days i may even do it with the line still attached to the reel and not a snap off haa haa!!!!!!!

 

[Stores]

Bob Gascoigne, Dave ??

 

[RobAdair]

A 6ft solid glass boat rod and a Penn Delmar reel with a plastic spool that eventually smashed and then a solid greenheart boat rod and a wooden Scarborough reel that I got off my granda\'s boat.

First beachcaster was a 13ft Shakespeare Europa and a Mitchell 602AP reel, a big sloppy thing with a loose joint. I eventually cast the top off it at the Blocks and bought a Conoflex DC6 and a Daiwa SL175H - my first \"proper\" gear. Cost me £70 second hand out the Gazette and the lad chucked in his waterproofs and tackle box, I spend more than that on hooks and swivels now!

 

[DaveMason]

yeah , that was the lad Dave . He used an old Daiwa Millionaire i think and he set me off to go to casting school at Newark of all places and we did really well with the old pendulum .

 

[gag1]

12 foot Diawa rod,(cannot remember the name), and a Mitchell 602ap reel. had many a happy day with them.

cheers.
gag1