is this a mk1 apollo?

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deanwar

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just picked up a pretty much unused greys apollo, immaculate!
i only bought it because of all the positive things i have read about these rods on this site and others (and it was very very cheap)
the rod was advertised as 13 foot but when i got it home and measured it, its spot on 14"1'
Must say i am very impressed with how light and slim the blank is, i have the new greys apollo match (the slimmest one in the new range) and this old rod is lighter and about the same width in the tip! much much stiffer though
The blank has a blueish tint throughout and the fuji eyes are whipped in black finished in metallic red and underwhipped in turquoise and it has a blue shrink tube
the greys apollo logo is on the butt section near the spigot end and as in bright red
someone told me the mk1s where individually numbered above the shrink tube but this one definitely is not
Any ideas? whatever mk it is, it looks a really capable rod
 
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marco1967 said:
sounds like a mk1 Cortina m8 .
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Its all marked as a greys apollo mate and it really does not look like its ever been interfered with
Might be able to maybe lose a half inch with butt cap and could maybe squeeze the spigot down another half
Just had a good google and there was a 14 foot apollo mk 1, the only one with a eye on the butt section apparently
 
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I own the mk2 and cant fault it , the numbers were something tony Anderson would use in the early days of greys , to mate the butt with the tip on the production line. I also own the shadow , which is another cracker from greys .
 
marco1967 said:
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I own the mk2 and cant fault it , the numbers were something tony Anderson would use in the early days of greys , to mate the butt with the tip on the production line. I also own the shadow , which is another cracker from greys .
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Ah ok great thanks, well that picture there certainly looks like the one i have down to a tea!
So is the picture of a mk2? or mk1?
 
marco1967 said:
mk1 as per topic. ;)
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ok cheers well thats the question answered
thought that may have been a picture of your mk 2 you discussed, so wasnt 100%certain
the guy i bought it from said he bought it about 4 years ago brand new from a place in Whitley bay, might of been old stock or time passes faster than we remember
came with a old abu ambassador IGFA 12! what a beast of a reel, seems quite smooth, going to give it a shot next time out
 
Sand Eel said:
Well done mate. This is the same rod and reel that was on G..tree, I sent the bloke 2 messages but got no reply.
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Yes mate thats the one
I was supposed to be going for it sunday afternoon but got a text off the guy saying there was a mix up and someone else was now buying it
So i just said fair doos no problem
Got a text monday saying you can have them if you want them still, so went through and he said just give me £60 for the pair and sorry for the mix up!
The reel is a right old beast, never heard of a abu 12, they are the same as the 9000 apperantly and are big game reels, the Rod is clean as a whistle doesnt look like its ever been used
 
I used to fish with an Abu 12 back in my teens (when I couldn't afford a 9000!) - they don't have the 2-speed gears of the 9000, the spool runs on brass bushes not bearings and they have no brakes of any kind. So it was just a case of a dollop of 3 in 1 on the ends of the spindle, fill it up with heavy line (the green commercial stuff that you used to get on big spools from the fish quay) then acquire an educated thumb as a brake. It gave me a good few years of service, but I'd periodically have to replace the side plate where the shaft was located - it was just pressed into the side plate and every couple of years or so would work loose leading to a wobbly handle. Otherwise, very simple, solid reels.

Gary :)
 
g-force said:
I used to fish with an Abu 12 back in my teens (when I couldn't afford a 9000!) - they don't have the 2-speed gears of the 9000, the spool runs on brass bushes not bearings and they have no brakes of any kind. So it was just a case of a dollop of 3 in 1 on the ends of the spindle, fill it up with heavy line (the green commercial stuff that you used to get on big spools from the fish quay) then acquire an educated thumb as a brake. It gave me a good few years of service, but I'd periodically have to replace the side plate where the shaft was located - it was just pressed into the side plate and every couple of years or so would work loose leading to a wobbly handle. Otherwise, very simple, solid reels.

Gary :)
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Loads of info there that i couldnt find online about the beast
I have a feeling it may still hold some of that green line you speak of
Might take it for a throw next time i am out, its got one hell of a drag on it!
 
Yeah like most Abu's of the 7o's they could take a good battering - they're pretty primitive by today's standards but no cheese-gears and plastic cages & whatnot like many of today's reels. Good work-horses, and if you get to be able to cast well with one of them, you'll be able to cast any modern multi with their assortments of brake-aids no bother!

Gary :)
 
g-force said:
I used to fish with an Abu 12 back in my teens (when I couldn't afford a 9000!) - they don't have the 2-speed gears of the 9000, the spool runs on brass bushes not bearings and they have no brakes of any kind. So it was just a case of a dollop of 3 in 1 on the ends of the spindle, fill it up with heavy line (the green commercial stuff that you used to get on big spools from the fish quay) then acquire an educated thumb as a brake. It gave me a good few years of service, but I'd periodically have to replace the side plate where the shaft was located - it was just pressed into the side plate and every couple of years or so would work loose leading to a wobbly handle. Otherwise, very simple, solid reels.

Gary :)
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showing your age gary lol
 
i did a one in metalic siver with a chrome decal not the red 1 and whipped in metalic blue it blinded the fish wish i still had it sold it to a friend can i have it back please lol
 

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