Old Daiwa graphite coil moonraker.

[Kentish Bassman]

Just been sorting out the loft and while going through all my old fishing gear I discovered my old Daiwa graphite coil moonraker. Still in its original bag and, much to my surprise, in remarkably good condition, although one of the rings needs replacing. So I thought I would ask around to get some advice. Firstly would it be worth getting a new ring put on ? Secondly would it still be worth while fishing with it ? I know it`s not a brilliant rod by modern standards, but when I bought it in 1986 it was a cracking rod, I had it teamed up with my ABU 6500 c3 elite and it was a great casting rod, easy to use and had good bite detection. So is it worth getting it re-rung and using it again or should I just put it back in the loft and forget about it for another 20 years.

 

[RossW]

Yeah. Do it. I learned to fish/cast with an old diawa moonraker and it was excellent. Unless you can cast 200yrds, why not use such a rod? I still have a more recent moonraker (about 15 year old) and it's a pleasure to use for clean beach sessions. Combined with using braid, the sensitivity and bite detection are great, and even make flattie bashing and whiting fishing much more fun.

 

[dabcatcher]

i used a graphite coil for years.

it was only £60 new.

it would cost you nearly that to have it rebuilt.

it is worth getting a ring replaced though.