F/S REEL FOR UPTIDING

Posted: Fri May 14, 2010 2:17 pm

One other thought has occurred actually ... and admittedly it would be firmly in the antique bracket for some anglers but they are still in production .... the Alvey Sidecast.

A centrepin reel that you swivel round on the reel foot so it casts like a fixed spool - it doesn't have multiplying gears but the big spool means that isn't going to be a problem in shallow water and they are build like a tank!

Back in the 50s well know anglers such as Caunter used them to catch Sharks and Tunny in Uk waters so I'm sure they would cope with a bit of uptiding.

http://www.alveyusa.com/products/sidecastreels.php

Posted: Fri May 14, 2010 2:20 pm

HEY........................DUDE, im getting on but i want to keep up with the times !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! .................lol!!!!!!!!!!!!!! buy hey thanks .!!!!!!!!!!!!!! big grin

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joli

Posted: Fri May 14, 2010 2:29 pm

now now KEITH .............................behave yourself ....!!!!!!!!!!! lol

Posted: Fri May 14, 2010 2:32 pm

sorry about that it was ment as a pm and it ened up as a post lol big grin

Cheers
keith big grin

By the way the Diawa is a baitrunner as well

Posted: Fri May 14, 2010 2:34 pm

i'll get you for that keith............................................troublemaker!!!!!......................lol lol............................you take it easy , brother....................JOLI big grin

Posted: Fri May 14, 2010 2:36 pm

Iv'e seen your reels lol big grin

Cheers
keith big grin

Posted: Fri May 14, 2010 2:38 pm

STOP IT STOP IT NOW .......................STIRRING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Posted: Sat May 15, 2010 12:29 am

joliroger wrote:

HEY........................DUDE, im getting on but i want to keep up with the times !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! .................lol!!!!!!!!!!!!!! buy hey thanks .!!!!!!!!!!!!!! big grin

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joli

I said some anglers perceive them as antique ... they are actually getting a growing following again and have moved with the times, modern materials and bearings etc.

I know of one very respected Northern matchman who uses one regularly for rock fishing and they are probably one of the most reliable reel designs on the market. A friend of mine put a 150 gram lead over 200 metres out on the grass with a bog standard one .... that hardly puts them in the "behind the times" category. They can't compete with a little ABU for smoothness and balance but if anglers weren't so blinkered they would I think be a lot more popular than the fixed spool, there would also be a good many less cheapo FS reels thrown in the bin each year.

The Sidecast is a classic example of a brilliant idea held back by closed minds.