DAM Effzett 495

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DAM Effzett 495

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Today this little reel has arrived.
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It's a very simple "Grundrolle" - bottom reel built between 1954 and 1964.
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The moving parts show some wear, so I guess it has been used a lot.
I cleaned it a little bit and put some oil on it.
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The ratchet works fine and the reel is spinnig alright but there's a lot of wobble due to the worn out arbour on the handle side of the reel.

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I'm going to use it on a bleak rod as a kind of line storage device.
At the moment the rod looks like that - but that's another story ...

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Re: DAM Effzett 495

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I love the oil can! :Thumb:

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Nobby wrote:I love the oil can! :Thumb:
Me to :Thumb: interesting reel Martin...... can't wait to what develops with those sticks :Confused:

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Re: DAM Effzett 495

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Today I put some line on the reel. I'll have to try it on the river, but I think it will be possible to cast directly off the reel as with a multiplier. There will be some birds nests of course!

The oil can belonged to my late grandmother-in-law.

As for the sticks, Paul, I've cut them a week ago next to a neighbour's garden (the bamboo starts to grow pretty much everywhere). I removed the leaves and cut the two sticks in three parts each. Now all I can do is wait untli it's dry. I'm going to try to built at least one usable rod for bleak fishing. I won't start before christmas though ...
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Re: DAM Effzett 495

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The wobbling at the arbour is a common problem.Mine has it,too..Your reel is a MK II.There was a pre war one with a sunbeam milling on the sideplates.

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Good to know, that there's another 495 on the TFF. Do you use yours, TincaTinca?

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Post by Tinca Tinca »

Yes I do
But seldom.I usw it with a 15ft DAM black cane (Pfefferrohr)rod for my gudgeon ans bleak fishing.Last summer a 2 lbs Crucian too the baitworm.Good to have a few yards line on The spool...

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