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LuckyLuca
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Engineer reel

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Ah Redditch! There is always one item I can't leave behind (as Fredline well knew!)

Last weekend my weakness for what I call "Engineer reels", one offs built by a clever chap with access to tools and the expertise to use them.

This one features what I'm told is a mechanism similar to an easycast reel but having never seen one I wouldn't know.
Either way following a little light fettling this on now spins smoothly and will get it's chance on the bank in the near future.

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I walked across an empty land
I knew the pathway like the back of my hand
I felt the earth beneath my feet
Sat by the river and it made me complete.

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Re: Engineer reel

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I own 2 “one offs “ I have not used them yet but will enjoy the day I do
I spend most of my life fishing the Rest i just waste

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Re: Engineer reel

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Nice reel. Shame the initials are KW and not RW. Could be worth a fortune!
"....he felt the gentle touch on the line and he was happy"

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Re: Engineer reel

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Santiago wrote: Thu Nov 15, 2018 4:46 pm Nice reel. Shame the initials are KW and not RW. Could be worth a fortune!
I've got a engraver :tea:
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Re: Engineer reel

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Nice find Steve, I would have been very tempted too.


Wal.

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Re: Engineer reel

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LuckyLuca wrote: Thu Nov 15, 2018 6:03 pm
Santiago wrote: Thu Nov 15, 2018 4:46 pm Nice reel. Shame the initials are KW and not RW. Could be worth a fortune!
I've got a engraver :tea:
What have cemeteries got to do with it? :Hahaha:

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Re: Engineer reel

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One of those fascinating items of tackle that conjure up a thousand questions wondering about it's past .

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Re: Engineer reel

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LuckyLuca wrote: Wed Nov 14, 2018 7:24 pm Ah Redditch! There is always one item I can't leave behind (as Fredline well knew!)

Last weekend my weakness for what I call "Engineer reels", one offs built by a clever chap with access to tools and the expertise to use them.

This one features what I'm told is a mechanism similar to an easycast reel but having never seen one I wouldn't know.
Either way following a little light fettling this on now spins smoothly and will get it's chance on the bank in the near future.

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I was stood next to you when you picked this up and in an instant a strong hard man who searches for bargains became a weak man who had succumbed to the enticement of an unusual reel. Of course I am not that weak but in truth am probably much weaker. :Hahaha:

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Re: Engineer reel

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LuckyLuca wrote: Wed Nov 14, 2018 7:24 pm Ah Redditch! There is always one item I can't leave behind (as Fredline well knew!)

Last weekend my weakness for what I call "Engineer reels", one offs built by a clever chap with access to tools and the expertise to use them.

This one features what I'm told is a mechanism similar to an easycast reel but having never seen one I wouldn't know.
Either way following a little light fettling this on now spins smoothly and will get it's chance on the bank in the near future.
I really like that. Would you mind posting a photograph of the internals?

Cheers,

Phil
From "... the wilds of the Wirral, whose wayward people both God and good men have quite given up on ...".

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Re: Engineer reel

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Wallys-Cast wrote: Thu Nov 15, 2018 6:48 pm Nice find Steve, I would have been very tempted too.


Wal.
A pic of the internals for you Wal.

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I walked across an empty land
I knew the pathway like the back of my hand
I felt the earth beneath my feet
Sat by the river and it made me complete.

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