Hardy Match Fishers Reel

[Wallys-Cast]

An absolutely wonderful reel.
I was allowed to fish with one of these reels while on holiday a few years ago. It took a few minutes to get used to it but after that I was in love.

Wal.

[AllRounder]

It just oozes quality.

Doesn't it just!
What a beautifully engineered reel you have there AllRounder
Has it ever seen a line before?

Many thanks to you all for the kind comments.

Ian it’s certainly been fished with but as always very difficult to tell how much use it has had.

[Tengisgol]

That is awesome abs has given me an idea for a reel of my own!

[Duckett]

That looks wonderful. Apologies in advance but, could I cheekily ask, does it actually do the job it’s meant to do?

[AllRounder]

That looks wonderful. Apologies in advance but, could I cheekily ask, does it actually do the job it’s meant to do?

I’ll get back to you in due course if I may. In the meantime perhaps Wal would kindly comment for me as he is possibly the only forum member to have used one.....

[Duckett]

That looks wonderful. Apologies in advance but, could I cheekily ask, does it actually do the job it’s meant to do?

I’ll get back to you in due course if I may. In the meantime perhaps Wal would kindly comment for me as he is possibly the only forum member to have used one.....

I shall look forward to that.

[AshbyCut]

That looks wonderful. Apologies in advance but, could I cheekily ask, does it actually do the job it’s meant to do?

I’ll get back to you in due course if I may. In the meantime perhaps Wal would kindly comment for me as he is possibly the only forum member to have used one.....

Young Wal already did, Sir ... see a few posts back. A succinct but informative critique.

[Nigel Rainton]

Far too nice to fish with, it would get wet and dirty.

[Wallys-Cast]

Remembering to hang the line on the hook after casting is the part I forgot a few times but it soon becomes automatic.
To cast, turn the spool face forward, finger trapping the line on the edge of the spool, unhook the line and cast in the normal manner. After the cast is made, turn the spool to the retreive/ normal fishing position and hang the line over the hook. Winding in is the same as any right hand wind pin apart from the line is fed onto the spool by the hook.

It does cause some line twist like all side cast reels and the spool can be turned around 180 degrees to take the twist out of the line. This means winding backwards of course until the twist has been eliminated then the spool goes back on the other way round, but to be honest, I used the reel almost all day and never noticed any line twist at all.
I actually used it during a 4 hour friendly match and came second. The best result I had all week. A truly magic reel if ever there was one.

Wal.

[Olly]

A lovely looking reel - unique!