Le "Omnia" super

[Robbi]

that looks lovely

my half bail one is being fully refurbished at the moment, it should look as good as yours when it is finished

[Aitch]

I have to say I wanted one for only one reason ... to hang over the desk in my little man-cave ... so I can look up at it now and again and be taken back to the days of my youth when I waited eagerly every week for "The Eagle" to arrive. Every line of this reel's design, to me, is soooo evocative of the rockets and machines portrayed in "Dan Dare, Pilot of the Future" and his battles with The Mekon !!!

AC... I too was a fan of Dan Dare... that was till I lost all my hair and a couple of my not so charitable "Mates" started calling me "Mekon"

[AshbyCut]

Could be worse, Bluelabel ...

I was out in the garden last week, starting to 'put it to bed' for autumn ... and I heard Mrs. AC telling our neighbour my shirt could do with a good ironing.

The only thing was, I wasn't wearing a shirt !!!

[Marc]

Could be worse, Bluelabel ...

I was out in the garden last week, starting to 'put it to bed' for autumn ... and I heard Mrs. AC telling our neighbour my shirt could do with a good ironing.

The only thing was, I wasn't wearing a shirt !!!

there's a few of my lads at work that I'm stealing that for... Love it..

[RobTheRake]

Never seen one in such fine condition. It looks like a heavy reel; is it?

[Aitch]

I picked one up at a boot fair and had a play... but it was jammed solid... it didnt weight that much tbh

[Marc]

Never seen one in such fine condition. It looks like a heavy reel; is it?

I've never held one but I'll report on this one on its arrival. I love the jetson styling and notice them come up on eBay all the time but they're usually in a bit of a rough state. Either way I've got one now and I'm looking forward to doing a bit of float fishing with it.

[MaggotDrowner]

They are really quite light. Nice to use too. Although my bale arm has had it now.

[Marc]

I have an Omnia, too. I wonder if the wing on the reel could make the bale arm give off sparks?

Troutbeck [/quote]

I'm sure if I work the handle fast enough.... I'll break it. A meagre 2.1 ratio, I'll be lucky to make it warm.

[Marc]

Holy moley. What a piece of work is an Omnia. The instructions say to open the bail after the handle, it doesn't say that this is because the bail strikes the handle and the foot stem. Why would you invent something that that does that. 10/10 for retro style maybe 3/10 for practicality. Dear me...