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[Crucian]

You could make something like the adaptacast yourself, it doe's not have to look good ,as long as it works you should get a adaptacast for about 10 quid,You can get a Ray Walton rolling pin if you have the money ,they are the other side of 300 quid I think

There's one on Ebay at the moment but it's almost 40 quid including the postage and I'm buggered if I'm paying that for one !
I'll have to get my thinking cap on and see what I can find as a donor to make something myself.
I'm currently making myself a centrepin reel using the bearings from a couple of Fidget spinners from the bootfair for 50p each and an old plastic spool I've had for years with silver copper Eutectic wire on it. Faced with some nice thin mahogany I have and a turned wooden handle, I'm hoping it'll look nice. Just need to find some suitable brass sheet to make the rod mounting arm.

Please show us your reel when you've finished it, sounds interesting.

[MitchellMatchLover]

You could make something like the adaptacast yourself, it doe's not have to look good ,as long as it works you should get a adaptacast for about 10 quid,You can get a Ray Walton rolling pin if you have the money ,they are the other side of 300 quid I think

There's one on Ebay at the moment but it's almost 40 quid including the postage and I'm buggered if I'm paying that for one !
I'll have to get my thinking cap on and see what I can find as a donor to make something myself.
I'm currently making myself a centrepin reel using the bearings from a couple of Fidget spinners from the bootfair for 50p each and an old plastic spool I've had for years with silver copper Eutectic wire on it. Faced with some nice thin mahogany I have and a turned wooden handle, I'm hoping it'll look nice. Just need to find some suitable brass sheet to make the rod mounting arm.

Please show us your reel when you've finished it, sounds interesting.

Will do Crucian.
I've been obsessed with making floats for several weeks, so it'll be good to break away and do another project.
I also have a few split cane float rods I picked up at the booty for around a fiver each that need bringing back to life.
What with that and running a gardening / estate management business.. there just aren't enough hours in the day.

[Duckett]

Wow... Thanks John.
I'll add that to my Ebay search.
It's never made sense to me that winding with your left hand is considered left handed fishing.
Makes more sense to me to hold the rod in your strongest arm and wind in with the other.

Sorry I’m a bit late to this but, if you look for a Horton Adaptacast, make certain it has both the left-hand and the right-hand adaptor. It’s a small piece of metal that fits between the two larger parts. When I started looking, most of those for sale only hade the right-hand adaptor which had clearly been fitted when they were first bought and then the right was lost. It took me ages to find a complete one with both parts present.

My right adaptor is in storage with the box but I can take a photo of the left for you if you would like to see it.

Phil

[MitchellMatchLover]

Hi Phil, Thanks for your reply.
Glad you said that. I could have quite easily gone ahead and bought one only to find it had the wrong adapter for me.
So... I wind in with my left hand, would that be the left adapter I need or the right one? ie: does a "right adapter" convert it from right hand wind or to right hand wind?
Here's one I've been watching on Ebay and I've just been sent an offer by the seller of £25 for it but that still seems a bit much to pay.
Has this one got both parts? https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/396087322655 ... &recoPos=1
Cheers
Gareth

[Tizer]

I paid 5 quid for one ,but that was about 12 years ago,I paid 10 quid for one just a few years ago with the box, ,I recon you should not pay more than 15 quid for it , but now you have seen what they look like , I am sure you could make one , you was saying you might make a pin so one of them should be easy for you to make .

[MitchellMatchLover]

It's a question of finding a donor object to make it from but thankfully it's only the start of the bootfair season to forage for something and that's part of the fun.

[Duckett]

Hi Phil, Thanks for your reply.
Glad you said that. I could have quite easily gone ahead and bought one only to find it had the wrong adapter for me.
So... I wind in with my left hand, would that be the left adapter I need or the right one? ie: does a "right adapter" convert it from right hand wind or to right hand wind?
Here's one I've been watching on Ebay and I've just been sent an offer by the seller of £25 for it but that still seems a bit much to pay.
Has this one got both parts? https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/396087322655 ... &recoPos=1
Cheers
Gareth

Well, that seems to have both. Can’t remember what I paid but doubt it was more than £25.

One of the great things about them is that they can be put on and taken off without having to re-thread line through rings. Some find them clumsy but, for me, they work well with a wide centrepin with no line guard. I mostly use an Aerial Popular.

This is my post about it with photos.
viewtopic.php?p=482706&hilit=Adaptacast#p482706

Phil

[MitchellMatchLover]

Thanks for that Phil,
I've taken copies of the pics of yours. I Like it in brass !
I'll study them and see if I can incorporate a sidecast bracket with the centrepin I'm making.
Cheers
Gareth