In reply to Post #1
my Beagle always comes with me. Has done from a pup, he's 14 this year

In reply to Post #1
Great reels mate, old work horses like emblems, longbeams etc. Use PM7000h's myself. As far as upgrades go I haven't touched the drag just swapped the two bushings either side of the drive gear for bearings. There's a bloke on eBay that supplies a bearing upgrade kit for your reels although I'm sure you could do it cheaper if you sourced the bearings yourself.

In reply to Post #20
Not wrong. I'm still using Chris brown sticks and bars that are 20'ish years old. Everything works as It did when new. Can't grumble at that can you and they don't cost the earth

In reply to Post #1
Purepellet in Oxford ( near linear ) do some decent buckets for normal money. Not sure on postage prices though

In reply to Post #28
Skinless is pretty stiff. I can post you a bit to have a look if you want, save buying a whole spool

In reply to Post #1
Have a look at magic maize building noodles for kids. Used to get big bags of them from the local early learning centre really cheap. Can also get them from various other places

Remember someone giving us the heads up on these years and years ago either on here or the old RMC / Cemex forum

In reply to Post #2
Never seen that knot before sir blankalot, nice one. I'll have a play tomorrow as I've got a bit of time on my hands at the minute

In reply to Post #1
Haven't used these reels but had the 35 scw's. the one thing that really annoyed me ( apart from infinite anti reverse ) was the line guard. Sitting under the spool with the arms going up the sides of the rotor is useless imo. If your over head casting then no problem but under arm casting in the edge they did my head in with the line going under the spool if you couldn't quite trap it in time.

In reply to Post #11
Yes mate, the 5 rod

In reply to Post #1
I've got the ESP one and my tempest fits just fine