My old man had one of those...

[aussiebasser]

This is worth owning.

[Jungle Jim]

This is worth owning.

thansk aussiebasser i think i saw that yesterday...is that the one for $899USD or there abouts...????


*******attention Mr B. Sheep ***********

if you are reading this i will swap the td ito for this...pm to arrange a time and place to trade.

JIM

[sleepygreg]

i am now kicking myself for selling my anniversary edition 1500c and 2500c. But when you fall on hard times...some things have to go. They were my all time favourite bass and bream reels. So damned easy to cast...pain in the butt to pull down and service, but hey.......those that love british bikes(trumpies etc) will understand the feeling.

Greg

[Jungle Jim]

Well i finally got to cast a 2500c. And don’t they cast beautifully.

Jeremy brought over his old mans for me to try out. I was in the front yard making a few practices cast when i said “i wonder how far i can cast this thing.”

So off the cast goes...... across my front yard........ over the road.......... onto the traffic island.

When some boy racer comes around the corner at mach 2 in his Skyline GTR.



So im retrieving line off the road when we hear.
WAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRR PIISSHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
WAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRR PIISSHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

ZIZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ ZZZ for about 15 seconds.

Yep the line or plug was caught on the GTR and it was on for young an old.

The fastest run i have ever had.

Needless to say we ended up spooled by a GTR

and both of us in hysterics.

Top little reel though i can't wait to get one.

JIM

[Pete62]

Classic.................. how did the drag handle it??

Can see the headlines now "Car burns in suspicious circumstances, smell of burnt nylon"

Team "Solo"

[childers]

You're all just pups. I can remember when they first brought out the Abu's. I think my 14 birthday present was a Cardinal 44. I've still got it. My first Barra was landed on a 2500C with 14lb Fireline, it was 73cm at Teemburra. They are no longer the best reels to use, but they certainly bring back a few memories.

think i may have seen you in a home made dvd , big barra dam ?

[Jungle Jim]

Classic.................. how did the drag handle it??

Can see the headlines now "Car burns in suspicious circumstances, smell of burnt nylon"

Team "Solo"

fortunately the drag wasn't screwed up. there'd be no washers left....

partly my fault.......... partly lewis hamilton's fault for driving like a moron through my peaceful neighbourhood.

i can just see him cleaning his mortgage machine wondering how on earth that 1/4 oz plug ended up wedged in his intercooler.

more so to the point .........the 1600iar i bought arrived today.

wow

i have a comfirmed case of Retro abu fever.

it is beautiful and certainly a nice addition to the family.

now if i can only find a a second one to actually use.


JIM

[Noelm]

I wonder if anyone has still got an old ABU lever drag Game reel still in active service? Except for the average line capacity, they went OK, I had one for years.

[84mick]

Hi guys, I have a 6500c abu (made in sweden). How much drag do these have and are they any good? I swapped it for a cheap sp rod

Cheers, Mick.

[aussiebasser]

Hi guys, I have a 6500c abu (made in sweden). How much drag do these have and are they any good? I swapped it for a cheap sp rod

Cheers, Mick.

The drag lets the Abus down a bit. You should be able to get Carbontex washers for it though. Back in the '70's when 5 minute araldite first came out, it was supplied with a teflon mixing plate. This was just the right thickness for Abu 6000 drag washers. We weren't fishing for big fish, but we were using light line. This stuff made the drag the smoothest around but we couldn't get much drag pressure.

[aussiebasser]

think i may have seen you in a home made dvd , big barra dam ?

Yep, that was Randall's DVD. Back in the days when there were only a couple of boats on Awoonga.

[sleepygreg]

Jim, you have caught the bug REAL bad. Just dont fall for the trap of the drags being ok as standard....they werent..they were basically crap. Get onto the Erskine site and get the upgrades. We always upgraded our drags....but the rest of the reel....smooth as silk. i think Todd Young won his first national casting championship with an ABU. Its a case of what you want the reel to do!

Greg

[Noelm]

kind of funny how "way back" fish were caught with reels that did not 100KG of drag huh! we seem to have this "thing" for big drag pressures these days.

[reggy]

it`s a bit ironic, but Omoto, who used to make ABU 7000 reels for ABU,now make reels for PENN that are 99% identical to the 7000 inside.