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    One for Pinhead

    Who woulda thunk it Greg - you can kill an Alvey !!!!

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    Ausfish Bronze Member
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    Re: One for Pinhead

    Quote Originally Posted by gunna View Post
    Who woulda thunk it Greg - you can kill an Alvey !!!!

    Take it back to alvey, no matter how old it is they can fix it.

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    Ausfish Premium Member PinHead's Avatar
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    Re: One for Pinhead

    $10 for a new backing plate from Alvey and all is good.

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    Re: One for Pinhead

    It's all staged.....
    Can't be fairdinkum......na, just can't be....couldn't be.
    I intend on living for-ever....so far so good


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    Re: One for Pinhead

    never seen that happen before....I reckon alvey would fix it for nix.

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    Ausfish Bronze Member
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    Re: One for Pinhead

    Quote Originally Posted by sleepygreg View Post
    never seen that happen before....I reckon alvey would fix it for nix.
    I had the same thing happen to a 20 year old 41/2" star drag. Took it to alvey factory, result, just as Greg said.

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    Re: One for Pinhead

    gee if you're an alvey fan you probably have a lot of them, and the parts from 20yr old models are still compatible with todays models in a lot of cases. Probably fix it yourself with parts from a spare, i do
    Vegetarian - Ancient tribal slang for the village idiot that can't hunt, fish or ride.

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    Re: One for Pinhead

    God that must have hurt Greg and Scott.
    Graham

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    Ausfish Platinum Member wamjam's Avatar
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    Re: One for Pinhead

    Probably lost a fish of a lifetime in the process.
    That reminds me, i was at the Pennyfarther in 2007 and this old fart, that was with us was using an old wooden alvey to catch a shark off the sand bar. Anyway he hooks this thing and if it wasn't for us three blokes holding all the bits on the reel, he would never have landed the baby shark.

    Scott

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    Re: One for Pinhead

    Aaahh Scott and Greg...Best I say nothing..I've already said enough but its a lot of fun...

    Then I remembered that pic of the girl with the yellow Alvey in the sand and thought 'That could've been Scott one day with his reel in the sand and playing with his matchbox toys..Then someone like Greg would come along and dunk the reel in the salt and say with wink " there you go young fella thats the yearly service for ya"....

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    Re: One for Pinhead

    Quote Originally Posted by Jarrah Jack View Post
    'That could've been Scott one day with his reel in the sand and playing with his matchbox toys..
    Bugger off. I never played in the sand near saltwater with Matchbox cars.
    They would have got all rusty.

    But I did have a sandpit for the Tonka trucks.
    Really sad thing was that was only about 15 years ago
    I intend on living for-ever....so far so good


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    Re: One for Pinhead

    it won't be hard to fix i will just get the parts for it pete, worse thing i had a fish on the line when it broke got it to the boat and the mongrel was under size

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    Ausfish Gold Member
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    Re: One for Pinhead

    Quote Originally Posted by robersl View Post
    it won't be hard to fix i will just get the parts for it pete, worse thing i had a fish on the line when it broke got it to the boat and the mongrel was under size
    Is it worth fixing if an undersize fish broke it?

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    Re: One for Pinhead

    Quote Originally Posted by reggy View Post
    Is it worth fixing if an undersize fish broke it?
    hi reggy always worth fixing an alvey this reel is probably 30years old first 1 i have broken in 40 years of fishing

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