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[wingnut55]

Acquired three of the new limited edition Akios Shuttle 656's, only 100 produced. Individually numbered reels.

Ian.

 

[chesilpete]

Look smart Ian... only 97 to go ;-)

 

[wingnut55]

The reels have chromed brass side plates, just like my Abu chrome rockets, and pretty descent build quality, they weigh 400gms, so not quite as heavy as the rockets.

Ian.

 

[Mike hemming]

Nice reels Ian I’ve got one a few years old now it’s fast as feck no matter what I do can’t tame the thing lol but well made reels , I think they better than todays made abu’s

 

[SirGunner]

Acquired three of the new limited edition Akios Shuttle 656's, only 100 produced. Individually numbered reels.

Ian.

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These look cracking reels Ian. What numbers did you manage to acquire? I know Simon the owner of Akios has kept number 001 and Tony from Tony's Tackle in Eastbourne has got number 100

 

[wingnut55]

These look cracking reels Ian. What numbers did you manage to acquire? I know Simon the owner of Akios has kept number 001 and Tony from Tony's Tackle in Eastbourne has got number 100

My reels are numbers 44, 68 and 75.

Ian.

 

[SirGunner]

My reels are numbers 44, 68 and 75.

Ian.

Nice one. What are you planning on pairing them with?

 

[chesilpete]

numbers 45, 71 and 88

 

[chesilpete]

I might have one Ian!

 

[wingnut55]

Nice one. What are you planning on pairing them with?

Spoilt for choice rod wise..

Ian.

 

[wingnut55]

These look cracking reels Ian. What numbers did you manage to acquire? I know Simon the owner of Akios has kept number 001 and Tony from Tony's Tackle in Eastbourne has got number 100

I know Tony had 100, his mate Chris had 99 and another angler from his channel had 7.

Ian.

 

[SirGunner]

Spoilt for choice rod wise..

Ian.

That's true mate, you do have an extensive selection of rods to try them on

 

[SirGunner]

I know Tony had 100, his mate Chris had 99 and another angler from his channel had 7.

Ian.

Yeah I think it was a guy called Jay the Ray that got 007, but cant remember for sure

 

[wingnut55]

Yeah I think it was a guy called Jay the Ray that got 007, but cant remember for sure

Not Jay the Ray Carter, he's a mangle user, Jay Pickup got 007.

Ian.

 

[SirGunner]

Not Jay the Ray, he's a mangle user, Jay Pickup got 007.

Ian.

Ah I got the wrong Jay lol I've still not grown a pair try a multiplier yet. How much distance do you think can be gained on average switching from fixed to multi Ian?

 

[wingnut55]

Ah I got the wrong Jay lol I've still not grown a pair try a multiplier yet. How much distance do you think can be gained on average switching from fixed to multi Ian?

That's hard to say mate, as I have never used a FS reel, but multi's do tend to go further overall. But distance is not the be-all and end-all, but does help at times i would say.

Multipliers are a learning curve if you have never used one.

Ian.

 

[SirGunner]

That's hard to say mate, as I have never used a FS reel, but multi's do tend to go further overall. But distance is not the be-all and end-all, but does help at times i would say.

Multipliers are a learning curve if you have never used one.

Ian.

Yeah all fair points. I really like the idea of a multi but I feel at my skill level (fairly average) I'm not sure the advantages will outweigh the extra agro. Fishing fixed spool is easy and hassle free

 

[flappy]

Who’s got 69..?

 

[wingnut55]

Who’s got 69..?

You if you get lucky flappy..

Ian.

 

[wingnut55]

The plan is to spool the reels with the Trabucco line, 30lb 0.32, normally use Asso Ultra Cast 16lb 0.32 or Varivas 15lb 0.35.

Ian.