Your first rod and reel!!

[d-a]

1st rod

my 1st rod was a greenhart rod and a scarborough reel it was bought from a hardware shop in elswick newcastle for £3 it came wih 30 yard hank of cutty hunk line my old man took me to the groyne s/s first cast i got a place that hooked me for life secind cast i lost my wieght at the time there was a ship ran aground on the small beach they where cutting it up so i climbed on board ( no health and safety in them days) t got some big nuts and bolts they did me for the rest of the day i think it was 1964 t was 14 at the time
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[jameswlong1941]

First rod and reel

Well Hi lads i was just on my 16th birthday when i got my first rod and reel and up till then i used a handline and it seemed like ages before i got my first rod and i was over the moon. It was a sealey and a sea streak multiplier and now when you think back how times have changed dont you think so well anyway good luck to you all okay.

[Barty]

First rod and reel combo I can remember being my own, and not a lend from my Dad was a 12" Milbro Barebones and Mitchel 602AP with a Don's antilash fitted. The Barebones snapped first cast with only a 4oz weight on. It came from the Littlewoods catalogue (20 weeks at 30p) and was soon replaced without any hastle.

[RL83]

great to hear all this nostaligia!! i think i have started summit here!!
I still use my first proper beachcaster i ever got a shakespear europa 12footer its eyed for multi and spool so ive never had cause to change it! ive had it 15yrs and it cost me £30 then i think secondhand! its still a good rod for what i use it for! ive recently got a leeda 12ft olympic b/caster with an appollo 70 fixedspool reel that i swapped a carp rod for! iknow its not a conflex but it'll do me

[FISHERMAN]

An old cork handle river rod that I got off my next-door neighbour along with an old fixedspool reel had it for years aswell caught sum half decent fish on it aswell lol those were the days

[Pete from shields]

First rod and reel I got was 20 odd years ago and can't for the life of me remember what they was called. After that 20 odd year break my starter rod was a Salt long surf rod and shimano aerlex 8000XS reel.

[rockhopperrichie]

first beachcaster rod was a milbro 12ft bought at robinsons tackle shop on percy street with a mitchel 600p multi when i was 18 the rod is still used and so to the reel only had to buy a new spool cause i burst it using it on a boat trip still casts as good as ever not bad as i am now 52
have bought new gear over the last two or three year but still give the old gear the odd day out

[Redeyecodwarrior]

A something moonraker not so sure now it was a long time ago lol,and a Mitchell 602the one with the wide barrel,and the snide ivory casing,loved it,can't even remember what happened to it,........probably swopt it for a staffy or something just as stupid

[RL83]

Great stuff lads!!
just put some fresh shocker on my 40yr old penn 160 beachmaster that casts as smooth as silk the same way it did when it was new!! mabey an oldie but a goldie
to tell you the truth i seem to atract old gear!! been giving loads of old reels and rods recently! got a daiwa j-25 spinning reel the other week absolutely mint condish too!!