OK, so I finally admitted I have an Abu problem 
The little buggers must have been breeding...
To start things off here are a couple of smaller Abu multipliers which are duplicates of others that I own, meaning they will never get used until their respective twin craps out on me, which isn't likely to happen any time in the next couple of decades or so...
Abu 5500CL3
Silver sideplates, gold spool, grey thumb bar, great condition overall.
There is wear/degradation to the decals but nothing other than a couple of tiny nicks to the sideplates, and when I say "tiny nicks" I do mean tiny, like pinpricks.
Very, very fast and smooth reel.
£35
Abu 5000 High Speed
Red sideplates, black spool.
This one is almost mint, with a couple of small marks to the decals and no marks to the sideplates. I can only remember having fished with it once for pike up at St Mary's Loch, donkey's years ago.
£40
They were bought new years ago in America and neither one has been used in a long time. I thought I'd lost them or that they had been 'tidied' away permanently but it turns out they were boxed up in the attic.
I've given each of them a drop of oil and they both have one brake block fitted.
Ideal for use on a single handed baitcaster or light bass rod, both are right hand wind and they still have their levelwind present and correct
Any questions, feel free to ask.
Would swap one of them with cash for a mint Rocket.
EDIT: pictures added
The little buggers must have been breeding...
To start things off here are a couple of smaller Abu multipliers which are duplicates of others that I own, meaning they will never get used until their respective twin craps out on me, which isn't likely to happen any time in the next couple of decades or so...
Abu 5500CL3
Silver sideplates, gold spool, grey thumb bar, great condition overall.
There is wear/degradation to the decals but nothing other than a couple of tiny nicks to the sideplates, and when I say "tiny nicks" I do mean tiny, like pinpricks.
Very, very fast and smooth reel.
£35
Abu 5000 High Speed
Red sideplates, black spool.
This one is almost mint, with a couple of small marks to the decals and no marks to the sideplates. I can only remember having fished with it once for pike up at St Mary's Loch, donkey's years ago.
£40
They were bought new years ago in America and neither one has been used in a long time. I thought I'd lost them or that they had been 'tidied' away permanently but it turns out they were boxed up in the attic.
I've given each of them a drop of oil and they both have one brake block fitted.
Ideal for use on a single handed baitcaster or light bass rod, both are right hand wind and they still have their levelwind present and correct
Any questions, feel free to ask.
Would swap one of them with cash for a mint Rocket.
EDIT: pictures added
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