An ideal size for float fishing and spinning, I put the reel through its paces when I took it to Hopes Nose in Torbay and went after mackerel and garfish. I tried one on a specialist rod that I had designed for the task and a second on a telescopic rod that I had won in a competition the day before.
Little did I know that one of the reels would go through a much sterner test than I had intended. One of my party left it propped up against a rock when she went for a swim, was distracted and only came back for it after the tide had come in and completely submerged it!
