Hello from Sweden!

[Mandelstam]

New guy here, Karl, just wanted to say hi. I'm a thirty something years old and have been fishing all my life. Mostly with ABU stuff (of course..). But it's just most recently that I started to get interested in real reel maintenance and repair. I started with my Amb 5500C Pro Shop and it's all down hill from there. Now I'm constantly looking around auction sites for cheap reels that need a little, or more preferably, lots of love. Just today I got a package in the mail with an old Penn Peer 209, made in USA, from the sixties, that will need some attention. Oh joy!

See ya'll around!

/Karl

[Dr. Jekyll - AKA MeL B]

Karl, welcome to Mr. Tani's neighborhood...

[Nessie Hunter]

Welcome.....

[redsetta]

Welcome aboard Karl.
All the best, Justin
PS There's a great tribute to Abu design here, if you haven't seen it already: http://alantani.com/index.php?topic=5123.0

[Mandelstam]

I've seen it and went speechless afterwards.

Thanks for the welcome!

/K

[outdoorsaddiction]

Valkommen Karl.  You will find a great wealth of knowledge here.  I love Abu's as well, the fact that my fav angler is sponsored by them, Mike Iaconelli, is sponsored by them, lol.

[alantani]

welcome.  i need to do a full abu tutorial.  they are great casting reels!

[kamuwela]

aloha karl and thanks for joining.

[redsetta]

Speaking of Abus, I did a Penn 'Enforcer' yesterday which was basically an exact copy of an Ambassadeur 7500CT (aside from the oval side plates).
I understand there was an arrangement in place to share technology (maybe via Omoto?), but it's always interesting to see how the industry 'cross-pollinates'...

[Norcal Pescador]

Welcome aboard Karl.

[Bryan Young]

Welcome Karl.  Love my only Abu. I use it for everything.  Casts easy and since replacing the drags, can actually catch some good size fish.

[Alto Mare]

Welcome Karl, you will never get bored here.

[reefmonsta]

Tjena Karl!

[Mandelstam]

What a warm welcome! Thank you guys!

Speaking of ABU, a close friend to my family worked at Svängsta (ABU's factory in Sweden) when I was a kid, and he used to bring home gear and give to us kids.. Like christmas every time.

Penn + ABU sounds like a match made in heaven. I haven't fished with a Penn reel yet, but as soon as I'm finished with my Peer 209 that will change!

I'm also looking into Penn Slammer spinners. Looks and feels very nice.

[Mooki]

Tjenixen Karl, and you'll surely find a wealth of information on this site.
If you enjoy "reel porn" you will be supplied for years to come.
If you haven't already visited I'd recommend a visit to the Swedish forum Fiskesnack.com where I've posted a couple of stripdowns, mostly ABUs but also the odd Daiwa and a Penn 113H is in the near future.
http://www.fiskesnack.com/forum/showthread.php/81125-Rull-terminologi

Won't do much good if you don't read Swedish decently well