Hi!
Mi name is Lorenzo and I'm writing from Italy.
I'm about to start doing reel maintenance so I decided to get acquainted with some experienced guys!
Thanks for this helpful forum :D
hi lorenzo and thank you for joing us here at alans place. ask away, our members love to help out fellow reel freaks lol ;D
welcome!
Welcome aboard Lorenzo - you're in the right place!
All the best, Justin
Benvenuto Lorenzo! Tutto e' buono qui'.
Salvatore da Pennsylvania.
Benvenuto Lorenzo! Tutto e' buono qui'.
Dominick da California
Welcome Lorenzo. Enjoy and don't hesitate to ask is you have any questions or run into any kind of trouble. We have all been there one time or another.
Welcome!!! ;D
Lorenzo,
Welcome from Northern California. We hope you enjoy the site.
Rob
Thank you all for your warm help.
I'm reading a lot of posts before starting to do reel mantainance.
I also have to buy a lot of different lubes and tools:
- Cal's grease
- marine grease
- Corrosion X
Thanks again,
L.
Lorenzo: Where in Italy do you live? Sal where in Italy do you come from? I am 3rd generation Italian/American, my grandparents met in NY so they are from different parts of Italy, Calabria, Napoli, Potenza and Lago di Como. So by my ancestral background, I am stubborn, charming, tough and outgoing. If you can believe all they say about the different areas of Italy. Dominick
QuoteIf you can believe all they say about the different areas of Italy.
One of my best mates (and the best man at my wedding in Ireland) is a Sicilian named Bartolomeo.
He lives up to the very best Sicilian traits that 'characterise' the island and its people.
He also looks like he's straight out of la Cosa Nostra (though I hasten to add that he's not ;) ).
Cheers, Justin
Quote from: redsetta on January 16, 2012, 08:19:32 PM
QuoteIf you can believe all they say about the different areas of Italy.
One of my best mates (and the best man at my wedding in Ireland) is a Sicilian named Bartolomeo.
He lives up to the very best Sicilian traits that 'characterise' the island and its people.
He also looks like he's straight out of la Cosa Nostra (though I hasten to add that he's not ;) ).
Cheers, Justin
Very cool: But did he ask your father for a favor on your wedding day? :-*
Dominick - I hate to ask... So I won't... ;) ;D
I'm from Florence, very beautiful city, but.... it lacks of salt water!!!
I do fish instead near the "5 terre" in Liguria :)
I'm not sure of where should I post a reel comparison post.
I mean, I have to buy a new reel for a specific purpose and I cannot decide between three models (it is actually a matter of max drag in freespool).
L.
Lorenzo: Post in the General Questions Thread at the home page. Yes Florence is very beautiful, and the foccacia in Liguria is the best in Italy. Dominick
If you are passing near here just gimme a call!
I'll take you fishing :)
Vengo anch'io?....
Quote from: GT on January 18, 2012, 09:40:32 PM
If you are passing near here just gimme a call!
I'll take you fishing :)
Quote from: Alto Mare on January 18, 2012, 09:59:58 PM
Vengo anch'io?....
Ok Sal it looks we are going fishing in Italy. We can eat our way through the 5 steps. Dominick
Count me in Dominick. We could also go to my part of town and fish the Adriatic in the morning and the Mediterranean in the evening.
Sure Sal!
Where are you from?
Quote from: Alto Mare on January 18, 2012, 11:33:00 PM
Count me in Dominick. We could also go to my part of town and fish the Adriatic in the morning and the Mediterranean in the evening.
Quote from: GT on January 19, 2012, 06:13:49 PM
Sure Sal!
Where are you from?
Probably from Puglia if he can fish both the Adriatic and Mediterrean. Bari? Sal I decided to check a map of Italy. It looks like it is a long way from the Adriatic to the Mediterranean. How would you do it Sal? Don't say jet boat. :) Dominick
I don't know what a heck you're talking about Dominick, I'm from Pennsylvania ::) ;D.
Lorenzo and Domenico, I grew up in Isernia, Molise and moved to the US when I was a teenager. From the Mediterraneo to the Adriatico it's approx. 100 miles.
Dominick, google Isernia and you'll see. By the way, I've never heard of another town named Isernia in Italy, pretty unusual.
UNonfortunately from Isernia to La Spezia (where I usually go fishing) it's much more than 100 miles.
Where do you fish Alto Mare?
I think I'll be in NY in April and DC in March (do not think to have time to go fishing though).
L.
Quote from: GT on January 20, 2012, 06:50:35 PM
UNonfortunately from Isernia to La Spezia (where I usually go fishing) it's much more than 100 miles.
Where do you fish Alto Mare?
I think I'll be in NY in April and DC in March (do not think to have time to go fishing though).
L.
Lorenzo: La Spezia, bella. In 1969 I bought a Triumph TR-6 and had it delivered to me in Europe. Left France and got on the Autostrada. The Autostrada was under construction and we had to drop down to the coastal road to La Spezia. The coastal road was exciting to say the least. I learned how to pass trucks using my horn and lights ;D. I loved that part of Italy. Sal, I googled Isernia. No wonder you like the ocean. You were born in the mountains smack dab in the middle of Italy. God Bless America. Dominick
Dominick, lots of natural spring water coming from those mountains. We used to dring the water we fished in. About the sea, it took us less than one hour to go either direction. Here it takes me close to two hours to get to the Jersey coast, and most of the time to catch a boat load of skates and dogfish :-\. I miss the trouts we used to catch in Italy.
Wow... I always complain about our poor sea here in Italy. Lots of professional fishermen with nets did steal almost everything from the Mediterranean.
I wish I could go spin those big tunas just offshore Cape Cod that I always see in fishing videos on Youtube..
Maybe one day I will have the time.. :)