ABU Cardinal 177 SWI

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ABU Cardinal 177 SWI

Postby sailnfish » Tue Nov 12, 2013 12:04 pm

I was bought one of these as a gift and It seems to be a lovely, solid and smooth reel for small money. Haven't had fish on it yet but it casts well and didn't struggle at all hauling some big clumps of weed.
If it keeps performing well, I'll be adding a smaller size one to the Arsenal too. Has anyone put one of these through its paces over a couple of seasons ?
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Re: ABU Cardinal 177 SWI

Postby flounder » Tue Nov 12, 2013 2:21 pm

I have mine over 2 years, still going strong.
Nothing has ever gone wrong with it.
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Re: ABU Cardinal 177 SWI

Postby sailnfish » Tue Nov 12, 2013 4:50 pm

flounder wrote:I have mine over 2 years, still going strong.
Nothing has ever gone wrong with it.


Good to hear :) another good one in the collection so :)
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Re: ABU Cardinal 177 SWI

Postby knightser » Tue Nov 12, 2013 7:00 pm

sailnfish wrote:
flounder wrote:I have mine over 2 years, still going strong.
Nothing has ever gone wrong with it.


Good to hear :) another good one in the collection so :)

if you keep pulling in weed like that there will be feck all left for the rest of us :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:

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Re: ABU Cardinal 177 SWI

Postby sailnfish » Tue Nov 12, 2013 7:51 pm

knightser wrote:
sailnfish wrote:
flounder wrote:I have mine over 2 years, still going strong.
Nothing has ever gone wrong with it.


Good to hear :) another good one in the collection so :)

if you keep pulling in weed like that there will be feck all left for the rest of us :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:

:lol: :lol: :lol: it's grand, I'm strictly catch and release with the weed. It's always unhooked properly and released safely.
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Re: ABU Cardinal 177 SWI

Postby Aidan1888 » Tue Nov 12, 2013 9:56 pm

I use the freshwater version luring for Pike and it's a very good reel.

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