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If you want a bulletproof spod reel, go old school: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/225802633024?hash=item3492e2bf40:g:eIoAAOSwGJllHYBP&amdata=enc%3AAQAIAAAAwEaDJzcdq1D%2ByJmTj%2BWCltx2oau%2BpCfQUZ6D0OSNQWgHd5D981ssJhU0EIbF3g5cUQdEVXDG%2Fs3AnmwntBrfKzTDXPiXUg7lrtuRDiP7ymZqYIpI6D1qoJ%2Fv6n3vp0Cez1JfFldcFuBm%2Fz4chib0u9%2B%2F5H0MlCGnh5fX7P1pJNS07Flt%2BX%2FJ0MT14%2BavXsnK8D6ipBQKSEV%2BUIy9rvZtRJq7pzZBcWkRoH2m2%2BPWQ6Mdfd86MK0PddreAd8g5YIPFQ%3D%3D|tkp%3ABk9SR5D1i5jjYg I'd also have a search (ebay search Shimano Aerlex) and see if anymore come up. They hold their price better than new ones! The older Shimano models are so much better than the current ones.

Rich , i wish ,,,,,, thats probably about £0:05 of Gold in the pan , now take in the the 900 mile round trip , i seem to at a bit of a loss 😄 Great fun though and i shall return.

Went to Scotland to do some Gold panning in the rivers and burns for a couple of days back in September. and yes Yippee i found some .

Daiwa emblem spod reel .... awesome retrieval rate & bullet proof . Cant fault it tbh .

Couldn’t think of anything worse than loosing a fish on a hook tied by someone else I wouldn’t even let my best friend tie my knots and he’s an angler

Nice one Nick, think I'm going for one of the actual fishing reels in the XTB range, said to have better internal components than the spod version, will cost more but should be a lot better - fingers crossed. I think the 8000 size of the Aerlex are a bit on the small size for fast retrieve, but like you say bulletproof! 👍

At a small village called Tyndrum.

They were only a real nuisance when the breeze died down , but i did have a hat with a vail all round it so i was fine .