Anyway, I was able to see tons of great English reels and add another cool spinner to my small but growing odd spinning reel collection. The AUGERMATIC, made in England, has lots of fun gizmos and they all work just perfectly on this strange looking reel.
The show itself was great, mostly reels
as well as a good selection of fly and spey rods. There were lots of great Allcock and Hardy fly reels and Neil Freeman even had a few vom Hofe reels to make me feel right at home. Although there were no big game reels worth mentioning, the show was still a blast. Besides reels I saw some pretty cool old England fishing club memorabilia, lots of antiquarian books, and even some cool old fishing clothes. Thankfully, there were very few lures, in "tough" colors or otherwise 
in attendance. I would have to say that he best part about finally getting to a show in the U.K. was being able to put faces with the names I have been trading with for many, many years as well as reconnecting with old friends like Roger Still, Stacey Weeks and Keith Elliott.
Does the handle slide back and forth? If so, any idea of the purpose of that function and if not what's the purpose of the slot?
