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Retropeche
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New Member - Retropeche

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After a few years lurking and benefitting from the wealth of information on this site I have now joined.

I am a Brit now retired and living in France and have collected vintage fishing tackle for many years. I still have a Mitchell 300 and ABU 506 that I bought in the 1970's with money earned on a paper round and Saturday job. Following the UK's departure from the EU and the customs difficulties of importing from the UK I have developed an interest in some of the smaller or less known French reel makers.

One of the stipulations for buying a vintage rod or reel is that I have to be able to use it. I don't own a glass cabinet :wink:
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Welcome Retropeche(if that really IS you name :D ). Feel free to come show us any of your new finds.. show-and-tell is more than welcome, along with questions and answers! And wait till you accumulate a few more reels and try to keep the dust off and still visible… you’ll have that glass case before long :D

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The disadvantage with a glass case is that the wife would be able to see what is inside it. The walk in cupboard that I use to store my gear has two wooden doors that keeps dust out, and hides a multitude of sins. :wink:
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My friend Mick kept everything his wife didn't want to see in the pool house.
He had 100 graphite fly rods before he turned to cane.
Fly tying, he spent $1500 the first day, and has more fly boxes he'll never open again than rod tubes he'll never open again.
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