This confused me a bit, so I sent Bill an email and asked if he knew why there was no mention of Garcia and who Julian A. First off, the ad is debuting the new Swedish Ambassadeur level wind reel – models 50 – and nowhere in the ad was the name Garcia. Here’s part of the early history of the ABU 5000.Īs I stated above, Bill Sonnett sent me the 1955 ad and when I looked at it, I had some questions for him. But what happened next got me pretty excited from a historical point of view. Bill is an ardent fan of ABU reels, having used them since 1964, and felt that I’d like to see the early ad. The ad was sent to me from Bass Fishing Archives writer and bass fishing historian, Bill Sonnett. BTW, it has been veral year old post, and the photos removed.Back in 2014 I was sent an ad from a 1955 issue of Field and Stream that showcased the new ABU 5000 reel. And, then, of course, there's braid.įound this on Surf Talk, an East Coast surf fishing forum, don't know if its the same reel. Your reel should do well with 10 lb test for river fishing. I use 15 lb test on all three of my 5500/5600 reels, but they do fine with 12.

If its a 5600 equivalent, while the retrieve is better than on the 5500, it will not be as fast as most of the newer low profile reels. The blank is good, but I hate single foot guides on a cat fish rod and the cork rod handle has worn badly. Its caught a lot of cats, sometimes think its my lucky reel, or maybe its the rod, an All Star Tom Mann that I've hoped for two or three years would break so I'd have an excuse to get another rod, but it keeps on keeping on. Sand will cause the thumb bar to stick from time to time. I have a 5600 I use for cat fishing and it has, for the most part, been a good reel. The only picture I've seen was very fuzzy and couldn't make any details out, but it appeared to have a center thumb bar like the 5600. It has a 6.3-1 ration, same as the 5600 and three ball bearings.also like the 5600.

But the Abu is, from what little I've found, basically a 5500/5600 reel. Don't know much about Quantum reels, other than Bill Dance has a deal with them.

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