Hey gaelicwarrior thanks for getting me all work up about ZB and Van Stal

Everything is F-ing China made anymore I can not stand it. We alive in a country where by this summer 25% of the population will be out of work and our dam companies keep making the F-ing Chinese rich. Products from China are being recalled on a daily basis, they send toys back to the USA that are full of lead base paint and what the hell does our wonderful government do about it nothing. It is about time we bring the jobs back to this country. Greed is what drives these companies over there.

Sorry about my language

try the penn torque.... penn's answer to the china town specials... or find yourself an older zb or vs that was made in the u.s.

gaelicwarrior now look at what u did lol

not my intention,
i have both zb and vs and continue to fish them both but will not buy the china ones or parts for as long as i can find used USA ones.
just my preference.

gaelicwarrior wrote:not my intention,
i have both zb and vs and continue to fish them both but will not buy the china ones or parts for as long as i can find used USA ones.
just my preference.

I know it was not your intention Thanks for the heads up.

Hey Alan, thought you were heading home, back to Ireland.. Did you decide to stay longer? By the way, that VS is awesome looking!

i have been going back on forth to ireland, working on my house over there and trying to get something of the ground . still plan on coming back to long island whenever i can .

is there any top end reels in irland that we dont see around here

no, most high end gear there is fly reels used mostly for salmon.and to my knowledge none are produced there.,i use hardy and VS fly reels mostly with accurate used for boat fishing.

there are however english fly reels and early multiplier reels predating bluegrass,meek and vome hofe here.

many many fine reels mostly made by jewelers and watch makers but unfortunatly are almost all unmarked and hard to trace,