Eddies
Angling should be a simple pastime but we conspire to complicate it, courtesy of the tackle manufacturers, publishers, the media and EBay, to name but a few. Here you will find reviews of items that have prompted a WP member to pick up a pen, for reasons of delight or possibly loathing.
EddiesThe Abu Cardinal 55
- by John on 07/06/08 (Previously published on PurePiscator)
It's boxy, square and coldly efficient, so why am I nominating the Abu 55 for the Hall of Fame (now Pantheon)?
Because it does everything it must well and nothing more. It isn't flashy or pretentious, reeking of ruggedness, it's typically Swedish. The Volvo of reels, well engineered and built to last. Tank like even, they feel bomb proof (well except for the spools maybe..but more of that later). Long, cold winters followed by dry, hot summers, Sweden's climate is a game of two halves. You get the impression the 55 was designed to meet both.
