The Italians......

Great sense of the beautiful but often crazy......

http://www.dallarigiorgio.it/inglese/homeing.html

JR

Hmm ... I wonder what happens when dropped on a rocky bankside ....

Hans van der Stroom


"JR" schreef in bericht
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Great sense of the beautiful but often crazy......

http://www.dallarigiorgio.it/inglese/homeing.html

JR

When they go fishing they drive these.
http://www.99express.com/galleries/w...woodencars.htm

Hans van der Stroom wrote:
Hmm ... I wonder what happens when dropped on a rocky bankside ....

It says the reels are made of briar just like pipes,
so dropping it on a rock would likely break the rock.

--
Ken Fortenberry

Great sense of the beautiful but often crazy......

http://www.dallarigiorgio.it/inglese/homeing.html


Laugh if you must but they really are functional, very smooth reels.
Not as heavy as you would think and they don't bust when dropped They
do look nice on a cane rod.

And they've been around for several years.

In article l, Hans
van der Stroom wrote:

Hmm ... I wonder what happens when dropped on a rocky bankside ....
From the website.

"The Fly Reel is guaranteed for life. In the event of breakage, it will
be repaired if possible; if not, it will be replaced. All this is free
of charge, excluding the shipping expenses."

Lazarus

Wayne Knight wrote:

Laugh if you must but they really are functional, very smooth reels.
Not as heavy as you would think and they don't bust when dropped They
do look nice on a cane rod.

And they've been around for several years.

I have great love for all things Italian. Any (quiet) laughter over
these reels on my part is tinged with admiration.... of the workmanship,
of the beauty, and even of the quixotic quality of it all......

How much would one weigh? For a DT5, for example?

JR wrote:

How much would one weigh? For a DT5, for example?

Exactly what it weighs, I can't tell you. But the one I have held in my
hand was loaded with a 4dt silk line and backing. It did not *feel* any
heavier than a Hardy Perfect.

Wayne Knight wrote:
JR wrote:

How much would one weigh? For a DT5, for example?

Exactly what it weighs, I can't tell you. But the one I have held in my
hand was loaded with a 4dt silk line and backing. It did not *feel* any
heavier than a Hardy Perfect.

I emailed Giorgio Dallari this morning asking the weight of the Small
Standard models--described as for 4wt & 5wt lines. He replied an hour
and a half later and said he had just weighed two: the briar wood model
is 118 gr. (4.15 oz) and the amboina wood model 129 gr (4.5 oz). He
says there is some variation, of course, due to the nature of the
materials and the method of manufacture.

You're right: they are not at all unduly heavy.

JR

On Thu, 12 Jan 2006 22:47:31 -0800, JR wrote:

Great sense of the beautiful but often crazy......

http://www.dallarigiorgio.it/inglese/homeing.html

JR


How beautiful.

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