[David Dornblaser]

I know that there are some Hardy fans on this site. I am familiar with the 4" Hardy Bougle Mk V as a spey reel. I am very impressed with that reel; it may be the finest Hardy and spey reel I have seen. However, my interest is in the 3 1/4" Bougle Mk V. Has anyone ever seen or fished that reel for trout? Sadly, the reel is not in the budget, currently .....

David

 

[inland]

David,

I have been using a 3.25 Mk IV for several years. Performs flawlessly. Don't ever see myself getting rid of this reel.

William

 

[Jamey McLeod]

David,


There is that guy out of Austrailia that sells them pretty cheap. I PM'd you a link.

 

[beau purvis]

I have used that source also with excellent results.Dont presently know the link.would appreciate it in case I want to do anything in future.Beau

 

[salmonick]

Not sure if its the right one, but if its the same guy I bought half of my loop reels from its fishing concepts.
Hope this helps.

 

[David Dornblaser]

That is the site that Jamey PM'ed me.

David

 

[Jamey McLeod]

Thats the guy, didn't want to post it myself as he's not a sponser.

 

[highlander2]

For the little trout fishing I do that is the reel I use, as inland said, its bullet proof. A few years back I bought two of them from a shop that was trying to dump them. So if I ever learn to trout fish properly I will be set. For the price on that site how could you go wrong.

 

[salmonick]

Jamey, I've changed my post slightly. Hope it meets with your approval. While the link could definitely be beneficial to some customers it could conceivably take trade away from some sponsors too, but then again so could Danielsson's decision to sell direct and save me some money in future :smokin: .
Its slightly different over this side of the pond, as there aren't any sponsors over here (excepting Hardy, Carron and Snowbee) and most of these don't sell direct anyway. If I'm buying from abroad then its generally driven by price as the customer service can't really happen so much over a couple of thousand miles.
I still find it difficult to accept that I can buy British made tackle from a US supplier and still save a whole heap of money over buying it in the UK. Same with Swedish tackle. Even accepting that the VAT man takes his bit I still think we're getting ripped off.

 

[Jamey McLeod]

Jamey, I've changed my post slightly. Hope it meets with your approval. While the link could definitely be beneficial to some customers it could conceivably take trade away from some sponsors too, but then again so could Danielsson's decision to sell direct and save me some money in future :smokin: .
Its slightly different over this side of the pond, as there aren't any sponsors over here (excepting Hardy, Carron and Snowbee) and most of these don't sell direct anyway. If I'm buying from abroad then its generally driven by price as the customer service can't really happen so much over a couple of thousand miles.
I still find it difficult to accept that I can buy British made tackle from a US supplier and still save a whole heap of money over buying it in the UK. Same with Swedish tackle. Even accepting that the VAT man takes his bit I still think we're getting ripped off.

Its not my board, they aren't my rules. Its been my experience that non sponser links get pulled. I can see both sides of the coin here. Companies pay for advertising space here, and dont need the compitetion. But we as users of this board try to help each other out.

No offense taken.

 

[sinktip]

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[salmonick]

Thanks sinktip. Its what I thought actually as I've noticed when you've removed them in the past. I think with a bit of imagination people could find the website from what I said before anyway, without being too obvious... :hihi: