abu garcia cardinal spinning reel with rear drag X Reel, Fishing Reel, Spinning Reels, Predator Lure Fishing Vintage Abu Garcia Cardinal, 658

Although I was fishing in a jackpot event, I did not actually take part in the competition itself

Featuring superior carbon blanks and Abu Garcias proprietary Powerlux 500 resin system, the Abu Garcia Fantasista X Spinning Rods deliver incredible sensitivity and power yet remain ultra-lightweight with improved impact and fracture resistance

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And the components are reliable with hard-anodized aluminum gears, 8 stainless-steel bearings, and carbon fiber drag

I totally get it

ABU rods in the early days (40's) were made of steel really unsuitable for Ultralight spinning, and it was not until 1951, ABU saw the need for lighter rods be they for fly fishing or spinning and the Asbjorn Horgard range of rods were introduced to the ABU catalogs for just 2 years in 1950/51 by which time the new technology fibreglass products had hit the market and ABU had its own offering which saw the demise of the very expensive split canes imports form AH in Norway