....or the much cheaper Shakespeare Lincoln which also has a side cast function and only costs about £30! I think the sidecaster designs put twist in your line after a while though.

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These are the kind of reviews I should have got before I made the purchase.. oh well will have to get out and try to practice the wallis! There are zero coarse rivers in my area though so looks like I'm stuck in the margins (not always a bad thing I guess) and I'll chuck the fixed spool rod out into the longer water.

I shouldn't regret buying the Okuma if I were you, it's an excellent choice. The sidecast designs are a bit... esoteric.

JeffR

I have never had line twist with my rolling pin,its the mark two version,maybe its better?

I use it for trotting mainly, but have caught a pike in a lake with it

Wasn't criticising that model cranefly, just repeating what I've read about sidecasters in general causing twist over time, due to line coming off reel one way when casting and being wound back on another way on the retrieve. Never used one myself though, so for all I know it could be an urban myth! Those Ray Walton reels sure look the business, but a tad out of my league for the amount of times I use a 'pin.

Here's some more to drool over:
http://www.chrislythe-centrepins.co.uk/

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Just bought my lad the J W Young, Bob James Light weight and it is "awesome" (his word), It is bloody nice though. He is going to use it to target Carp in the margins as he is a bit of a carp geek, I have tried to convert him but have had little success.

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I have the Sheffield which I bought before they went up in price. Fantastic, I have never bothered to master any length. I use the normal side flick or the occasional overhead.

I get taken still water fishing occasionally, out of river season. Just to relax in an armchair with the paper whilst pulling in the odd carp and tench. The centrepin goes in the margins over a carpet of ground bait including hemp and maggots. I then stick a waggler out further.

I love float fishing ............. ledgering for some reason just doesn't cut it.

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If the line is wound on like a centrepin and pulled off like a fixed spool, ever turn of line coming off the reel puts a twist in it - it's just geometry. Whether that ever becomes a problem is another question!

I see what you are saying steve, but It hasn't happened to me yet.
Line is always staight as a die,no twists/memory.Cast as a fixed spool and then wound in as a centrepin.

Regards

CF

side casters are prone to adding line twist ,but its as much too do with the line used ,use a good one and you will hardly notice linetwist ,but put a bad line on and it is exaggerated ! ,there is a failsafe ,simply use braid ,afterall thats what the rollingpin is designed for .

not the best trotting reel ,but ok .The rolling pin is a sidecaster simply because ray can't cast with a centrepin for toffee (doesn't need too ) but can make one work wonders for him .

as for a lincoln ,they are a great trotting reel ,but the turning mechanism moves the rim of the reel quite a way from the rod and can be a bit awkward for those of us with short fat fingers & thumbs .not sure i'd like too use one for margin fishing though .Perhaps one of it australian cousins (alvery) or a Angler Scout pin if a sidecaster was needed