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Dancia composite (69) Wide Amber fly reel
Dancia composite (69) Wide Amber fly reel
Published by steve89
19-08-2010
Default Dancia composite (69) Wide Amber fly reel

Hi there sorry i wasnt to sure were to put this seeming its not a new peice of equipment but a old one. If its in the wrong place im sorry

Anyway i wanted to talk about the Dancia composite fly reel and see other fisherman's opinion on it. I have owned this reel for what must be coming on 6 years now and i have never had any problems infact its holding up so well i have never even thought about replacing it!!

Build quality

The build quality on this is not a work of art by any means however it is very tidy and durable and being made of plastic wont have many problems with rusting etc so i would give the build quality 9/10

Performance

well what can i say about the performance of this reel its never let me down the drag is easy as pie to set by just turnign the silver screw in the middle of the reel to slacken or tighten the drag it couldnt be easier and with it being a WIDE AMBER reel the line has larger coils which helps reduce memory which helps the performance of the line .

Value for money

Well as previously stated i bought this reel about 6 years ago now so back then i think i paid mabe £35 with which i got 2 spare spools so we can safely say the value for money is brilliant also spare spools for the reel are round about £11ish which is handy if you have more than one floating line or sinker etc

Well this is my review on this reel i would like to hear other peoples opinions thanks for reading
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3 users rated 76% average
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By rrw35 on 19-08-2010, 05:16 PM
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Wide amber?
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By steve89 on 19-08-2010, 05:27 PM
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in other words the spools wider
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By FatOldGit on 19-08-2010, 06:23 PM
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in other words the spools wider


Wide ARBOR is what you mean not AMBER
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By gordon on 25-06-2011, 04:38 PM
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6 years old - far too early to make a judgement. My Rimfly is 43 years old and I can say, unreservedly, that it is sturdy, efficient and great value for money!

Gordon
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By shortea on 25-06-2011, 04:45 PM
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Great reels and nice and light
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By icejohn on 25-06-2011, 07:35 PM
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Default Re: Dancia composite (69) Wide Amber fly reel

holds my 10wt forward shooting head, and 70 meters of backing.

and lets see yep no other reel in my collection can do that.


Brillant bit of kit and good review .
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By diogg on 26-06-2011, 05:56 PM
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Default Re: Dancia composite (69) Wide Amber fly reel

I liked these reels. However, I found that the thread of the centre pin holding the spool disintegrated after 2 or 3 years, making the reel useless. I replaced my Danica(s) with the Grays GRX series which has now been discontinued. Can't win!
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By 3lbgrayling on 26-06-2011, 06:06 PM
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The centre thread is not a drag adjuster.it is designed to take up the slack of the O-ring.

Jim
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By ROVER on 27-06-2011, 11:35 AM
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Default Re: Dancia composite (69) Wide Amber fly reel

I started with one of these but had trouble when hauling occasionally the flyline would come out of the spool past the frame at the bottom since if flexes.
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