Significant ABU Friends

 

Jay Parker     Service Technician, Pure Fishing, Australia

 Jay and I have become friends in 2008, but I am most impressed with his passion for ABU, his generosity of spirit and genuine willingness  to be part of spreading the word of ABU.

Here he speaks for himself with exerts from our recent correspondence.

Pure Fishing Australia

Att; Jay Parker

P.O. BOX 5199

Chittaway Bay NSW  2261

"...We are located on the central coast of NSW. I have approx 130 ABU reels and approx 350 other brands of reels. I have an extensive collection of reels which I imagine are quite valuable and irreplaceable. I do a lot of standard mods  eg replacing bearings with ceramic abec rated bearings. I modify spools to fit into different Ambassadeurs etc. Different sideplates , gear ratios altered full custom services offered as well etc different paint jobs, engraving basically I can change any old reel that whines and groans into a high performance casting tool.....

....In these days of mass producing reels I get great satisfaction out of modifying a reel  or tuning an old reel to perform better than a new D#$@%  or S$#@^&#. They have the money to advertise and blindly lead people into believing they are the only reel manufacturers out there. As we know ABU have been there and done that and have not really changed much at all especially when they know they have a winning product, AMBASSADEUR. If I can do my part into helping people realize that their old Abu can outperform far more expensive reels with minor tweaks here and there I have done my job.....

....Wayne it's your lucky day.  

I have a large collection of ABU Catalogues from 80's to mid 90's   which you may be interested in. I will organize them over this weekend and send them out to you with Mondays post......"

 

5600 Specifications with "the Works"

		Black and Gold Beauty
Twin Clutch Release Mechanisms
		EON  Pro Ball Bearing Handle

 

* 6 Bearings+1 I.A.R. Bearing (2 Ceramic) ABEC (5), Idler Gear + Levelwind + Spool + Handle) Supersmooth...empty spool runs spins over 10 sec in fee spool mode

* Titanium Nitride Line Guide

* Teflon coated worm

* Eon Pro Handle (Unavailable now)

*Gold Wiffle Spool

* Carbon Fibre drag (Free to completely lock up)

* Super Heavy Duty Casting (CT Brake plate)

* Twin Clutch release, with both thumb-bar and extra button release as a double redunancy. This  is Jay's special "trademark" modification

 

 

Now, Custom Bluewater Ambassadeur 7500 Reel

specially created by Jay for me with the works!

This reel has upgraded carbon fibre drag high speed gearing, and Teflon worm

Value to me: Priceless ...to now be my premier baitcaster, and bluewater special , now for the custom rod to match, a new "old" double handed ABU Speedlock Handle naturally to be built on  a Pacific Composite Blank and a 25kg braid stretcher! 

Yet another special ABU reel modified to Jay's discerning requirements

REVO INSHORE

As for the Mods on the Inshore, I will tell you some but not all. I could go out of business. Haha

 

First is the Bearings have all been replaced with ceramic and Hybrid ceramic bearings.

I have a particular way of placing these in different sections of the reel. Some will be ABEC 5 and some are Abec 7. Each individual bearing is tested against its opposing one and then matched to the same speed.

 

All of the moving internal parts are checked, adjusted, polished and sometimes even modified to fit better. This is my own way of ensuring everything is working properly.

Basically I am Blueprinting and Balancing the reel.

 

I even re-drill and re-tap certain sections to ensure the reel stands up to more abuse.

 

The drag is modified with totally different carbon fibre washers and my own secret lube.

 

A lot of adjusting and fine tuning finally go into making certain the reel is at the standard I like.

 

Enjoy my friend

 

 

Cheers

 

Jay

Many thanks for your wonderful creations Jay!

This reel has almost 10kg of drag available so it fights way above its apparent size!

 

 

Enjoy fishing mate!

Jay Parker (similar custom Ambassadeurs can be ordered from Jay)

Here we have an unsolicited e-mail statement by a happy customer of Jay

"Jay from Pure Fishing Australia, in regard to ABU Garcia reels,  helped me out on 2 occasions recently and he went way out of his way to help me which he didn’t have to do. 

I don’t know the man personally and his desire to assist me as much as possible blew me away, he is a champion bloke.  He is hands down the best person I have ever dealt with in  regards to reel repairs/parts  and I have dealt with a few!  

He came across as a person I have known for years and I have only spoken to him on the phone a couple of times, he certainly knows what he is doing and obviously loves ABU reels (as we all do/should)

 

I am sure there are plenty of people he has helped that feel the same."

 

 

Cheers

Glenn Birks

Woolooware NSW 2230

 

 

 

 

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If you are a person that has significantly had an effect on design/development/testing of ABU equipment over the years please contact me  wayne@realsreels.com  if you wish your contribution documented for posterity and the immediate interest of the ABU fans worldwide!