I’ve seen them in black and silver metal but mine appears to be solid brass and looks like it’s only been handled from the box but never used. The nut and bolt where vey tight and needed loosening then tightening, as the instruction leaflet states you should.
Below is a photograph of the full set. Also, as I needed to take it apart to swap the adaptors over, I’ve posted pictures of all the parts as I can’t find this anywhere on TFF. The process of removing the nut and bolt was straightforward though, interestingly, the holes in both the long base plate (that the reel attaches to) and the upper plate (that attaches to the reel bands) are both drilled in such a way that you have to screw the bolt out and then back in. To me, this suggests considerable thought around design and some quality to the manufacture. The black block in the middle is a piece of rubber material. Again, the hole is of such a size that you have to screw the bolt through it.
The final photograph is of it fitted to my Millwards Floatrover and 3.5 inch Aerial Popular. In trying it on various rod and reel combinations, I noticed that the nut and bolt started to loosen quite quickly. So, I trimmed 2 nylon washers and fitted these between nut and body, then bolt and body. These appear to have resolved the problem.
The only part of the instructions I haven’t followed is to fit a reel almost full of line. I don’t have one, so I’ll see how it works with a normal amount of line for trotting. Expecting line twist but can deal with that easily with so little line. I’m hoping to give it a go on the Suffolk Stour tomorrow!
Phil
