This morning as I checked Norwegian Post tracking system for my latest purchase, an original ABU Ambassadeur 7000 “Made in Sweden” from 1991, I was pretty much resigned that it would still be stuck in some mail terminal in Oslo, where it had been for nearly a week. But there it was, arrived in Harstad. I just had to go to the post office to pick it up, where for a 230NOK customs fee I could take it into my possession. As I am only [...]

I tried to do some maintenance on the ABU Ambassadeur 7000i C3 i purchased a couple of years ago. It was not the first time I opened it up, but the sinking feeling of disappointment was still there as the plastic-fantastic guts of it was revealed. My confidence in this reel was initially quite okay. But it has grown worse as the reel as deteriorated in front of my eyes. And it has not really been used that much. The heaviest load it has experienced [...]

,Made another trip to the old quay again. On setting up my old Ambassadeur 6500 CS Rocket had a problem. The spool, even with the brake adjustment knob taken completely off, the spool would not free spool properly. But decided to make a few casts, and it was soon it’s old self. Well…not quite. After a few casts I had a spectacular birds nest. I will come back to that as what happened next was that my fishing buddy pointed out that the surf rod [...]