500b

[Spinyeel]

Where have all the Alvey's gone in Adelaide? All I want is a 500B,for crying out loud!

[Mauricio]

Welcome, spinyeel. Did you try buy from AnglersWarehouse?

www.anglerswarehouse.com.au/product_detail.asp?productnospaces=alvey_500b_direct_wind_sidecast_reel_364

[Spinyeel]

Looks like I'll have to buy online. Thanks for the tip. Cheers.

[Mauricio]

 

[James]

MO Tackle have an Alvey Reel sale and the 500B is discounted with free line and DVD.

[Fishin Dan]

BCF and the likes are pretty useless at carrying the Alveys unless they sell a lot of them. Your local privately owned tackle store are more likely to carry them, or at least, be able to order whatever you like for you. There are definite advantages to purchasing it local, and it supports your local guy, keeping them open against the likes of those BCF stores...

MoTackle, Anglers Warehouse and the likes are all good online stores though.

[Spinyeel]

Thanks for the advice chaps. Much appreciated.

[Markdaspark]

Unfortunately the southern states local tackle guys don't seem to stock Alveys so much......walk into nearly any tackle shop here in seq and they all will stock Alveys.

Id be ordering online from Motackle mate......unless, as dan said, you find a local stockist.

.......oh.......welcome to the forum too mate......good to have you on board!

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Alvey must be struggling in the Southern states, as sales are really low or none at all. Most tackle store simply wont stock Alvey down south, they just dont sell, the store owners keep saying. 

[AlveyMangles]

They don't stock them normally, although I did talk my brother into Alvey and he got a 7ft/500b combo from a local BCF for $60 on sale

[Spinyeel]

I've been using Alvey's again for the last few years. I have been there and done that,with spinning reels and overheads,but the joy of palming a decent fish into submission,the low maintenance and the sheer simplicity of the Alvey reel,has changed my attitude,in regard to keeping things simple. I started out with Alvey and I will use them until the day I die. A true Australian icon,if ever there was one.

[Makar]

Dec 30, 2015 7:08:55 GMT 10 @fishhunter said:

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Alvey must be struggling in the Southern states, as sales are really low or none at all. Most tackle store simply wont stock Alvey down south, they just dont sell, the store owners keep saying. 

I live in Victoria and it has been my experience over many years that small fishing stores are simply not interested in selling Alvey gear. Larger stores like Bcf stock some Alvey's but the range is very limited. Recently l enquired about prices on low mount Wilson and Alvey rods and was quoted 20% above the recommended retail. Essentially if you order that sort of gear down here then motto seems to be amongst fishing stores is that you pay through the nose for it. Additionally most small stores seem to be openly discouraging of Alvey gear and invariably attempt to sell you the gear they have in stock.
I use local fishing stores to occasionally purchase bait and that's about it, everything else l purchase off the net!
Years ago people had no choice but these days with the internet we do have a real choice as to where and what we spend our money on! Fishing stores down here need to be far more focused on service and less patronising on the type of fishing gear people use.

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Agree, i found that many Victorian / Southern tackle stores openly discourage Alvey fishing gear to potential customers. Many times i have asked when visiting tackle stores 'were's your Alvey reels' ? They 99% of the time reply 'why do you want to use a Alvey' !! they are backdated & obsolete reels & am almost frowned upon. Then am directed to either Daiwa, Penn, Abu & Shimano reels, nothing wrong with the Japanese threadlines, only Alvey really are have got a uphill battle to sell their reels in Southern states. 

[Fishin Dan]

One huge advantage of Alvey reels is that when you're standing in the surf fishing, with waves splashing around you, your reels are inevitably going to get wet. Up here in Queensland where the weather is beautiful, the water lovely, and the men/woman amazing, it's no problem standing waist deep catching loads of big fish while drinking a XXXX

But.... Down south, there's no way you're getting me in that freezing cold, great white infested water! So it's much rarer that my reels are going to get splashed... (That's one possible thought )


Alternatively, from the beaches I've seen down south, the beaches are more often a bit "steeper", with it getting deeper relatively quickly. By standing a few steps back up the sand, you're actually a bit higher and therefor over the top of more waves. More north, we're protected by islands & reefs, so the beaches are much shallower...


Just my random thoughts anyway...

[Makar]

Jan 4, 2016 20:33:49 GMT 10 Fishin Dan said:

One huge advantage of Alvey reels is that when you're standing in the surf fishing, with waves splashing around you, your reels are inevitably going to get wet. Up here in Queensland where the weather is beautiful, the water lovely, and the men/woman amazing, it's no problem standing waist deep catching loads of big fish while drinking a XXXX

But.... Down south, there's no way you're getting me in that freezing cold, great white infested water! So it's much rarer that my reels are going to get splashed... (That's one possible thought )


Alternatively, from the beaches I've seen down south, the beaches are more often a bit "steeper", with it getting deeper relatively quickly. By standing a few steps back up the sand, you're actually a bit higher and therefor over the top of more waves. More north, we're protected by islands & reefs, so the beaches are much shallower...


Just my random thoughts anyway...

Agree, there is nothing nicer than fishing with an Alvey outfit in the warm surf and gentle breezes out off SEQ and also not having to worry about sand laden waves crashing over your reel and gumming up the works with sand particles. It is true that down south, we don't spend as much time in the colder water. We are also not keen on getting wet when icy cold winter winds are blowing either however there is still a place for Alvey reels even in these sub-antarctic conditions, as they are impervious to most conditions including wind blown sand which has the potential to to infiltrate and destroy geared reels.

Recently a mate of mine who is a keen surf fisherman replaced his crusty salt infested thread line relics for a brand new swanky Shimano multiplier reel which cost him a bomb and would you believe it, on his first outing with this reel he hooked into a good sized fish, however the downside of this was that he also inadvertently got sand into the guts of the reel which after some use caused the reel to seize during the heat of the battle.
He lost the fish and subsequently attempted to replace the seized reel under warranty. He argued that he only used it once and it shouldn't have seized however this claim was of course unsuccessful due to the manufacturers warranty not covering damage from the ingress of sand.
The estimated cost of repairing the reel was almost the same as a new one, so he cut his losses and opted for a second hand Alvey 650C5 and by all accounts since then the Alvey hasn't missed a beat. It is interesting because this bloke had for years not been keen on sidecast reels and it took an incident like this to bring him around. The other thing is that his crusty old threadlines had become unreliable due to corrosion and lack of maintenance and a bullet proof Alvey was probably the best option anyway for a bloke who doesn't maintain his gear.

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This thread is going off topic, but since we are on it, i agree Alvey reels are the best reel for beach fishing. That said, i also have used my Abu 6500 / 7000 Ambasseduer reels & Daiwa / Shimano threadline reels for beach fishing hundreds of times & have no problem using them beach fishing, only i am more careful how i use them or were i place them on the beach. 

[Makar]

Jan 5, 2016 14:43:06 GMT 10 @fishhunter said:

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This thread is going off topic, but since we are on it, i agree Alvey reels are the best reel for beach fishing. That said, i also have used my Abu 6500 / 7000 Ambasseduer reels & Daiwa / Shimano threadline reels for beach fishing hundreds of times & have no problem using them beach fishing, only i am more careful how i use them or were i place them on the beach. 

For fear of remaining off topic, I have also used Abu 6000 and 7000 on the beach and like yourself I am very careful with how I use them and especially meticulous with cleaning them thoroughly after each fishing trip.

[AlveyMangles]

For Kayak fishing the Alvey is also brilliant as Yak fishing is brutal on equipment, very easy for a reel to get a saltwater dunking.

[Fishin Dan]

Jan 6, 2016 5:35:31 GMT 10 AlveyMangles said:

For Kayak fishing the Alvey is also brilliant as Yak fishing is brutal on equipment, very easy for a reel to get a saltwater dunking.

You're not wrong there!!!

[Mauricio]

Jan 6, 2016 22:01:57 GMT 10 Fishin Dan said:

Jan 6, 2016 5:35:31 GMT 10 AlveyMangles said:

For Kayak fishing the Alvey is also brilliant as Yak fishing is brutal on equipment, very easy for a reel to get a saltwater dunking.

You're not wrong there!!!

Kayak fishing ever have that splash compound. A reel which doesn't get affect by water or salt, make difference.

[Makar]

Jan 6, 2016 23:23:28 GMT 10 Mauricio said:

Jan 6, 2016 22:01:57 GMT 10 Fishin Dan said:

You're not wrong there!!!

Kayak fishing ever have that splash compound. A reel which doesn't get affect by water or salt, make difference.

Good point Mauricio, the other important factor with kayak and canoe fishing is that there is always the possibility of the boat over turning and the reel being thrown violently onto rocks or swept away and lost in the current. This is where inexpensive and bullet proof Alvey's excel.

[Spinyeel]

Found a 500B at Anaconda yesterday. They had a dozen or so models in the cabinet.