Okuma Aventa Pro Centre Pin

I've been fishing allot more on Rivers this season, and while trotting a float down stream with the bale arm open on my normal open faced real does the job... I've been told that to truly appreciate river fishing trotting you need to make use of the Centre Pin reel.  With this in mind, and after much research I finally picked up the Okuma Aventa Pro Centre Pin in a very hard wearing bronze effect covering.  The Aventa Pro is the 2 ball bearing version of the ‘Aventa’ Centre Pin - It is incredibly smooth and the most controlled float presentation I've ever managed !   Despite what I had been told about having to endure the cats cradle of tangles, I've actually experience very little tangles  I've been using the "Wallace Cast", or my interpretation of it, to cast my float out into the river... in fact, using a centre pin i find the action of casting to be very enjoyable ! it's a very satisfying cast to get right, and it does seem to provide very good presentation and control over the float while trotting.  I would say that you can definitely start trotting without investing in the expense of a centre pin - however If you fancy something a bit different, and more challenging then I can recommend giving one of these a go. 

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