More Teutonic brilliance

While I'm feeling all Germanic I thought I'd share the following with you - Z Reels

I love the idea of hubless reels, they look really cool and I even own a couple, a Backwinder from Norway (out of production now) and a Sage branded Loop.

Backwinder Trout model

Sage/Loop

I don't love the Backwinder, it has some faults. The line guard is cheap looking like a piece of chromed wire for a start.

For  long while I had my heart set on an Argentine Dormisch Absi:

Dormisch Absi

They sort of disappeared. Reports indicate that they look the part but are prone to issues with alignment of spools and whatnot but hell, who cares, looks are everything!

The Z reels look like they would do the biz though, and they look way cool.

Would be nice if one could find its way to me, they look brilliant, in fact more Italian than German.