Braided line was immediately relegated to something your grandfather toted in his battered wooden box. During the late 1950s, mono pointed straight (even while stretching) to the future. Its 45 retail price was hefty in the Eisenhower years, but the reel was so innovative and so beautifully crafted that the company sold hundreds of thousands of them. Made in Sweden, the reel was a trailblazer, starting a revolution in the fishing world. An adjustable star drag regulated the tension on the outgoing line against the locked handle.Īnd, unlike the sputtering freewheelers, the Ambassadeur 5000 with its plastic spool and centrifugal brake was the first casting reel that could handle the introduction of springy monofilament line. Abu Garcia unveiled their new Ambassadeur 5000 fishing reel at the 1954 New York World's Fair. It boasted a patented centrifugal brake to control the windmilling spool during the cast and an anti-reverse mechanism to eliminate backspinning during the retrieve. Abu Ambassadeur Single Paddle Handle, Length Approx 6.4cm - 2.5 inches, Red in colour with chrome counter balance, fits all models 1500C up to 6600C - Unused Ref ARH 008 £18. The import, distributed as the Abu Garcia Ambassadeur 5000, incorporated a push-button free-spool design that disengaged the spool from the handle. The red abu ambassadeur 5000, imported from Sv¿¿ngsta, Sweden, by AB Urfabriken, debuted in the United States at the 1954 New York World’s Fair (ABU’s European precursor to the Ambassadeur was the Record series).
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