My first Zziplex 2500 beachcaster
it was back way when I was always broke, penniless, had a mrs and a young sprog to bring up, and also saving for a first mortgage
if I remember rightly the cash for that blank to be bought, then built, came from my nightwalks out netting rabbit and shooting pheasant and selling them to a local butcher, plus all the wheeling and dealing with motorbikes and extra carpentry works
the first time out was one night with a mate from down the road and we walked down to the warren beach and hoofed our leads out
what a relavation, even with my rudimentry skills, it blasted toward the horizon with ease, far exceeding the distances cast with my old Normark
Ive still got it, though its been re-ringed more than once and now sports the later powertex 5 ft carbon and I doubt if I ever will get rid of it, far to much invested in it, memory wise to ever go