Significant ABU Friends

Here are people that I have met (most by e-mail)   whom I believe have had a significant positive effect over the years in the development of ABU Fishing Equipment. The  list includes those who have designed, modified  and maintained ABU equipment. I am sure the list is lacking and I would appreciate being able to recognize more deserving persons. The list does not specifically reference ABU's  founding fathers Carl Borgstom , Gote Borgstrom or living legend Len Borgstom of whom one will find covered in detail elsewhere.

In country order...... Aussie, European, USA , others

Jack Erskine   AUS   

Cairns Australia (Precision Reel Engineering)

Vic McCristal   AUS  

Living History Cardwell, Australia

Jim Allen         AUS   

ABU Agent: The Complete Angler Melbourne Australia

Jay Parker         AUS   

Pure Fishing Service Manager Australia

Tim Parratt         AUS

Passionate Aussie ABU fan, prolific creator of our website Service Guides

Fred Jobson       AUS

Visiting journo tours Svangsta Factory and Fishes  Morrum R.  

Paolo and Gianni Sganzerla     Italy

Italy  Admiral ABU Garcia IGFA reels.

Uffe Edefuhr        Sweden

Long time ABU friend and now a fishing mate!

Göran Enocson    Sweden

Workshop floor to ABU Management  over 30 years

CO Eriksson         Sweden  

ABU Vice president ABU 70's

Ulf Tingstrom        Sweden

UT Reel Technology, private company enhancing ABU reels

Tony Perrin          UK

Managing Director ABU GB (still to locate)

Dave Brown             UK

ABU reels modified for Tournament Competitions

Alan Hawk           UK

Engineer and ABU technical  enthusiast

Peter Coogan      UK

Dr Rob Janssen    Sweden

Mr Hi-Lo (Rob H) Netherlands

 

Kyo (abumania) Japan

Collector, historian and very experienced in all things ABU.

 

Simon Shimomura    USA

Collector, historian, Author of the official collector’s guide book “The Ambassadeur and I”, “The Ambassadeur and I Final Chapter”, and an official supplier of “Simon’s Shimomura’s Classic Ambassadeur Casting Reels” to Pure Fishing

Wallace Carney                USA

Avid Mitchell  researcher/historian   USA

Fred Ribb                USA

Avid collector and researcher on Ambassadeur  USA

Gerald Garrett                USA

Avid collector and researcher on Ambassadeur  USA

Jerry Foran                USA

Custom Ambassadeur  Builder and enthusiast from  USA

Jon Furman             USA

Dedicated Ambassadeur reel doctor from USA

 

If you are a person that has significantly had an effect on design/development/testing/repairing of ABU equipment over the years please contact me  wayne@realsreels.com  if you wish your contribution documented for posterity and the immediate interest of the ABU fans worldwide!

 

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