Welcome to the Retro Angler’s Blog, which begins with me using my newly purchased Olympic Match13 rod and a Shakespeare Cosmos 2001 reel, which I keep as a spare and I've had for many years. The reel looks really small on a 13-foot fibreglass rod, but it’s the nearest I’ve got to a vintage reel at the moment. A cloudy but enjoyable session on 6 September with my nephew at Kilburn Lake, where we caught Roach and Perch float fishing in the margins, and I managed a 3lb Carp whic