Hey mooch I have three center pins. A islander, an apex which was made in Ontario, and a Hanson made in Michigan. Those silex reels are cool reels, total old school. I've got a freind from Wisconsin who moved to washington to guide there in the winter around the forks area, and up in Alaska in the summer. I figured this would be a good time to test my skills on some of your fish. I'm just shaking to hook a native or two on my pins.