Well, my lovely new Orvis has a fatal flaw..none of my reels fit properly, and nor did the Loop I tried at Mikes..and worse still, after driving all the way back to Banchory, none of the Orvis reels fitted either!!!
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A tad annoyed..waiting to hear back from Orvis customer services
Basically the front "hood" of the seat is shallow and wide meaning that the reel feet either do not go in very far, or, if in, will rock 3-4 millimetres either way, even with the seat done up fully.
Does not sound a lot, but it means the reel ends up about an inch out of allignement when casting and I am also worried about damaging the reel and the seat itself via scuffing.