Jerry Garcia Experts, Is this true, or ... ?

[secondtube]

I was never into their music but that family makes great fishing reels...Jerry Garcia's great grand dad, Abu, founded the famous Abu Garcia fishing reel manufacturers. I've got a 5500 that's top shelf in my books. Little known but true fact...

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Interesting fact if its really true...

[zero]

Not sure if he's really his grand dad but here's a review of the abumatic 275u

[bouche]

i smell bull sh!t

http://www.abu-garcia.com/about/History.cfm

"Abu Garcia was founded in Svangsta, Sweden, at the Mörrum River in 1921. Initially a watch factory, the company's expertise was redirected toward the development of precision fishing reels in the late 1930s by the founder's son, Göte Borgstrom. The generation of world famous Ambassadeur reels got its start here in the early '50s. The Cardinal spinning reel was introduced in 1965. Since then, Abu Garcia has continued as a world leader in fishing reel development--from the legendary 5500C3 to the state-of-the-art Ambassadeur Mörrum casting reel series."