07-03-2007, 04:11 PM
I have been gone for 8 days of fishing.
While floating the Rio Grande River Near South Fork in a one man potoon float boat my reel gave it up. Something broke inside. There was not any drag at all. If you pulled just a little bit on the line the reel would spin freely so I would quickly have a birdsnest on the spool. Since it was the only rod and reel I had hung up the fishing for the day. I had already about broken my rod on a number of trees and bridge pylons.
I just floated the river watching the scenery. After a few minutes I just could not take it any more. Then I started thinking of ways to palm the disk constantly. I used a velcro strap for a storage bag by wrapping it around the base of reel seat so that it rubbed against the reel rim. That did fine for the rest of the day.
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While floating the Rio Grande River Near South Fork in a one man potoon float boat my reel gave it up. Something broke inside. There was not any drag at all. If you pulled just a little bit on the line the reel would spin freely so I would quickly have a birdsnest on the spool. Since it was the only rod and reel I had hung up the fishing for the day. I had already about broken my rod on a number of trees and bridge pylons.
I just floated the river watching the scenery. After a few minutes I just could not take it any more. Then I started thinking of ways to palm the disk constantly. I used a velcro strap for a storage bag by wrapping it around the base of reel seat so that it rubbed against the reel rim. That did fine for the rest of the day.
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